Abbas warns Israel

Settlements issue:

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday Israel would be to blame for the failure of a new round of US-sponsored peace talks if it continues settlement expansion on occupied land.

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Drug hitmen kill Mexican mayor

MEXICO. Suspected drug hitmen killed the mayor of a small town in northern Mexico Sunday in a region where two car bombs exploded last week and the bodies of 72 murdered migrant workers were found.

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Trapped miners speak to loved ones:

Big drill starts

Chile’s 33 trapped miners spoke for the first time with their loved ones Sunday, reassuring each other in brief but moving conversations by radio-telephone after 24 days underground.

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Pakistan on ‘war footing’

To save Thatta city

Pakistani troops and workers were on a “war footing” Sunday as they battled to save the southern city of Thatta after most of the population of 300,000 fled advancing flood waters.

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