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Obama, Japanese prime minister plan anti-nuclear initiative

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TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and President...

CIA wants Taliban official sent from Pakistan to U.S.-run prison

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WASHINGTON — The Taliban military commander captured last month in Pakistan has refused to provide information that could be used against his insurgent network, prompting the CIA to push for his transfer to an American-run prison in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said ...

Drone strike kills 16 in Pakistan’s tribal areas

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A U.S. drone missile attack that may have been aimed at Pakistan's...

‘We can help ourselves’: Haitians organize their own relief efforts

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PETIONVILLE, Haiti — In the hillside suburb of Petionville, the sports bar Muncheez is best known for its pizza and pool tables...

Japanese technician abducted in Yemen

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

Land mines take a toll on Colombia’s poor

MANZANARES, Colombia — Colombia...

Refugees flee war and starvation in Somalia

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

Bodies lining Haiti’s roadsides are the grim tally of disaster

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The damage in Haiti's capital seemed nearly random...

As Karzai begins new term, monumental challenges loom

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

Many Haitians still sleep outdoors in fear of another quake

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — There is absolutely nothing wrong with Kettely Achedou's three-bedroom house in Port-au-Prince's Nazon neighborhood, yet the 39-year-old middle-class busineswswoman sleeps outside on a mat...

Finding shelter for Haiti’s homeless becomes a priority

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MIAMI — As relief workers in Haiti...