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Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds was stabbed and critically wounded on Tuesday by an attack at around 7 a.m. at his hom in Milboro Bath County, UPI.com reported. His son Austin "Gus" Deeds" later died from apparent self-inflicted gun shot wounds, Virginia State Police said. Senator Deeds was stabbed multiple times in the head and upper torso before the 24-year-old shot himself to death.

The Lebanese-based al-Qaida linked group known as the Abdullah Azzam Brigade claimed responsibility for two explosions, at least one caused by a suicide bomber at Iran's embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, The Jerusalem Post reported. 23 people, including an Iranian cultural attache, were killed in the double suicide attack

The Toronto city council voted to strip Mayor Rob Ford of most of his authority, but the city leader continues to resist the pressure to step down from office, BBC News reported. The council transferred most of Ford's budget to the deputy mayor.