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Three people with ties to the American consulate were killed in a drug-plagued Mexican city, including a U.S. couple shot to death with their baby in their back seat, officials said Sunday.

LONDON — A Kraft Inc. executive apologized on Tuesday for raising — and then dashing — hopes that it would keep open a British factory after its takeover of Cadbury, as the U.S. company's chief executive came under fire from lawmakers and union leaders.

JERUSALEM — The Obama administration is demanding that Israel call off a contentious building project in east Jerusalem and make a public gesture toward the Palestinians to help defuse one of the worst U.S.-Israeli feuds in memory, officials on both sides said Monday.

SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean President Sebastian Pinera is urging citizens along the coast to move quickly to higher ground following five strongly felt aftershocks, including the biggest since last month's 8.8-magnitude temblor.

LONDON — British dog owners may be forced to microchip their pets and take out insurance, part of a proposed crackdown on the country's dangerous canines.

First the ground shook in Haiti, then Chile and now Turkey. The earthquakes keep coming hard and fast, causing people to wonder if something sinister is happening underfoot.
The real problem is above ground, not underground, experts say.

I started hearing the offers soon after arriving at the Liang Bua cave in the mountains of Flores island.
“You want to see a living hobbit?” a guard at the cave whispered. “I can take you there but it will cost 500,000 rupiah ($55).”

MOSCOW — The U.S. Ambassador to Russia returned a stolen silver medallion that belonged to the last Russian czar to Moscow Thursday after it was recovered from an online auction by U.S. investigators.

In Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland," Alice has grown — not by "drink me" potion or "eat me" cake — into a 19-year-old girl.