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Sifting for answers in a mass grave in Tapachula, Mexico

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Most of the nameless in Garden Pantheon cemetery are probably migrants, lost on a journey fraught with ruthless gangs. A forensic team aims to give relatives closure.

TAPACHULA, Mexico — With the first light of day, a team of investigators using shovels and brushes begins picking through the red dirt of the Garden Pantheon cemetery, a ramshackle resting place where a mass grave sits cordoned off by yellow police tape.

Egypt protesters pull down U.S. flag at embassy in Cairo

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:39 PM PDT

Protesters are angry over a video they say is anti-Muslim. Meanwhile, authorities order the arrest of ex-presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik in a corruption case.

CAIRO — More than a dozen Egyptian protesters, angry over what they called an anti-Muslim video, scaled the outer wall of the fortress-like U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Tuesday and took down an American flag.

German judges may hold Europe's fate in their hands

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:00 AM PDT

The supreme court panel is expected to deliver its ruling on whether German participation in a permanent bailout fund is constitutional.

KARLSRUHE, Germany — In their eye-catching red robes and caps specifically designed to evoke Renaissance Italy, Germany's supreme court justices have long demonstrated a flair for the theatrical.