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Official: 500 Christian families flee Iraq's Mosul (AP)
11 10 2008

A fourteen year old boy reacts next to his injured father Sheik Azad Khurshid, a Sunni imam, at a hospital in Kirkuk, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. Sheik was injured when a bomb planted underneath his car exploded, police said. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)

AP - An upswing in insurgent attacks against Christians in Mosul has forced 500 families to flee in the last week and seek shelter at churches, monasteries and relatives' homes, the governor of northern Iraq's Ninevah province said Saturday.

Quake kills 4 in Russia's Chechnya region (Reuters)
11 10 2008 Reuters - Four people were killed in Russia's Chechnya region Saturday when an earthquake shook the Caucasus mountains, the Emergencies Ministry said.

Hurricane Norbert nears Baja as Category 2 storm (AP)
11 10 2008

Fishermen look out to sea as hurricane Norbert approaches Puerto San Carlos in Mexico's southern Baja California, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. Hurricane Norbert is expected to hit land early Saturday. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

AP - Norbert bore down on Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula Saturday as powerful Category 2 hurricane, and hotels warned tourists to stay away from beaches as the skies darkened.

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