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KHARTOUM, Sudan – A Sudanese school office assistant denied Thursday she brought on the case four months ago against a British school teacher convicted of insulting Islam for letting her 6-year-old pupils name a teddy bear Muhammad — a violation under Sudan’s Islamic Sharia law. Sarah Khawad, who worked at …

SAO PAULO, Brazil – Naomi Campbell was hospitalized in Sao Paulo for the removal of a small cyst, her publicist said Tuesday. The 37-year-old British supermodel, a frequent visitor to Brazil who earlier this month celebrated Carnival in the northeastern city of Salvador, came to Sao Paulo to be treated …

LOS ANGELES – A moderate earthquake rocked Baja California in Mexico, shutting down factories near the U.S. border and leaving about 400,000 people without power, authorities said Saturday. No major damage or injuries were immediately reported. The quake that struck around 11:15 p.m. Friday had a preliminary magnitude of 5.4, …