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Palestinians to submit statehood bid next Friday
JERUSALEM — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas...
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...
Checkpoints go up in Baghdad as bombing toll hits 155
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi government launched a massive...
Haitian prime minister likely on way out
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — As Haiti's lawmakers appeared poised...
Drone strike kills 16 in Pakistan’s tribal areas
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A U.S. drone missile attack that may have been aimed at Pakistan's...
Pakistan suffers reverses in offensive against militants
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Taliban guerrillas recaptured...
S.C. Senator forces U.S. change on Honduras stance on elections
WASHINGTON — Sen. Jim DeMint, a South Carolina Republican...
Death toll in Haiti hits 70,000 as aid trickles throughout capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — As the confirmed death toll in Haiti's...
Trapped Chilean miners confirmed alive after more than 14 days
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...
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...
Chile to draw on stabilization fund for reconstruction
BOGOTA, Colombia — Chile's rainy day has come...