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U.N. to scale back in Kabul as it ponders better security
KABUL — A week after a jarring pre-dawn attack killed five...
Four American hostages killed by Somali pirates during rescue attempt
SAN DIEGO — Four Americans, including a couple from Southern California...
Ahmadinejad’s New York visit to dominate U.N. nuclear meeting
WASHINGTON — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's plan to attend an international conference on curbing the spread of nuclear weapons this week in New York threatens to turn the meeting into a diplomatic confrontation between the United States and Iran over Iran'...
In wake of sex scandal, Northern Ireland’s top leader steps down
LONDON — Northern Ireland's...
40 Cuban dissidents beaten, detained after visiting political prisoner’s tomb, activists...
MIAMI — Cuban security agents beat and detained about 40 dissidents after the mother of the late political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo and her supporters prayed at his tomb, activists reported Monday...
In Chinese court, Rio Tinto mining executive admits taking bribes
BEIJING — In a case that has become a flash point for the foreign business climate in China, an Australian mining executive admitted Monday to taking bribes while working as a chief iron-ore negotiator in China...
8 nations map 1.2 bil. yen project to save tropical forests
TOKYO — Japan, the United States and six European countries...
Death toll in Haiti hits 70,000 as aid trickles throughout capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — As the confirmed death toll in Haiti's...
Mexico’s drug wars will be top agenda item when Calderon meets...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama shuns talk of a "war on drugs." But when he welcomes Mexican President Felipe Calderon to the White House...
