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Questions raised over Afghan police force
MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan — While the Obama administration is counting on Afghanistan's security forces being able to defend the country by the summer of 2011, a commander with the Afghan National Army questions if his nation's police force will be up to the task...
North Korea fires on South Korean island
SEOUL — North Korea on Tuesday fired dozens of artillery rounds onto a populated South Korean island, killing two and injuring 19 others after Pyongyang claimed that Seoul was readying for "an invasion," officials said...
Two months after quake, many Haitians still wonder where they will...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti...
Mexican marijuana smugglers turn to ultralight aircraft
SONOYTA, Mexico — Several times a week, drug smugglers somewhere along Mexico's border with the United States strap themselves into low-flying ultralight aircraft and take off with loads of marijuana...
Gunmen kill at least 13 at Mexico party full of teen...
MEXICO CITY — Gunmen stormed a party packed with teenage revelers in Ciudad Juarez early Sunday, killing at least 13 people in the latest spasm of violence to slam the border city, authorities said...
Mullen rebukes China for failing to curb North Korea
SEOUL and BEIJING — The most senior U.S. military official delivered a sharp rebuke to China on Wednesday, blaming Asia's top power for failing to rein in its North Korean ally in the escalating dispute over the fate of the Korean peninsula...
Asylum seekers on wrecked boat drown off Australian island
SYDNEY, Australia — At least 30 asylum seekers drowned after their boat ran onto rocks on reaching Australia's Indian Ocean territory of Christmas Island, officials said Wednesday...
Iran says it agrees to send nuclear material to Turkey in...
BEIRUT — In what could be a stunning breakthrough in the years-long diplomatic deadlock over Iran's nuclear program, Tehran has agreed to send the bulk of its nuclear material to Turkey...
