| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Shiite pilgrims killed in Pakistan blast | | A blast killed 20 Shiite pilgrims and injured another 25 in Pakistan's troubled southwestern Balochistan province Sunday, a senior administration official said. |
| Donors spawn Connecticut gun buyback | | Tables filled with handguns, shotguns and rifles packed a police building in Connecticut's most populous city, where a gun buyback program drew scores of gun owners -- many of whom said they were motivated to get rid of their weapons in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. |
| Deadly day in Syria as diplomats talk | | Russia is hosting the international envoy to Syria on Saturday for talks aimed at bringing both sides of the Middle East nation's civil war to the negotiating table. |
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