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Coordinated attacks on 3 Baghdad hotels kill at least 31

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BAGHDAD — Militants bombed three hotel compounds in eastern Baghdad Monday...

Haiti’s plea to world: We need tents now and long-term aid

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MONTREAL — Rebuilding Port-au-Prince could take a decade or longer and ultimately completely reform the way Haiti is organized, foreign leaders said at a conference Monday...

‘Chemical Ali’ is executed by Iraqi government

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BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government Monday hanged Ali Hassan Majid, one of the most notorious figures from Saddam Hussein's regime, who had earned the nickname "Chemical Ali" for his gassing of the Kurds in the late 1980s...

Former general provides tough election challenge to Sri Lankan president

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Two months ago, when Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa...

Dozens killed as Ethiopian jet crashes into Mediterranean

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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Rescue workers found no one to save. They could only retrieve corpses of those aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed into the sea early Monday morning during a fierce winter storm...

Intent unclear in Baghdad crackdown on alcohol

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BAGHDAD — It started in the Green Zone, with Iraqi soldiers ordering restaurants to stop serving alcohol and confiscating bottles from politicians at checkpoints...

U.S., other Haiti allies commit to 10-year rebuilding effort

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MONTREAL — The United States and other allies of Haiti agreed Monday to a 10-year effort to rebuild Port-au-Prince and foster the long-term development that has eluded the Caribbean country despite decades of foreign assistance...

Troops hand out food, water in Haiti

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CITE SOLEIL, Haiti — Trucks packed with North Carolina-based paratroopers and United Nations soldiers from Brazil rumbled into this Port-Au-Prince suburb Sunday to unleash the most potent weapons in their current mission: food and water...

Haitians sleeping in the streets in fear of another quake

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The ritual began just as the soft winter sun ducked behind the mountains Sunday, casting haunting shadows on this jittery Caribbean capital...

U.N. reports 111,481 confirmed deaths in four areas in Haiti

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Statistics are a moving target in earthquake-shattered Haiti, shifting as often as the unsteady ground...