MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Vicente Fox backed off signing a drug decriminalization bill that the United States warned could result in "drug tourism" and increased availability of narcotics in American border communities.

Fox reversed course Wednesday and said he was sending the bill back to Congress for changes, just one day after his office had said he would sign it into law. The measure would have dropped criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs.

Fox's statement said he will ask for corrections "to make it absolutely clear in our country, the possession of drugs and their consumption are, and will continue to be, a criminal offense."

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders applauded Fox's decision. On Friday, Sanders said he was "appalled" by the bill, saying it could increase drug availability north of the border.

BAGHDAD, Iraq — A roadside bomb killed two U.S. Army soldiers in Baghdad today, the military said.The Multinational Division-Baghdad soldiers died around 11:45 a.m. when their vehicle was struck by the bomb in south-central Baghdad. The identities of the soldiers were not released.At least 2,409 members of the U.S. military have died since the war began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.Also today, a suicide bomber attacked a crowd of people waiting outside a heavily guarded court building in Baghdad, killing 10 Iraqis and wounding dozens, police said.Nearly all the casualties were civilians, many of whom were meeting outside the building with paralegals to write petitions they planned to submit in court, said police Lt. Thair Mahmoud.The blast occurred in a mixed Sunni-Shiite area of eastern Baghdad, Mahmoud said. It was powerful enough to smash the windows of some nearby shops. Firefighters rushed to the scene and used hoses to clean blood stains from the sidewalk and street outside the court.

SOCHI, Russia — Grief-stricken relatives of the 113 victims of a Black Sea plane crash stared today at photographs of the dead in hopes of identifying the bodies pulled from the water so far, as investigators searched for clues to the disaster.A nearly 6-foot-high wooden board was erected in the courtyard outside one of this southern Russian city's two morgues to display photos of grotesquely disfigured faces and bodies. Some showed identifying objects such as rings, necklaces and underwear.The plane went down early Wednesday in heavy rain and poor visibility as it was approaching the airport in nearby Adler. It had taken off from the Armenian capital of Yerevan, and most of the dead were Armenians.Misha Akopian, 46, an Adler resident, said two of his relatives had flown to Yerevan a week before for a funeral and were returning to Sochi on the ill-fated plane."There aren't words to describe what's happened, how people feel," he said.