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  • Russia jet: 122 die, some survive

    • At least 122 people are dead after Sibir Airlines passenger jet with 200 people on board veered off the runway while landing at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia in wet conditions after rain, Russian officials said.

  • Gunmen kill 40 Sunnis in rampage

    • Gunmen are roaming a western Baghdad neighborhood Sunday and shooting unarmed Iraqis as soon as they have identified them as Sunnis, killing at least 40, Iraqi emergency police told CNN.

  • Rape-murder: 5 U.S. troops charged

    • Four U.S. soldiers in Iraq are charged with participation in the "rape and murder of a young Iraqi woman and three members of her family," the U.S. military said Sunday.

  • 15 dead in Somalia gun battle

    • Islamic militia fighters Sunday attacked a group loyal to secular warlord Hussein Aideed in Mogadishu who refused to disarm. The ensuing firefight left 15 dead and over 20 injured, hospital sources said.

  • Israel launches new Gaza attacks

    • Despite a call for calm, Israel launched more attacks against targets in Gaza early Sunday, continuing its bid to retrieve a soldier who was kidnapped two weeks ago.

  • Report: Marine response to Iraq deaths flawed

    • A leading U.S. military commander has determined that "some senior Marine officers were negligent in failing to investigate more aggressively" the Haditha killing allegations in Iraq, The New York Times reported Saturday.