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Hostage describes narrow escape from Colombia’s FARC

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BOGOTA, Colombia — Police Sgt. Luis Alberto Erazo was...

Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi vows not to resign, denounces protesters as ‘greasy...

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CAIRO — A defiant Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi...

An extradited Noriega returns to Panama

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MEXICO CITY — Manuel Noriega, the onetime military...

Mexico drug gangs turn weapons on army

MEXICO CITY — Drug traffickers fighting to control northern Mexico...

‘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...

Karzai ousts two over corruption, keeps two with rights accusations

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai...

8.8 earthquake hits Chile; tsunami feared throughout eastern Pacific

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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...

International earthquake relief begins arriving in a devastated Haiti

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, and MEXICO CITY — Promised emergency aid from abroad began flowing into Haiti's...

Thailand’s first female prime minister faces tough job

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

Pakistan hit by car bomb hours after Clinton’s arrival

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A devastating bomb ripped through a...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il...