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Obama, Japanese prime minister plan anti-nuclear initiative

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TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and President...

Pakistan insists American who shot 2 in alleged robbery attempt is...

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ISLAMABAD — The U.S. citizen who shot to death two motorcyclists in the eastern city of Lahore last month works with the CIA...

Thailand’s first female prime minister faces tough job

BANGKOK — Yingluck Shinawatra, 44, who was elected...

Iran train crash kills at least 8

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BEIRUT — A train accident in northeastern Iran killed at least eight people Saturday and injured dozens of others, underscoring problems in Iran's transportation sector...

Boy rescued 8 days after quake now a Haitian celebrity

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A little over a week ago, 5-year-old Monley Elize...

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...

Four American hostages killed by Somali pirates during rescue attempt

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SAN DIEGO — Four Americans, including a couple from Southern California...

Assailants hurl grenades into Mexico plaza crowd, injuring at least 14

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MEXICO CITY — Families were out for the night air, taking a stroll in the central plaza in the northern Mexico city of Guadalupe...

Bombing kills 3 U.S. soldiers, 4 Pakistanis

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ISLAMABAD — Three U.S. soldiers involved in training members of Pakistan's paramilitary Frontier Corps were among seven people killed Wednesday by a roadside bomb outside a girls school in northwest Pakistan, a setback for a program regarded as vital to the defeat ...

Bahrain sentences 8 activists to life in prison

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

Makeshift schools popping up in Haiti’s tent cities

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — With schools in Haiti's...