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U.S., other Haiti allies commit to 10-year rebuilding effort
MONTREAL — The United States and other allies of Haiti agreed Monday to a 10-year effort to rebuild Port-au-Prince and foster the long-term development that has eluded the Caribbean country despite decades of foreign assistance...
Iraqi parliament passes crucial election law
BAGHDAD — After nearly a dozen delays and a final, rowdy...
8.8 earthquake hits Chile; tsunami feared throughout eastern Pacific
BOGOTA, Colombia — The death toll is expected to rise from a devastating earthquake that struck Chile early Saturday morning and President Michelle Bachelet declared parts of her country catastrophe zones...
At least 26 killed in brutal attacks across Iraq
BAGHDAD — Assailants killed a family of eight on Monday, shooting some and beheading others in a brutal attack south of Baghdad reminiscent of the sectarian killings that raged through the area a few years back...
Yemeni leader agrees to plan for his resignation
SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh...
Kim Jong Un to face stiff challenges as North Korea’s new...
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s newly-minted...
China plans to execute Japanese man in drug-trafficking case
SHENYANG, China — Beijing has told Tokyo that it will execute as early as Monday a Japanese man convicted last year of drug trafficking, it was learned Tuesday...
S.C. Senator forces U.S. change on Honduras stance on elections
WASHINGTON — Sen. Jim DeMint, a South Carolina Republican...
Raul Castro says Cuba has one million excess jobs
MIAMI — The stunning figure was revealed by Cuban leader Raul Castro himself: The Cuban government and its enterprises might have more than one million excess workers on their payrolls...
Japan economy grows more than expected
TOKYO — Japan's economy grew more than expected in the July...
Afghan parliament sworn in despite President Hamid Karzai’s opposition
KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai...
Tymoshenko under pressure to concede in presidential race
KIEV, Ukraine — Pressure swelled on Monday for Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to bow out gracefully from a hard-fought and narrowly lost presidential race...
