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8 killed during Mexico kidnap attempt
MEXICO CITY — A kidnapping attempt in northern Mexico led to a highway car chase and gun battle that left seven gunmen and a federal police officer dead, Mexican authorities said...
At least 100 dead in Baghdad car bombings
BAGHDAD — Insurgents detonated five car bombs in Baghdad...
New airfields, port reopening speed up aid to Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Two aftershocks rattled Haiti...
U.S. military relies on Afghan police while working to clean them...
KABUL, Afghanistan — A group Georgia National Guard soldiers joined Lt. Col. Mir Salam Adamkhil, a Kabul...
Former general provides tough election challenge to Sri Lankan president
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Two months ago, when Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa...
Deadly attack in Afghanistan was the work of Taliban
KABUL — A suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers and contractors and wounded six others at an isolated CIA base in eastern Afghanistan...
China plans to execute Japanese man in drug-trafficking case
SHENYANG, China — Beijing has told Tokyo that it will execute as early as Monday a Japanese man convicted last year of drug trafficking, it was learned Tuesday...
