Boris A. Berezovsky, who fled Russia in 2003, won a lawsuit against a Russian broadcaster that had linked him to the high-profile death of Alexander V. Litvinenko.

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A judge in Texas has rescinded his highly criticized ruling that the death penalty is unconstitutional.

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January's big chill led to widespread death of corals in many near shore and mid-channel reefs from Biscayne Bay to Summerland Key, but most of the popular offshore diving and fishing reefs in the Florida Keys were spared. more …

Survivors say Christian villagers were trapped in nets and hacked to death by Muslim herdsmen in attacks with ethnic and religious overtones. Death estimates vary wildly, from 200 to 500.
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A 43-year-old man was shot to death early Sunday on Okeechobee Road, authorities said. <p/> The shooting followed an argument between two men about 7:30 a.m. at Okeechobee Road and Northwest 117th Avenue. more …

Army officials say his death is under investigation but is classified as noncombat-related.
His plan was to use his Army experience to jump-start his life.

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Half a century after his death at the hands of the K.G.B., Stepan Bandera, a World War II partisan, can still rally Ukrainians.

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Decades after his death at the hands of the K.G.B., Stepan Bandera can still rally Ukrainians.

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The French PM declares a national disaster after storms bring death and destruction to parts of the country. more …

The rumors traveled urgently from Haiti: Beyond all the death and wreckage, one of the nation's greatest exports — its cultural scholarship — was buried that awful afternoon in January. more …