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Iraqi parliament passes crucial election law

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BAGHDAD — After nearly a dozen delays and a final, rowdy...

Former general provides tough election challenge to Sri Lankan president

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Two months ago, when Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa...

Libyan rebels refuse to negotiate with Gadhafi

BENGHAZI, Libya — As the Libyan war grinds on across...

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...

Car bomb in Pakistan marketplace kills 34

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ISLAMABAD — A car bomb blast tore through a crowded market...

Troops hand out food, water in Haiti

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CITE SOLEIL, Haiti — Trucks packed with North Carolina-based paratroopers and United Nations soldiers from Brazil rumbled into this Port-Au-Prince suburb Sunday to unleash the most potent weapons in their current mission: food and water...

Trying to tame Tokyo’s adult playground

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TOKYO — Masatoshi Shimbo...

Scientists drill beneath Dead Sea in search of priceless data

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DEAD SEA — If you thought you couldn't get any lower than the Dead Sea, think again. You can go under it...

Dubai adds to list of suspects in Hamas leader’s killing

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BEIRUT — Adam Korman loves to travel. According to Dubai police, an Australian passport holder by that name visited the United Arab Emirates...

Mystery of the 20 missing men in Mexico

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MEXICO CITY — It is one of the more puzzling episodes in a drug war heaped with unsolved cases: 20 Mexican men travel to Acapulco together and are kidnapped en masse as soon as they arrive...

In Pakistan, militants begin to establish new strongholds

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ISLAMABAD — Since the Pakistani army launched a long-awaited...