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Castro makes rare appearance on Cuban TV

MEXICO CITY — What he said mattered so much less than the fact he said it, or said anything at all...

U.S. to sell $6.4 billion in weapons to Taiwan

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced plans Friday to sell $6.4 billion in weapons to Taiwan, including helicopters and missile defense systems, a move that's certain to anger China, which considers the island nation a renegade province...

Mental illnesses linger long after Haitian earthquake

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — In a sweltering annex behind the General Hospital, inner demons stalk in plain view...

U.S. blames al-Qaida in Iraq for Baghdad bombing spree

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BAGHDAD — A suicide car bomb detonated outside the Iraqi Interior Ministry's forensics department in Baghdad Tuesday, killing more than 18 people and severely damaging the building in the second consecutive day of high-profile attacks...

Haiti business community seeks to help rebuild economy

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A few blocks from where men lined up for backbreaking jobs digging corpses from the rubble for about $3 a day, a hotel was selling a ham sandwich for five times that amount...

Britain recognizes Libyan rebels, ousts Gadhafi embassy staff

LONDON — Britain has ordered the Libyan Embassy's...

Trying to tame Tokyo’s adult playground

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TOKYO — Masatoshi Shimbo...

Taliban: Reports of bin Laden’s death greatly exaggerated

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's Taliban, who sheltered Osama bin Laden when they governed the country prior to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, said Tuesday that it would be "premature" to comment on U.S. claims that the al-Qaida leader had been killed ...

Pakistani army officer arrested for alleged link to U.S. terror plot

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistani officials have arrested a retired...