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Haiti business community seeks to help rebuild economy
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A few blocks from where men lined up for backbreaking jobs digging corpses from the rubble for about $3 a day, a hotel was selling a ham sandwich for five times that amount...
8 nations map 1.2 bil. yen project to save tropical forests
TOKYO — Japan, the United States and six European countries...
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 Latin America, weapons buying spreads mistrust
MIAMI — Whether it's called an "arms race" or a...
Four American hostages killed by Somali pirates during rescue attempt
SAN DIEGO — Four Americans, including a couple from Southern California...
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...
Haiti turning garbage into energy
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Ginette Sejour will tell you scouring through other people's garbage is a dirty, smelly way to make a living...
Iran, Saudi Arabia tensions rise over missing scientist
CAIRO — An award-winning Iranian nuclear scientist traveled...
Suspect in Norway attacks charged, denied public platform in court
OSLO, Norway — It was supposed to be a defining moment for Norwegian terror suspect Anders Behring Breivik...
Afghan election commission declares Karzai the winner
KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai was vested with...
China remains passive as Korean standoff escalates
BEIJING — South Korea warned Friday that it will order airstrikes if North Korea again launches artillery at the South, raising its military posture as Pyongyang reportedly deployed new rockets capable of hitting the South Korean capital...
