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Ahmadinejad’s New York visit to dominate U.N. nuclear meeting
WASHINGTON — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's plan to attend an international conference on curbing the spread of nuclear weapons this week in New York threatens to turn the meeting into a diplomatic confrontation between the United States and Iran over Iran'...
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 ...
Pakistan suffers reverses in offensive against militants
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Taliban guerrillas recaptured...
Jamaica arrests alleged gun, drug trafficker after monthlong search
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ending a monthlong search that has cost 76 people their lives, Jamaican authorities on Tuesday captured Christopher "Dudus" Coke, 42, an alleged trafficker in guns and drugs who is also wanted in the United States...
Death toll in Philippine floods climbs to nearly 1,500
MANILA — The death toll from floods in the southern...
U.S. to recognize south Sudan as a new country, Obama says
LOS ANGELES — The United States will recognize southern Sudan as a new, independent country in July, President Barack Obama announced Monday...
Spring break may be broken for Mexico resorts
When it comes to Mexican tourism, when Ciudad Juarez sneezes, Rosarito Beach catches a cold...
To Afghanistan’s many problems, now add the flu
KABUL, Afghanistan — As if the Taliban, car bombs, roadside...
