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Laos continues to block public access to deported Hmong tribesmen

WASHINGTON — A California congressman has joined human rights activists in voicing concern over the treatment of ethnic Hmong deported by Thailand late last year to their native Laos and now being confined in isolated villages inaccessible to international news ...

Defying the West, Iran’s president orders hike in nuclear enrichment

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ROME AND BEIRUT — In a possible move to deflect attention from Iran's political woes, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...

Clinton warns China, others over Internet restrictions

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WASHINGTON — In a new warning to China, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton...

Suspect in Norway attacks charged, denied public platform in court

OSLO, Norway — It was supposed to be a defining moment for Norwegian terror suspect Anders Behring Breivik...

Egypt will try ex-President Mubarak in protesters’ deaths

CAIRO — Deposed President Hosni Mubarak will stand...

China, U.S. announce plan to work together on clean energy

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao...

Army evacuation came within inches of disaster

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — As Chief Warrant Officer 3 James...

Iraq’s national elections in jeopardy after vice president’s veto

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's pivotal national elections were thrown back...

Medical correspondents face delicate balance in Haiti

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NEW YORK — Some of the most dramatic television images beamed from Haiti's quake-ravaged communities have shown harried doctors frantically tending the wounded with rudimentary tools...

Ahmadinejad’s New York visit to dominate U.N. nuclear meeting

WASHINGTON — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's plan to attend an international conference on curbing the spread of nuclear weapons this week in New York threatens to turn the meeting into a diplomatic confrontation between the United States and Iran over Iran'...

Effects of earthquake ripple across Haitian countryside

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SAINT-MARC, Haiti — Even in normal times, Edwin Andre has all he can do to eke out a living from the corn, tomatoes and sweet potatoes he coaxes from an acre plot in northern Haiti. His wife, Roselaine Cius...