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Pakistan bombings kill 40 as government fights for survival
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — More than 40 Pakistanis were killed in...
Afghan leader urges coalition troops to curb civilian deaths
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai...
London’s Heathrow Airport to begin using full-body scanners
LONDON — Despite ongoing privacy concerns, authorities will start using full-body scanners at Heathrow Airport, one of the world's busiest, in about three weeks, the British government announced Tuesday...
Relief groups struggle to aid desperate Haiti quake victims
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, and MEXICO CITY — Relief...
Intent unclear in Baghdad crackdown on alcohol
BAGHDAD — It started in the Green Zone, with Iraqi soldiers ordering restaurants to stop serving alcohol and confiscating bottles from politicians at checkpoints...
North Korean leader in China seeking cash, clout
BEIJING — North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il arrived Monday in China, making a rare trip outside his hermit kingdom in search of money and support from his country's last political patron...
Northern Ireland in uproar over lawmaker’s secret affair with teen
LONDON — The threat of renewed sectarian violence is at its highest in years. But it's a seamy affair between Northern Ireland's...
Pakistani Islamists attack civilians for 3rd day, killing 24
ISLAMABAD — At least 24 people were killed Tuesday in the...
Allegations of fraud surround vote-counting process in Iraq
BAGHDAD — As the first, incomplete results from Iraq's...
Haitians sleeping in the streets in fear of another quake
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The ritual began just as the soft winter sun ducked behind the mountains Sunday, casting haunting shadows on this jittery Caribbean capital...
