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This weekend, Germans celebrate with concerts boasting Beethoven and Bon Jovi; a memorial service for the 136 people killed trying to cross over from 1961 to 1989...

Iraq electoral law passes, sets up national vote

Iraq's parliament ended weeks of debate Sunday and passed a long-delayed law paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have delayed the US troop withdrawal.

Brazil student expelled after wearing mini-dress

A Brazilian university has expelled a woman who was heckled by hundreds of fellow students for wearing a short, pink dress to class - publicly accusing her Sunday of immorality.

Indigenous Nations' Games in Brazil

Mud and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down a volcano and partly buried the town of Verapaz Sunday, swallowing up homes as flooding and landslides across El Salvador killed at least 91 people, authorities said.

Mass wedding for physically-handicapped couples

Iraq's parliament ended weeks of debate Sunday and passed a long-delayed law paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have delayed the US troop withdrawal.

Military parade in Moscow in memory of WWII

Britain called Saturday for consideration of a tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis and urged world finance officials meeting in Scotland to agree on bearing the cost of fighting climate change.

Cape Town lights up in South Africa