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U.S., West cool to Karzai’s call for peace with Taliban
LONDON — Afghan President Hamid Karzai called Thursday at a gathering of world leaders for an invigorated international peace effort with the Taliban, starting with an initial meeting in a few weeks...
152 presumed dead in Pakistani plane crash
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani passenger plane crashed into the hills that flank Islamabad on Wednesday with 152 people on board, including two Americans, officials and witnesses said. Apparently no one survived...
Tymoshenko under pressure to concede in presidential race
KIEV, Ukraine — Pressure swelled on Monday for Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to bow out gracefully from a hard-fought and narrowly lost presidential race...
Militants kill 37 in attack on crowded Pakistani mosque
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — In a daring midday raid that showed...
Iran suppresses protests as leader proclaims ‘nuclear state’
WASHINGTON — Iran's government smothered Tehran...
3 ‘killing fields’ suspects go on trial in Cambodia
NEW DELHI — Three top Khmer Rouge leaders accused of...
Karzai ousts two over corruption, keeps two with rights accusations
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai...
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...
Venezuelan farmer dies after hunger strike against government policy
MIAMI — During his six-year quest to force the government to return his land, Venezuelan farmer Franklin Brito sewed his mouth shut, amputated a finger and went on at least eight punishing hunger strikes...
Thailand’s first female prime minister faces tough job
BANGKOK — Yingluck Shinawatra, 44, who was elected...
