Up to 18 people have been killed in Nigeria in two separate incidents, authorities say. 13 people, including a mother and child, were killed in Warreng village, in the Ryom area of Plateau state.
A US congresswoman is in critical condition after being shot in the head when a gunman opened fire at a public event, killing six people. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, 40, a member of President Barack Obama's Democratic Party, was meeting constituents at a supermarket in Tucson, Arizona, when the assailant struck.
Two Christians were killed and 16 wounded Thursday after a series of apparently coordinated bomb attacks in Iraq. Fourteen bombs were placed in different Christian homes in the capital, Baghdad
