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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...
Castro makes rare appearance on Cuban TV
MEXICO CITY — What he said mattered so much less than the fact he said it, or said anything at all...
‘Chemical Ali’ is executed by Iraqi government
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government Monday hanged Ali Hassan Majid, one of the most notorious figures from Saddam Hussein's regime, who had earned the nickname "Chemical Ali" for his gassing of the Kurds in the late 1980s...
Colombian peasants wooed with land to adopt family planning
ABIBE, Colombia — Think of the 10 women who just had their fallopian tubes tied at a clinic in northern Colombia as foot soldiers in Erwin Goggel's lonely war on overpopulation and poverty...
CNN’s Anderson Cooper attacked by pro-Mubarak mob in Cairo
NEW YORK — CNN's Anderson Cooper and his production crew were attacked by a group of demonstrators in Egypt on Wednesday. Reporting from Cairo, Cooper said during a phone interview that he was punched in the head multiple times by supporters of President Hosni ...
Colombian military kills 22 alleged rebels
BOGOTA — The Colombian military said Sunday it had killed at least 22 alleged leftist militants in southern Colombia...
Libyan rebels refuse to negotiate with Gadhafi
BENGHAZI, Libya — As the Libyan war grinds on across...
Britain evacuates its diplomats from Iran; Norway shuts embassy
BAGHDAD — One day after the sacking of its embassy in...
