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Karzai to accept fraud-audit results; government deal uncertain

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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

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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...

For many, no aid is in sight in Haiti

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — By Thursday, the bodies had...

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

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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

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BAGHDAD — In a massacre that revived memories of Iraq's...