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Chile’s trapped miners to watch soccer live

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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...

Double bombing kills at least 32 in Iraq

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BAGHDAD — A double bombing Friday in the southern city of Karbala...

Iraqi judges strike down ban on candidates tied to Saddam’s regime

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BAGHDAD — Hundreds of candidates accused of ties to the outlawed Baath Party will be allowed to participate in Iraq's upcoming election after a decision Wednesday by judges to defer hearing their appeals until after the poll...

Trapped Chilean miners confirmed alive after more than 14 days

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SANTIAGO, Chile — Miners who have been trapped for more than 14 days in a copper mine in Chile's Atacama Desert are alive, President Sebastian Pinera said Sunday...

Pakistan suffers reverses in offensive against militants

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Taliban guerrillas recaptured...

Chile to draw on stabilization fund for reconstruction

BOGOTA, Colombia — Chile's rainy day has come...

Britain recognizes Libyan rebels, ousts Gadhafi embassy staff

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

U.N. reports 111,481 confirmed deaths in four areas in Haiti

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Statistics are a moving target in earthquake-shattered Haiti, shifting as often as the unsteady ground...

Asylum seekers on wrecked boat drown off Australian island

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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...

Iran signs $10 billion gas pipeline deal with Iraq, Syria

TEHRAN — Iran on Monday signed a $10 billion deal...

Many Haitians still sleep outdoors in fear of another quake

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — There is absolutely nothing wrong with Kettely Achedou's three-bedroom house in Port-au-Prince's Nazon neighborhood, yet the 39-year-old middle-class busineswswoman sleeps outside on a mat...