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Hostage describes narrow escape from Colombia’s FARC

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

An extradited Noriega returns to Panama

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

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

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CAIRO — A defiant Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi...

Karzai ousts two over corruption, keeps two with rights accusations

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai...

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...

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...