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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...

Haiti elections slide into chaos

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti...

Libya rebels, Gadhafi regime hold indirect talks

BEIRUT — Indirect talks on the future of Libya have...

Iraqi Shiite group claims it is holding American hostage

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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...

Atherosclerosis found in CT scans of Egyptian mummies

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Researchers using a CT scanner have...

Asylum seekers on wrecked boat drown off Australian island

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SYDNEY, Australia — At least 30 asylum seekers drowned after their boat ran onto rocks on reaching Australia's Indian Ocean territory of Christmas Island, officials said Wednesday...

Intent unclear in Baghdad crackdown on alcohol

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BAGHDAD — It started in the Green Zone, with Iraqi soldiers ordering restaurants to stop serving alcohol and confiscating bottles from politicians at checkpoints...

Haiti turning garbage into energy

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Ginette Sejour will tell you scouring through other people's garbage is a dirty, smelly way to make a living...