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Hundreds of thousands join Egypt protests

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CAIRO — More than 200,000 protesters streamed into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday for the largest demonstration in a week of unrest against Egypt's embattled government, and international pressure on President Hosni Mubarak intensified...

Allegations of fraud surround vote-counting process in Iraq

BAGHDAD — As the first, incomplete results from Iraq's...

World’s oldest person dies at 114 in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO — The world's oldest person according...

Iraqis say they want U.S. investment, strategic support

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BASRA, Iraq — The tourist ship "Peace" was at...

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...

Honduras’ business leaders hope elections restore investors’ faith

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Just days after Honduras' recent presidential elections, Tegucigalpa Chamber of Commerce members gathered for their monthly meeting and breathed a collective sigh of relief...

Judge orders ex-Venezuela governor to remain in custody

CARACAS, Venezuela — A Venezuelan judge on Wednesday ordered a former state governor and critic of President Hugo Chavez to remain in custody without bail while facing charges of conspiracy, incitement and spreading false information...

Haiti commercial flights restart Friday

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FORT WORTH, Texas — On Friday, commercial passenger jets will return to Haiti...

As Karzai begins new term, monumental challenges loom

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KABUL — On the eve of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's...

Haitian prime minister likely on way out

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — As Haiti's lawmakers appeared poised...