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Ruling Yemen gets even more complicated

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SANA, Yemen — President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who once described ruling Yemen...

Taliban: Reports of bin Laden’s death greatly exaggerated

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's Taliban, who sheltered Osama bin Laden when they governed the country prior to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, said Tuesday that it would be "premature" to comment on U.S. claims that the al-Qaida leader had been killed ...

Mexico threatens to cut off millions of cell phone users to...

MEXICO CITY — Millions of cellular telephone users across Mexico...

U.S., other Haiti allies commit to 10-year rebuilding effort

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MONTREAL — The United States and other allies of Haiti agreed Monday to a 10-year effort to rebuild Port-au-Prince and foster the long-term development that has eluded the Caribbean country despite decades of foreign assistance...

In Latin America, weapons buying spreads mistrust

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MIAMI — Whether it's called an "arms race" or a...

NATO kills 5 Afghan soldiers in mistaken airstrike

KABUL, Afghanistan — Gen. David H. Petraeus...

Iraqi parliament again delays vote on allowing direct elections

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's parliament failed again Tuesday to vote on...

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'...

Underwater volcano erupts, could create new island

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TOKYO — An underwater volcanic eruption was detected Wednesday morning close to Minami-Iwoto island in the Pacific Ocean and an expert speculated that the eruption could form a permanent island...

Blair tells investigative panel that Iraq war was justified

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LONDON — In an eagerly anticipated appearance, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday told a British panel investigating the Iraq war that Saddam Hussein had become too dangerous a threat to ignore in a post-9-11 world and that the decision to invade in ...