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Cross-border attacks by Palestinians test Israel’s quick-retaliation policy
JERUSALEM — A recent spate of cross-border and mortar attacks by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip — the worst in a year — is testing the resolve of Israel's...
Nigerian villagers slain in brutal machete attack buried in mass graves
LAGOS, Nigeria — The victims of Sunday's sectarian massacres were buried in mass graves in central Nigeria...
Puerto Rican doctors on hot seat for tasteless photos from Haiti...
MIAMI — A group of Puerto Rican doctors who traveled to Haiti in the wake of the nation's devastating earthquake to provide aid are under fire for posting tasteless photographs on Facebook...
To Afghanistan’s many problems, now add the flu
KABUL, Afghanistan — As if the Taliban, car bombs, roadside...
Dozens killed as Ethiopian jet crashes into Mediterranean
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Rescue workers found no one to save. They could only retrieve corpses of those aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed into the sea early Monday morning during a fierce winter storm...
Chile’s trapped miners to watch soccer live
SANTIAGO, Chile — The 33 miners who have been trapped for over one month 2,300 feet (700 meters) under the Atacama desert in northern Chile are to watch Tuesday's soccer match between Chile and Ukraine live...
Resilient Haitians reopen for business
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — Henri St. Cir's neighbors think he's nuts. While they meander in increasingly squalid conditions of Haiti's capital, living on the sidewalk, their homes and businesses destroyed, he is reopening his Internet cafe amid the ruins...
Assailants hurl grenades into Mexico plaza crowd, injuring at least 14
MEXICO CITY — Families were out for the night air, taking a stroll in the central plaza in the northern Mexico city of Guadalupe...
Africa’s population boom traps children in poverty
KANO, Nigeria — The boy stepped into the grubby street...
Egypt will try ex-President Mubarak in protesters’ deaths
CAIRO — Deposed President Hosni Mubarak will stand...
