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Raul Castro says Cuba has one million excess jobs
MIAMI — The stunning figure was revealed by Cuban leader Raul Castro himself: The Cuban government and its enterprises might have more than one million excess workers on their payrolls...
Karzai ousts two over corruption, keeps two with rights accusations
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai...
Mexico drug gangs turn weapons on army
MEXICO CITY — Drug traffickers fighting to control northern Mexico...
Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi vows not to resign, denounces protesters as ‘greasy...
CAIRO — A defiant Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi...
‘Sweet Micky’ Martelly reportedly wins Haiti election
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A carnival singer who reinvented himself into a polished political outsider is poised to become Haiti's new president, according to several sources familiar with the results that are expected to be released later Monday...
8.8 earthquake hits Chile; tsunami feared throughout eastern Pacific
BOGOTA, Colombia — The death toll is expected to rise from a devastating earthquake that struck Chile early Saturday morning and President Michelle Bachelet declared parts of her country catastrophe zones...
Thailand’s first female prime minister faces tough job
BANGKOK — Yingluck Shinawatra, 44, who was elected...
International earthquake relief begins arriving in a devastated Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, and MEXICO CITY — Promised emergency aid from abroad began flowing into Haiti's...