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Nigerian villagers slain in brutal machete attack buried in mass graves

LAGOS, Nigeria — The victims of Sunday's sectarian massacres were buried in mass graves in central Nigeria...

Airlifts from Haiti resume as U.S. government says it will pay...

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The airlift of critically injured patients from Haiti...

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...

U.S. spending $600 million on Afghan police stations

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KABUL — The U.S. military plans to spend more than $600 million to build nearly 200 police stations for the Afghan National Police...

North Korea stands down after Seoul military exercises

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SEOUL, South Korea—Despite days of provocative language, North Korea on Monday said it would not retaliate against South Korea's live-fire military exercises, insisting that the drills were "not worth reacting" to...

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

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

Pakistan bombings kill 40 as government fights for survival

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — More than 40 Pakistanis were killed in...

U.S. officials see new threat in Americans training in Yemen

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WASHINGTON — U.S. officials believe that as many as three dozen Americans who converted to Islam while in prison in the United States have traveled to Yemen over the past year, possibly to be trained by al-Qaida, according to a Senate report...