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Port-au-Prince violence kills 17 this week

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Violence in Haiti's capital has claimed at least 46 lives, with hospital records showing Tuesday that 17 victims were shot and killed this week. Many shops and markets remained closed as hulks of torched cars and bonfires of tires smoldered in the streets.

Port-au-Prince has been beset by gunbattles and beheadings since a Sept. 30 demonstration marking the 1991 coup that first overthrew President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. In February, the former priest fled the country again after a three-week revolt led by a street gang and former soldiers.

OTTAWA - The Canadian navy docked its four submarines Tuesday until officials determine what caused a fire aboard one sub last week that killed a crewman and injured two, officials said.

The action came one week after a disabled HMCS Chicoutimi was forced to surface off the coast of Ireland after two fires broke out. The sub, which was making its first voyage under the Canadian flag after being leased from Britain, had to be rescued.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Three suspected Saudi militants armed with guns and hand grenades - including one on the country's most-wanted list - were killed in a clash with Saudi security forces, officials said Tuesday.

Seven police officers were wounded in the confrontation with the militants, who were hiding on the second floor of a house in eastern Riyadh, according to an Interior Ministry statement.

KABUL, Afghanistan - Engine failure brought down a U.N. helicopter sent to collect ballot boxes from northeastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, injuring no one but causing a new glitch in efforts to tally the results of the country's landmark presidential election.

The accident came as a panel of foreign experts began studying irregularities in Saturday's vote alleged by rivals of front-running interim leader Hamid Karzai.

The complaints have stalled the start of vote-counting, though officials were hopeful the tally could begin today. Final results could take until late October.

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