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MOGADISHU, Somalia – At least nine people, including three soldiers, were killed on Saturday in heavy fighting in the capital between insurgents and Somali and Ethiopian soldiers, said witnesses. Insurgents fired machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades at Somali soldiers on patrol in the southern part of Mogadishu, said Mumin Mohamed …

SLIDELL, La. – A custodian at an elementary school has been booked with raping two 10-year-old boys at the school, Slidell Police said Monday. Dino Jay Schwertz, 41, of Slidell, was arrested Saturday after an investigation into what officials first suspected was a bullying incident at the school. Schwertz was …

BAGHDAD – American troops and Iraqis unearthed 14 badly decomposed bodies in a mass grave northeast of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Sunday. The site of the grisly discovery was near Muqdadiyah, an area that has seen frequent fighting between American troops and Sunni insurgents led by Al Qaeda in …