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FBI returns smuggled artifacts to Peru, Ecuador

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MIAMI — They were found spread out in cupboards, book...

Thailand’s first female prime minister faces tough job

BANGKOK — Yingluck Shinawatra, 44, who was elected...

Blasts rattle Tripoli as Libyan rebels encircle Gadhafi compound

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TRIPOLI — Explosions and gunfire rattled parts of...

Obama to Mubarak: Egypt transition ‘must begin now’

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WASHINGTON — With Egypt's major cities flooded by protesters Tuesday demanding the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, President Barack Obama took another major step away from the United States' strongest Arab ally, telling him that an orderly transition to ...

Iran train crash kills at least 8

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BEIRUT — A train accident in northeastern Iran killed at least eight people Saturday and injured dozens of others, underscoring problems in Iran's transportation sector...

Afghans await a sign of American support

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The residents of the Afghan capital...

Suspect in Norway attacks charged, denied public platform in court

OSLO, Norway — It was supposed to be a defining moment for Norwegian terror suspect Anders Behring Breivik...

Newly elected Honduran president seeks international approval

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras awoke Monday with three...

Iran, Saudi Arabia tensions rise over missing scientist

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CAIRO — An award-winning Iranian nuclear scientist traveled...

U.S. envoy leaves Mideast with little progress toward peace talks

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JERUSALEM — As U.S. envoy George J. Mitchell...

Resilient Haitians reopen for business

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PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — Henri St. Cir's neighbors think he's nuts. While they meander in increasingly squalid conditions of Haiti's capital, living on the sidewalk, their homes and businesses destroyed, he is reopening his Internet cafe amid the ruins...

Iraqi parliament passes crucial election law

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BAGHDAD — After nearly a dozen delays and a final, rowdy...