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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...
China plans to execute Japanese man in drug-trafficking case
SHENYANG, China — Beijing has told Tokyo that it will execute as early as Monday a Japanese man convicted last year of drug trafficking, it was learned Tuesday...
Spring break may be broken for Mexico resorts
When it comes to Mexican tourism, when Ciudad Juarez sneezes, Rosarito Beach catches a cold...
Subway bombing latest blow in war between Russia, militants
MOSCOW — The suicide bombs that roared through Moscow...
Mexico bristles as some U.S. states relax marijuana laws
MEXICO CITY — As more U.S. states permit medical marijuana, and California considers legalizing cannabis sales to adults, Mexico is voicing irritation at the gap between drug laws north and south of the border and saying it undercuts the battle against Mexico's ...
Judge orders ex-Venezuela governor to remain in custody
CARACAS, Venezuela — A Venezuelan judge on Wednesday ordered a former state governor and critic of President Hugo Chavez to remain in custody without bail while facing charges of conspiracy, incitement and spreading false information...
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...
U.S., Mexico pledge to fight drug money, gun trafficking
MEXICO CITY — The U.S. government Tuesday pledged greater cooperation with Mexico...
In Chinese court, Rio Tinto mining executive admits taking bribes
BEIJING — In a case that has become a flash point for the foreign business climate in China, an Australian mining executive admitted Monday to taking bribes while working as a chief iron-ore negotiator in China...
Pakistan indicts 5 Americans on terror charges
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani court Wednesday indicted five young Americans from the Washington, D.C., area on charges of plotting terrorist attacks in Pakistan...
