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Trial for accused in Japan stabbing rampage to hinge on criminal...

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TOKYO — The 10th and final arraignment procedure before the trial this month of Tomohiro Kato, who was indicted on homicide and other charges stemming from his alleged indiscriminate rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district in 2008, has been completed at the Tokyo ...

Japanese technician abducted in Yemen

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SAN'A, Yemen — A Japanese technician and his Yemeni driver...

Haiti assesses earthquake devastation; U.S. promises help

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Rescuers hunted for survivors Wednesday in the shattered landscape of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, as the world geared up for a major humanitarian effort in the wake of the earthquake that devastated the desperately poor Caribbean nation...

Refugees flee war and starvation in Somalia

NAIROBI, Kenya — To save themselves, Rahmo Ibrahim...

New 6.1 earthquake shakes Haiti, panicking residents

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A 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti...

US ambassador leaves Syria after ‘credible threats’ to safety

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has temporarily...

Honduras’ business leaders hope elections restore investors’ faith

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Just days after Honduras' recent presidential elections, Tegucigalpa Chamber of Commerce members gathered for their monthly meeting and breathed a collective sigh of relief...

Militants kill 37 in attack on crowded Pakistani mosque

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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — In a daring midday raid that showed...

As Karzai begins new term, monumental challenges loom

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KABUL — On the eve of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's...

No apology, but NATO statement of regret after airstrike hits rebels

LONDON and TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO Rear Adm. Russell Harding, the deputy commander of the alliance's operation in Libya...

Iraqi parliament passes crucial election law

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