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Questions raised over Afghan police force
MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan — While the Obama administration is counting on Afghanistan's security forces being able to defend the country by the summer of 2011, a commander with the Afghan National Army questions if his nation's police force will be up to the task...
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...
‘We can help ourselves’: Haitians organize their own relief efforts
PETIONVILLE, Haiti — In the hillside suburb of Petionville, the sports bar Muncheez is best known for its pizza and pool tables...
Bodies lining Haiti’s roadsides are the grim tally of disaster
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The damage in Haiti's capital seemed nearly random...
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...
Obama, Japanese prime minister plan anti-nuclear initiative
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and President...
Body-hunting jobs are a sign of the times in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — In post-earthquake Haiti, theirs is perhaps the most important and grisliest of professions: body hunters for hire...
Iraq’s national elections in jeopardy after vice president’s veto
BAGHDAD — Iraq's pivotal national elections were thrown back...
CIA wants Taliban official sent from Pakistan to U.S.-run prison
WASHINGTON — The Taliban military commander captured last month in Pakistan has refused to provide information that could be used against his insurgent network, prompting the CIA to push for his transfer to an American-run prison in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said ...
