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Karzai to accept fraud-audit results; government deal uncertain
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai was expected to announce Tuesday his acceptance of a U.N.-backed fraud audit reducing his vote in the August election to less than 50 percent, but it wasn't clear if he'd consent to a deal with his chief rival to ...
Afghan leader urges coalition troops to curb civilian deaths
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai...
Mental illnesses linger long after Haitian earthquake
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — In a sweltering annex behind the General Hospital, inner demons stalk in plain view...
In Pakistan, militants begin to establish new strongholds
ISLAMABAD — Since the Pakistani army launched a long-awaited...
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...
Gadhafi whereabouts remain mystery; Niger denies he is in that country
TRIPOLI, Libya — Moammar Gadhafi’s whereabouts...
Chile to draw on stabilization fund for reconstruction
BOGOTA, Colombia — Chile's rainy day has come...
U.S., South Korea vow ‘show of force’ in military exercises aimed...
SEOUL — The United States and South Korea on Tuesday announced joint major military exercises for next week, a show of force aimed at North Korea in response to the sinking of a South Korean warship in March...
13 Sunni men, boys reported slain in Iraq
BAGHDAD — In a massacre that revived memories of Iraq's...