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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – A shootout between inmates at Honduras’ biggest prison left at least 13 inmates dead and another 30 wounded Thursday, officials said. The confrontation began at the National Penitentiary on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, the capital. Honduran Security Minister Armando Calidonio said police and guards were working to …

LOS ANGELES – Just hours after being named one of the year’s 10-best films by the National Board of Review in New York, the new political drama “Blood Diamond” got the red-carpet treatment in Hollywood. And there was much serious talk among the glittering attendees. Stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly …

MOSCOW – A suspicious fire combined with a blocked exit turned the women’s ward of a Moscow drug treatment hospital into a deathtrap Saturday as flames and smoke overcame patients. At least 45 women trapped behind a locked gate were killed in the deadliest fire in the Russian capital in …