Sunday, January 27, 2013

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Death toll rises to 31 in Egypt violence
UPDATES DEATH TOLL - Egyptian soccer fans of Al-Ahly club celebrate a court verdict that returned 21 death penalties in last years soccer violence, inside the club premises in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Egyptian security officials say military to deploy in Port Said after 38 people including a senior police officer and a policeman were shot dead in the Mediterranean city of Port Said after a judge sentenced 21 people to death in connection to one of the world's deadliest inc   idents of soccer violence. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)PORT SAID, Egypt (AP) -- Egyptian health officials say the death toll from rioting in the city of Port Said has risen to 31.


Around world, gun rules, and results, vary wildly
In this Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 photo, a Japanese shotgun enthusiast takes a test to renew his license on a shooting range in Ooi, at the foot of Mount Fuji. In this country, guns are few and far between. And so is gun violence. Guns were used in only seven murders in Japan - a nation of about 130 million - in all of 2011, the most recent year for official statistics. According to police, more people - nine - were murdered with scissors. (AP P   hoto/Eric Talmadge)OOI, Japan (AP) -- After a tragedy like the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, it's a statistic that is always trotted out. Compared to just about anywhere else with a stable, developed government -- and many countries without even that -- the more than 11,000 gun-related killings each year in the United States are simply off the charts.


Canadian immigration officials deny actor Randy Quaid's request for permanent resident status
TORONTO – Canadian immigration officials have denied U.S. actor Randy Quaid’s request for permanent resident status in Canada.


Reports: Exit locked at burned Bangladesh factory
Smoke rises from a two-storied garment factory after a fire swept through it in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan.26, 2013. The fire swept killed at least six female workers and injured another five, police and fire officials said. The latest fire occurred more than two months after a deadly fire killed 112 workers in another factory near the capital city, raising questions about the safety measures in Bangladesh garment industry. (AP Photo   /A.M. Ahad)DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- An official says Bangladesh's government has ordered an investigation into allegations that the sole emergency exit was locked at a garment factory where a weekend fire killed seven female workers.


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