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GENEVA – U.N. human rights officials are denouncing the execution of a man and his two wives in Iraq’s Kurdish region over the kidnapping and murder of two girls, saying they fear the self-ruled region may slide back toward use of the death penalty. The Office of the High Commissioner …

LONDON – London Underground has delayed plans to start a 24-hour subway service on weekends, allowing more time for talks with unions demanding better pay and conditions. The decision Thursday came as both Underground officials and union representatives reported progress on talks about the new service, which had been set …

MEXICO CITY – A child welfare official in northern Mexico took at least nine babies from poor or drug-addicted mothers and offered them to adoptive parents in exchange for payments ranging from $5,000 to $9,000, authorities said Friday. Raul Ramirez, the head of the government human rights commission in the …