232 die in smoke, stampede in Brazil club fire
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- A blaze raced through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing 232 people as the air filled with deadly smoke and panicked party-goers stampeded toward the exits, police and witnesses said. It appeared to be the world's deadliest nightclub fire in more than a decade....

Renewed clashes in Egypt's Port Said kill 3 more
PORT SAID, Egypt (AP) -- Egyptian health officials say three people have been killed and more than 400 injured in renewed clashes between protesters and police in the Mediterranean city of Port Said....

French, Mali forces head toward Timbuktu
SEVARE, Mali (AP) -- French and Malian forces pushed toward the fabled desert town of Timbuktu on Sunday, as the two-week-long French mission gathered momentum against the Islamist extremists who have ruled the north for more than nine months....

Study: Distant rural areas may feel cities' heat
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Heat rising up from cities such as New York, Paris and Tokyo might be remotely warming up winters far away in some rural parts of Alaska, Canada, and Siberia, a surprising study theorizes....

Inmates moved after bloody Venezuela prison riot
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan authorities on Sunday finished evacuating inmates from a prison where 61 were reported killed in one of the deadliest prison clashes in the nation's history....

UN humanitarian chief in Syria for talks
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- The United Nations humanitarian chief was in Damascus on Sunday for talks with Syrian officials about the nation's conflict, which has forced millions of people from their homes, destroyed the country's cities and created food and fuel shortages....

AP PHOTOS: Fatal race to exit at Brazil club fire
Here are photos showing the aftermath of a fatal nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Brazil. The club was hosting a party for university students, which turned fatal as hundreds of partygoers stampeded toward the exit. Firefighters and police say more than 200 are dead, and at least 200 are injured....

Israel warns of attack on Syrian chemical weapons
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel could launch a pre-emptive strike to stop Syria's chemical weapons from reaching Lebanon's Hezbollah or al-Qaida inspired groups, officials said Sunday,...

Berlusconi defends Mussolini for backing Hitler
ROME (AP) -- Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi praised Benito Mussolini for "having done good" despite the Fascist dictator's anti-Jewish laws, immediately sparking expressions of outrage as Europe on Sunday held Holocaust remembrances....

UK lawmaker: Short skirts, high heels risk rape
LONDON (AP) -- A British lawmaker's suggestion that young women who wear high heels and short skirts put themselves at greater risk of rape has drawn widespread condemnation....