Shelling by Syrian forces kills at least 16 people, according to the British-based group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian army shelling killed 16 people, including children, on Sunday in the town of Souran in the central province of Hama, the British-based rights group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

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Fierce clashes between government troops and al-Qaeda fighters Sunday morning in Yemen left 21 people dead, two local security officials told CNN.

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A strong earthquake struck northern Italy early Sunday, leaving at least seven people dead, authorities said.

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Nato leaders are set to hold a summit dominated by Afghanistan, as the alliance prepares to hand over security duties to Afghans by the end of 2014.
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DOUMA, Syria (Reuters) – A roadside bomb exploded on Sunday about 150 meters (yards) from a United Nations convoy carrying the head of a Syria ceasefire monitoring mission and a senior U.N. official in the town of Douma, a Reuters witness said.

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Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan intelligence officer convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland in 1988, has died in Libya. He was 60.

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Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the only person convicted in connection with the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people, died Sunday, the Libyan government and a family member said. He was 60.

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Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person ever convicted in connection with the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, has died at his home in Tripoli from cancer.
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people has died, his brother said on Sunday. He was 59.

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