British singer Charles Haddon dies in leap from mast at Belgian concert
BRUSSELS – The lead singer of a British pop trio climbed a telecommunications mast behind the main stage at a Belgian rock festival and leaped to his death in the parking lot below, police said Saturday.
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British defence ministry says soldier killed in firefight in southern Afghanistan
LONDON – Britain’s Ministry of Defence says a soldier has been killed in a gun battle in Afghanistan’s restive southern Helmand Province.
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Gunmen battling police take hostages in luxury hotel in Rio, but surrender after 3 hours
RIO DE JANEIRO – Heavily armed drug gang members engaged in an intense firefight with police, then fled into a luxury hotel popular with foreign tourists and held about 30 people hostage for three hours Saturday before surrendering.
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