Exit polls: Lobo leads in Honduras
Porfirio Lobo, a former president of the Honduran congress, is poised to become the country’s next president, according to exit polls cited by several local media outlets after Sunday’s election.
Deaths rise in Bangladesh ferry disaster
The death toll climbed to 63 in the capsizing of an overloaded ferry in southern Bangladesh, as a search continued, police said Monday.
UAE push to head off debts damage
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Ex-guerrilla Mujica wins Uruguay presidency
Jose “Pepe” Mujica, a former Marxist Tupamaro guerrilla fighter, won Uruguay’s presidential runoff election, exit polls showed.
Iran authorizes 10 new nuke plants
Iran’s Cabinet has authorized the construction of another 10 uranium enrichment plants, the state news agency IRNA announced Sunday, further defying international calls to halt its production of nuclear fuel.
18 still missing after Russia train derailment
Another explosive detonated Saturday near the site of a deadly Russian train derailment, an incident caused by what authorities say was an “act of terror.”
54 bodies recovered from Bangladesh ferry disaster
Authorities have recovered 54 bodies after a ferry crammed with people capsized in southern Bangladesh, police said Sunday.
Swiss vote to ban minaret construction
Swiss voters on Sunday adopted a referendum banning the construction of minarets, seen by some on the far right as a sign of encroaching Islamism.
Police try to question Tiger about crash
Florida highway patrol troopers arrived at the Florida home of Tiger Woods on Saturday, with plans to talk to the pro golfer about a car crash near his home.