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Karzai promises to quash corruption, but doesn’t offer specifics

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KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday that he...

At least 69 killed in weekend bombings, shootings in Iraq

BAGHDAD — Weekend bombings and shootings in Iraq...

Mullen rebukes China for failing to curb North Korea

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SEOUL and BEIJING — The most senior U.S. military official delivered a sharp rebuke to China on Wednesday, blaming Asia's top power for failing to rein in its North Korean ally in the escalating dispute over the fate of the Korean peninsula...

Taliban suicide bombers attack Kabul shopping mall

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GARDEZ, Afghanistan — Taliban suicide bombers attacked a Kabul shopping mall near the Afghan Presidential Palace...

Scientists warn that oceans’ marine life on ‘brink of extinction’

LONDON — The world's oceans are degenerating far...

Rescuers search for Chile quake survivors; death toll jumps to 708

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BOGOTA, Chile — Rescuers searched for survivors Sunday a day after one of the biggest earthquakes in recorded history rocked Chile, killing more than 700 people while leaving untold numbers missing and 2 million displaced, wounded or otherwise affected...

Britain evacuates its diplomats from Iran; Norway shuts embassy

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BAGHDAD — One day after the sacking of its embassy in...

5 Western troops killed in Afghanistan

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KABUL — Reflecting a quickening tempo of combat in Afghanistan...

Obama to Mubarak: Egypt transition ‘must begin now’

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WASHINGTON — With Egypt's major cities flooded by protesters Tuesday demanding the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, President Barack Obama took another major step away from the United States' strongest Arab ally, telling him that an orderly transition to ...

Bahrain sentences 8 activists to life in prison

CAIRO — Bahrain sentenced eight activists to life in...

Haitian prime minister likely on way out

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — As Haiti's lawmakers appeared poised...

Chile rejoices as more miners are transported to safety

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COPIAPO, Chile — As a new day dawned, the 13th man trapped for more than two months in a Chilean mine was pulled to safety. About 9:35 a.m...