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Obama affirms U.S. commitment to defense of Japan
YOKOHAMA, Japan — U.S. President Barack Obama said the commitment of the United States to the defense of Japan...
U.S. troops at Guantanamo take on new mission: Haitian relief
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba...
Makeshift schools popping up in Haiti’s tent cities
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — With schools in Haiti's...
Haiti’s cholera epidemic reaches the Dominican Republic
MIAMI — Health authorities in the Dominican Republic confirmed the nation's first case of cholera, just says after the government took drastic steps to limit border traffic with Haiti, where an epidemic has taken more than 1,000 lives...
Karzai promises to quash corruption, but doesn’t offer specifics
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday that he...
At least 26 killed in brutal attacks across Iraq
BAGHDAD — Assailants killed a family of eight on Monday, shooting some and beheading others in a brutal attack south of Baghdad reminiscent of the sectarian killings that raged through the area a few years back...
12 Afghans killed in errant rocket strike as U.S. offensive continues
MARJA AND KABUL, Afghanistan — As U.S. Marines battled Sunday to consolidate their hold on the southern Afghanistan...
‘Chemical Ali’ is executed by Iraqi government
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...
152 presumed dead in Pakistani plane crash
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani passenger plane crashed into the hills that flank Islamabad on Wednesday with 152 people on board, including two Americans, officials and witnesses said. Apparently no one survived...
Pakistani Islamists attack civilians for 3rd day, killing 24
ISLAMABAD — At least 24 people were killed Tuesday in the...
