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Britain recognizes Libyan rebels, ousts Gadhafi embassy staff
LONDON — Britain has ordered the Libyan Embassy's...
Chile’s trapped miners to watch soccer live
SANTIAGO, Chile — The 33 miners who have been trapped for over one month 2,300 feet (700 meters) under the Atacama desert in northern Chile are to watch Tuesday's soccer match between Chile and Ukraine live...
Colombian peasants wooed with land to adopt family planning
ABIBE, Colombia — Think of the 10 women who just had their fallopian tubes tied at a clinic in northern Colombia as foot soldiers in Erwin Goggel's lonely war on overpopulation and poverty...
Biologists report damage to Great Barrier Reef after shipping accident
SYDNEY — Over the years, retired fishing Capt. Mike Prior...
Libyan rebels reject proposal to end fighting
BENGHAZI, Libya — Libyan rebels delivered an emphatic no to an African Union proposal for an end to fighting in their country, insisting that Moammar Gadhafi must step down from power as part of any diplomatic solution...
3 ‘killing fields’ suspects go on trial in Cambodia
NEW DELHI — Three top Khmer Rouge leaders accused of...
Impasse over Iraqi election law may slow U.S. withdrawal
BAGHDAD — After three days of long sessions and continuous...
China gives nod for Disney theme park in Shanghai
HONG KONG — Walt Disney Co. announced Wednesday that it has...
5 Western troops killed in Afghanistan
KABUL — Reflecting a quickening tempo of combat in Afghanistan...
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...
Asylum seekers on wrecked boat drown off Australian island
SYDNEY, Australia — At least 30 asylum seekers drowned after their boat ran onto rocks on reaching Australia's Indian Ocean territory of Christmas Island, officials said Wednesday...
