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U.S. spending $600 million on Afghan police stations
KABUL — The U.S. military plans to spend more than $600 million to build nearly 200 police stations for the Afghan National Police...
Magnitude 8.9 earthquake rocks Japan
BEIJING and TOKYO — The worst earthquake in generations struck off the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, setting off a devastating tsunami that swallowed swaths of coastal territory and fanned out across the Pacific Ocean, threatening everything in its path...
Sri Lanka defends arrest of presidential candidate
NEW DELHI, India — The Sri Lanka government defended the arrest of presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka on Tuesday on the grounds that he conspired against the incumbent who defeated him in last month's vote...
Newly elected Honduran president seeks international approval
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras awoke Monday with three...
Gadhafi whereabouts remain mystery; Niger denies he is in that country
TRIPOLI, Libya — Moammar Gadhafi’s whereabouts...
Gadhafi forces reportedly moving against rebels in Libya’s east
TRIPOLI and BENGHAZI, Libya — Forces loyal to embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi were reported to be moving Wednesday against areas held by the opposition in the country's east...
8 nations map 1.2 bil. yen project to save tropical forests
TOKYO — Japan, the United States and six European countries...
International earthquake relief begins arriving in a devastated Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, and MEXICO CITY — Promised emergency aid from abroad began flowing into Haiti's...
Palestinians to submit statehood bid next Friday
JERUSALEM — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas...
Car bomb in Pakistan marketplace kills 34
ISLAMABAD — A car bomb blast tore through a crowded market...
