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Defying the West, Iran’s president orders hike in nuclear enrichment
ROME AND BEIRUT — In a possible move to deflect attention from Iran's political woes, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
Haitians prepare for boat journey to Florida
CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti — The unfinished wooden boat rocks gently in the backwater of Cap-Haitien Bay...
Iraqi Shiite group claims it is holding American hostage
BAGHDAD — An Iraqi Shiite group with close ties to Iran has claimed in a videotape Saturday it was holding an American hostage who is believed to be an El Cajon, Calif., man reported missing in Baghdad by the Pentagon...
Pentagon chief says Iran’s response to nuclear proposal is disappointing
ANKARA, Turkey — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and a conservative official in Tehran...
Twin bombings kill at least 22 in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — Two bomb blasts targeting a bus filled with Shiite Muslims and later a hospital in Karachi on Friday killed at least 22 people in the latest outbreak of violence plaguing the troubled, nuclear-armed state...
Double bombing kills at least 32 in Iraq
BAGHDAD — A double bombing Friday in the southern city of Karbala...
Polygamist South African president acknowledges fathering child out of wedlock
JOHANNESBURG — President Jacob Zuma...
