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Iranian police use tear gas on student protesters

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CAIRO — Iranian authorities fought students with tear gas...

Northern Ireland in uproar over lawmaker’s secret affair with teen

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LONDON — The threat of renewed sectarian violence is at its highest in years. But it's a seamy affair between Northern Ireland's...

Refugees flee war and starvation in Somalia

NAIROBI, Kenya — To save themselves, Rahmo Ibrahim...

Haitian prime minister defends handling of the dead

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — In Haiti, funerals are as expensive as weddings, tombs often more elaborate than the homes of the living...

Obama, Japanese prime minister plan anti-nuclear initiative

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TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and President...

Finding shelter for Haiti’s homeless becomes a priority

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MIAMI — As relief workers in Haiti...

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...

U.S., Iraqi officials claim major victory against al-Qaida in Iraq

BAGHDAD — Iraqi and U.S. security forces said Monday that they'd killed the two top leaders of al-Qaida in Iraq...

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...