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8 nations map 1.2 bil. yen project to save tropical forests
TOKYO — Japan, the United States and six European countries...
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...
Relief groups struggle to aid desperate Haiti quake victims
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, and MEXICO CITY — Relief...
CIA wants Taliban official sent from Pakistan to U.S.-run prison
WASHINGTON — The Taliban military commander captured last month in Pakistan has refused to provide information that could be used against his insurgent network, prompting the CIA to push for his transfer to an American-run prison in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said ...
Clinton warns China, others over Internet restrictions
WASHINGTON — In a new warning to China, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton...
Al-Qaida threat growing in Yemen, experts say
WASHINGTON — Al-Qaida is growing stronger in Yemen, fueled by anger toward the Yemeni government, anti-American sentiment and the return of Yemenis who fought the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. experts and intelligence officials told the Senate Foreign ...
North Korea stands down after Seoul military exercises
SEOUL, South Korea—Despite days of provocative language, North Korea on Monday said it would not retaliate against South Korea's live-fire military exercises, insisting that the drills were "not worth reacting" to...
Relief groups in Haiti prepare for next stage of disaster: disease
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Homeless camps of soiled, colored tarps fashioned into makeshift tents now dot this city, including a park next to Haiti's presidential palace. They are refuges for earthquake victims and giant Petri dishes for a plague...
Polygamist South African president acknowledges fathering child out of wedlock
JOHANNESBURG — President Jacob Zuma...