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40 Cuban dissidents beaten, detained after visiting political prisoner’s tomb, activists...

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MIAMI — Cuban security agents beat and detained about 40 dissidents after the mother of the late political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo and her supporters prayed at his tomb, activists reported Monday...

Haiti commercial flights restart Friday

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FORT WORTH, Texas — On Friday, commercial passenger jets will return to Haiti...

Mexico’s drug wars will be top agenda item when Calderon meets...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama shuns talk of a "war on drugs." But when he welcomes Mexican President Felipe Calderon to the White House...

Rescuers continue pulling survivors from rubble

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A week after Haiti...

Body-hunting jobs are a sign of the times in Haiti

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — In post-earthquake Haiti, theirs is perhaps the most important and grisliest of professions: body hunters for hire...

Pakistan indicts 5 Americans on terror charges

ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani court Wednesday indicted five young Americans from the Washington, D.C., area on charges of plotting terrorist attacks in Pakistan...

Army evacuation came within inches of disaster

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — As Chief Warrant Officer 3 James...

Afghan opium the most lethal drug worldwide, U.N. says

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MOSCOW — Afghan opium kills more people every year than any...