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Pakistan suffers reverses in offensive against militants

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Taliban guerrillas recaptured...

Coordinated attacks on 3 Baghdad hotels kill at least 31

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BAGHDAD — Militants bombed three hotel compounds in eastern Baghdad Monday...

Second earthquake hits Haiti

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LONDON — A second earthquake has hit Haiti on Wednesday, just eight days after a quake that left thousands dead in the impoverished country...

Bahrain sentences 8 activists to life in prison

CAIRO — Bahrain sentenced eight activists to life in...

Iraqi parliament again delays vote on allowing direct elections

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's parliament failed again Tuesday to vote on...

Haiti president pleads for tents; nearly 500 schools destroyed by quake

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — One family has used a Haitian flag to pitch its tent at Mais Gate, a shantytown for the homeless near Port-au-Prince airport. Another fashioned its tent from a five-by-five cloth adorned with an image of Jesus...

6.1 aftershock rocks Haitians out of their sleep

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, and MEXICO CITY — Earthquake-stricken residents in Haiti...

12-year-old heart transplant patient returns to Japan from U.S.

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NARITA, Japan — A 12-year-old boy who received a heart transplant in the United States in July has returned home to Japan and is looking forward to seeing his friends again...

Bodies lining Haiti’s roadsides are the grim tally of disaster

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The damage in Haiti's capital seemed nearly random...

In Cuba, bringing a message or help can lead to jail

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MIAMI — Jan Bubenik went to Cuba to "spread the hope" but did everything wrong...

New version of law deals Iraq elections another setback

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BAGHDAD — Hopes for a January election in Iraq faded Monday...