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Group: 99 lashes for condemned Iranian

An Iranian woman who’d already been condemned to death faces another sentence of 99 lashes because of a case of mistaken identity in a photograph, according to foes of the execution. Go to Source

Curfew in Christchurch, N.Z. after quake

Officials declared a state of emergency Saturday after a powerful earthquake struck near Christchurch, New Zealand, sending people into the streets as windows exploded, water mains broke and buildings crumbled. Go to Source

Roadside bomb attack kills 1, wounds 7 in Iraq

At least one civilian was killed and seven others wounded in a double roadside bomb attack in northern Baghdad Saturday night, an official at Iraq’s Interior Ministry said. Go to Source

4 die in suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan

An apparent U.S. drone strike killed four suspected militants in Pakistan near the Afghanistan border, two Pakistani intelligence officials told CNN on Saturday. Go to Source

Gaza tunnels targeted after rocket hits Israeli town

Israel targeted three tunnels in Gaza in air strikes late Saturday night and early Sunday after a rocket from Gaza landed in Israel, an Israel Defense Forces spokesman said. Go to Source

Report: Bahrain to charge 23 with belonging to terrorist network

Bahrain says it plans to charge 23 people for plotting to overthrow the government and for belonging to what officials described as a sophisticated terrorist network, the Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported on Saturday. Go to Source

New Zealand quake spawns emergency

Officials declared a state of emergency Saturday after a powerful earthquake struck near Christchurch, New Zealand, sending people into the streets as windows exploded, water mains broke and buildings crumbled. Go to Source

South Korean foreign minister resigns

The South Korean foreign minister offered to resign Saturday amid a brewing controversy over the hiring of his daughter, state media reported. Go to Source

U.N. envoy: Response to Pakistan flooding ‘far from enough’

A United Nations representative on Saturday pleaded for more international aid to help the millions of Pakistanis displaced from flooding that has ravaged the country for more than a month. Go to Source

Nearly 30 children among hundreds raped in Congo, U.N. says

More than two dozen children were among the hundreds raped by armed rebels in the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said. Go to Source