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A special Iraqi court sentenced Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin 'Chemical Ali' Hassan al-Majid to death Tuesday after convicting him of crimes against humanity for his part in crushing the 1991 Shiite ...

A 30-mile scar of debris along the Texas coast stands as a festering testament to what state and local officials say is FEMA's sluggish response to the 2008 hurricane season.

Eleven girls died of carbon monoxide poisoning at a school in northern China's Shaanxi province an education official said Tuesday evening.

Pirates near Somalia chased and shot at a U.S. cruise liner with more than 1000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel a maritime official said Tuesday.

Thailand's Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat says he has accepted a court ruling to step down because of electoral fraud committed by his political party.

Thailand's Constitutional Court has dissolved the three biggest parties in the ruling coalition and banned the prime minister along with top party executives from politics for five years.

The jury leader in the trial of a Missouri woman accused of an Internet hoax that ended in a teenage neighbor's suicide said most panelists favored convicting the defendant of felony conspiracy.

Police are reviewing surveillance videos of a post-Thanksgiving shopper stampede that trampled a suburban Wal-Mart worker to death but they acknowledge it may be difficult to bring criminal charges.

Former first lady Barbara Bush is in good condition and continuing to recover five days after surgery to repair a perforated ulcer according to her doctors today at The Methodist Hospital in Houston.

Water in Venice rose to its highest level in more than 20 years Monday flooding much of the Italian city and forcing residents and tourists to wade through knee-high water.