QUETTA, Pakistan – The death toll from a horrific bombing that tore through a crowded vegetable market in southwestern Pakistan climbed to 81 with many of the severely wounded dying overnight, a Pakistani police official said Sunday.
Edmonton Oilers fire record 56 shots at Colorado, rally to beat Avalanche 6-4
EDMONTON – Magnus Paajarvi scored the game winner late in the contest as the Edmonton Oilers overcame a 3-0 deficit to emerge with a 6-4 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.
Death toll in Pakistani bombing climbs to 81
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- The death toll from a horrific bombing that tore through a crowded vegetable market in southwestern Pakistan climbed to 81 with many of the severely wounded dying overnight, a Pakistani police official said Sunday. Ecuador votes for president, Correa seen winning new term
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuadoreans vote for president on Sunday in a ballot expected to hand incumbent Rafael Correa a new term to advance his socialist agenda of heavy government spending and expansion of state power that critics slam as creeping authoritarianism. Generous state outlays to expand access to healthcare, pave decrepit roads and build new schools have given the combative economist a strong base among the South American nation's poor. … Pakistani police official says the death toll from bombing in Quetta climbs to at least 81
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani police official says the death toll from bombing in Quetta climbs to at least 81. 
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is circulating a draft immigration bill that would create a new visa for illegal immigrants living in the United States and allow them to bec ome legal permanent residents within eight years, according to a report published online Saturday by USA Today. 
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's long-established designers brought classic elegance to the catwalks, while up-and-coming talent packed a punch with fun, youthful styles on the second day of London Fashion Week. One of Kate Middleton's' favoured designers, Daniella Helayel, showcased a collection of printed chiffon kaftans, woven jacquards and geometric patterns. Models wore thick jackets with shearing and fur linings, accessorised with wide brimmed hats and eagle feathers in a collection inspired by the rugged landscape of the Navajo Indians. … 
LONDON (Reuters) – Brazilian- born designer Daniella Helayel, whose clothes have become a firm favourite of Kate Middleton, sent her models down the catwalk on the second day of London Fashion Week in printed chiffon kaftans, woven jacquards and geometric patterns. The label is known for its colourful printed dresses and elegant evening gowns. Models strode down the catwalk in thick jackets with shearling and fur linings over geometric printed dresses, knitted jumpers and wide brimmed hats topped with eagle feathers. … 
BEIRUT (AP) -- A rural patch of north Syria has been shaken by a series of tit-for-tat, sectarian kidnappings, anti-regime activists said Saturday, highlighting how much the country's civil war has enflamed tensions between different religious groups. 
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of supporters of Tunisia's Islamist-led government marched in the capital on Saturday, one of the big gest in a series of pro-government and opposition rallies sparked by the assassination of a secular politician. The February 6 killing of Chokri Belaid, a human rights lawyer and opposition leader, has thrown Tunisia into political turmoil two years after it staged the first of the "Arab Spring" revolts. Violent protests, in which one policeman was killed, swept Tunisia after the assassination, with crowds attacking Ennahda offices in Tunis and elsewhere. … 
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah leader S ayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Saturday that his Lebanese militant group does not need support from allies in Syria or Iran for any future battle against Israel. Nasrallah's comments, during a speech from an undisclosed location, are the closest thing yet to a response to allegations that Israeli jets were targeting a Syrian weapons convoy destined for Hezbollah during a strike near Damascus on Jan 30. … 
CARACAS (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez's supporters joyfully brandished first photographs of him since canc er surgery two months ago while opposition activists said the images were worrying evidence of Venezuela's political vacuum. In a first proof of life since his six-hour operation in Cuba on December 11, authorities published four photos on Friday showing Chavez lying in a hospital bed smiling next to his daughters. … 
YANGON (Reuters) – Human rights abuses are still occurring in Myanmar despite refo rms by the quasi-civilian government, a U.N. rights envoy said on Saturday, singling out arbitrary arrest and torture of alleged ethnic Kachin rebels. Tomas Ojea Quintana, U.N. special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, was speaking at the end of a five-day mission to the country, where President Thein Sein has pushed through reforms since the end of military rule in 2011. … 
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- South Africa's national broadcaster will screen a reality TV show feat uring the dead model girlfriend of Oscar Pistorius, it said Saturday, two days after she was shot and killed at the home of the double-amputee athlete and Paralympic superstar. 
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- For many in Bangladesh, the "V'' for victory sign was more than they could bear.