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54 Shiite Muslim pilgrims killed in Baghdad suicide bombing
BAGHDAD — A female suicide bomber detonated a vest rigged with explosives among a crowd of Shiite Muslim pilgrims in northeastern Baghdad...
Dozens killed as Ethiopian jet crashes into Mediterranean
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Rescue workers found no one to save. They could only retrieve corpses of those aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed into the sea early Monday morning during a fierce winter storm...
U.S., Iraqi officials claim major victory against al-Qaida in Iraq
BAGHDAD — Iraqi and U.S. security forces said Monday that they'd killed the two top leaders of al-Qaida in Iraq...
Troops hand out food, water in Haiti
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...
Protests lead Thailand’s prime minister to declare state of emergency in...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia...
Haitian prime minister defends handling of the dead
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — In Haiti, funerals are as expensive as weddings, tombs often more elaborate than the homes of the living...
Judge orders ex-Venezuela governor to remain in custody
CARACAS, Venezuela — A Venezuelan judge on Wednesday ordered a former state governor and critic of President Hugo Chavez to remain in custody without bail while facing charges of conspiracy, incitement and spreading false information...
Front-runner in Mexican gubernatorial race is ambushed, killed
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Rodolfo Torre, the front-runner in this weekend's gubernatorial election in the violence-plagued northern state of Tamaulipas, was ambushed and killed Monday...
Chile rejoices as more miners are transported to safety
COPIAPO, Chile — As a new day dawned, the 13th man trapped for more than two months in a Chilean mine was pulled to safety. About 9:35 a.m...
‘We can help ourselves’: Haitians organize their own relief efforts
PETIONVILLE, Haiti — In the hillside suburb of Petionville, the sports bar Muncheez is best known for its pizza and pool tables...
International earthquake relief begins arriving in a devastated Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, and MEXICO CITY — Promised emergency aid from abroad began flowing into Haiti's...
