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Saddam-era official issues message An audio message, purportedly from Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, has surfaced. Saddam Hussein's former military commander and vice president who has eluded capture since the fall of the Hussein regime more than seven years ago. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:35:35 EDT Building collapse in Italy kills 3 A young married couple wrapped in an embrace were among three people found dead after an apartment building collapsed in southern Italy Friday night, an Italian rescue official said. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:10:31 EDT 3 of 4 kidnapped Mexican journalists freed The signal of one of Mexico's largest television networks faded to black for almost an hour as a symbolic protest of violence against journalists. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:23:31 EDT Pakistan flooding death toll reaches 800 The death toll from flooding in Pakistan has risen to at least 800, the information minister of a northern province said Saturday. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:09:34 EDT Venezuela sending troops to Colombian border Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has deployed troops to areas near the Colombian border and says he is reviewing plans for a potential war as tension between the two nations rises. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:22:17 EDT Thousands mourn stampede victims Thousands of people are expected to gather Saturday for a memorial service a week after a stampede at a German music festival left 21 people dead. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:55:17 EDT Hamas leader killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza A senior Hamas member was killed during Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, Hamas security forces said Saturday. The violence occurred after a glimmer of progress in the Mideast peace process on Thursday. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:06:26 EDT Crews in Pakistan find voice, flight data recorders The data recorders for the plane that crashed and killed 152 people in Pakistan has been found, a government official said Saturday. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:55:09 EDT Rejected Russian boy back in orphanage A Russian boy who was sent back to Moscow by his adoptive mother in the United States has been returned to an orphanage, an attorney of the World Association for Children and Parents said Friday. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:41:45 EDT Iran hit by second moderate quake in 2 days A 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit southern Iran on Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, a day after another moderate quake in the country's northeast left 170 people injured. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:40:19 EDT