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Israeli soldiers kill at least 10 protesters on boat carrying supplies...
JERUSALEM — Israeli naval ships seized control of a protest flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 10 people and sparking widespread international condemnation...
Despite controversy, CIA funds to Pakistan’s intelligence service deemed crucial
WASHINGTON — The CIA has funneled hundreds of millions of...
Intent unclear in Baghdad crackdown on alcohol
BAGHDAD — It started in the Green Zone, with Iraqi soldiers ordering restaurants to stop serving alcohol and confiscating bottles from politicians at checkpoints...
Haiti, Dominican Republic now have smoother, but fragile, relationship
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — It wasn't so long ago when the president of the Dominican Republic visited neighboring Haiti, protesters blocked his motorcade by burning tires and hurling rocks...
Libya rebels, Gadhafi regime hold indirect talks
BEIRUT — Indirect talks on the future of Libya have...
Afghan president’s new Cabinet picks include controversial figure
KABUL — Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai...
Twin bombings kill at least 22 in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — Two bomb blasts targeting a bus filled with Shiite Muslims and later a hospital in Karachi on Friday killed at least 22 people in the latest outbreak of violence plaguing the troubled, nuclear-armed state...
Polygamist South African president acknowledges fathering child out of wedlock
JOHANNESBURG — President Jacob Zuma...
‘Chemical Ali’ is executed by Iraqi government
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government Monday hanged Ali Hassan Majid, one of the most notorious figures from Saddam Hussein's regime, who had earned the nickname "Chemical Ali" for his gassing of the Kurds in the late 1980s...
