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Blasts rattle Tripoli as Libyan rebels encircle Gadhafi compound
TRIPOLI — Explosions and gunfire rattled parts of...
Iran to free jailed American hiker on $500,000 bail, but prison...
TEHRAN and ISTANBUL, Turkey — Iranian authorities are prepared to release on $500,000 bail one of three American hikers held since last year, Tehran's chief prosecutor said Sunday...
Coordinated attacks on 3 Baghdad hotels kill at least 31
BAGHDAD — Militants bombed three hotel compounds in eastern Baghdad Monday...
Tens of thousands protest in Tunisia, demanding resignation of president
TUNIS, Tunisia, and BEIRUT — Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in the capital of Tunisia...
U.S. officials see new threat in Americans training in Yemen
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials believe that as many as three dozen Americans who converted to Islam while in prison in the United States have traveled to Yemen over the past year, possibly to be trained by al-Qaida, according to a Senate report...
Mystery of the 20 missing men in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — It is one of the more puzzling episodes in a drug war heaped with unsolved cases: 20 Mexican men travel to Acapulco together and are kidnapped en masse as soon as they arrive...
Chile rejoices as more miners are transported to safety
COPIAPO, Chile — As a new day dawned, the 13th man trapped for more than two months in a Chilean mine was pulled to safety. About 9:35 a.m...
Blair tells investigative panel that Iraq war was justified
LONDON — In an eagerly anticipated appearance, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday told a British panel investigating the Iraq war that Saddam Hussein had become too dangerous a threat to ignore in a post-9-11 world and that the decision to invade in ...
Australian women convicted of cruelty over the death of a mouse
SYDNEY — An Australian animal welfare group Friday...
At least 475 escape Afghanistan prison
KABUL, Afghanistan — At least 475 inmates, many of them Islamic insurgents, escaped overnight from the main prison in the southern city of Kandahar, the spiritual home of the Taliban movement, authorities said...
Car bomb in Pakistan marketplace kills 34
ISLAMABAD — A car bomb blast tore through a crowded market...
