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152 presumed dead in Pakistani plane crash
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani passenger plane crashed into the hills that flank Islamabad on Wednesday with 152 people on board, including two Americans, officials and witnesses said. Apparently no one survived...
Soldier killed, others injured in clash as Thai protesters move beyond...
BANGKOK — Thai security forces fired into a crowd of anti-government protesters on the outskirts of Bangkok...
Effects of earthquake ripple across Haitian countryside
SAINT-MARC, Haiti — Even in normal times, Edwin Andre has all he can do to eke out a living from the corn, tomatoes and sweet potatoes he coaxes from an acre plot in northern Haiti. His wife, Roselaine Cius...
Scientists warn that oceans’ marine life on ‘brink of extinction’
LONDON — The world's oceans are degenerating far...
Cambodian men run slavery risk on region’s fishing boats
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Sok Sopheng was 21 when an employment agent offered him the chance of a job in neighboring Thailand...
China, U.S. announce plan to work together on clean energy
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao...
8 nations map 1.2 bil. yen project to save tropical forests
TOKYO — Japan, the United States and six European countries...
London’s Heathrow Airport to begin using full-body scanners
LONDON — Despite ongoing privacy concerns, authorities will start using full-body scanners at Heathrow Airport, one of the world's busiest, in about three weeks, the British government announced Tuesday...
Airlifts from Haiti resume as U.S. government says it will pay...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The airlift of critically injured patients from Haiti...
