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Iranian police use tear gas on student protesters
CAIRO — Iranian authorities fought students with tear gas...
U.N. to scale back in Kabul as it ponders better security
KABUL — A week after a jarring pre-dawn attack killed five...
FBI returns smuggled artifacts to Peru, Ecuador
MIAMI — They were found spread out in cupboards, book...
At least 113 dead after quake-triggered tsunami hits Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia — At least 113 people were killed after a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake slammed into villages on Indonesia's Mentawai islands, officials and aid workers said Tuesday...
CIA wants Taliban official sent from Pakistan to U.S.-run prison
WASHINGTON — The Taliban military commander captured last month in Pakistan has refused to provide information that could be used against his insurgent network, prompting the CIA to push for his transfer to an American-run prison in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said ...
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...
Afghan election commission declares Karzai the winner
KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai was vested with...
Despite controversy, CIA funds to Pakistan’s intelligence service deemed crucial
WASHINGTON — The CIA has funneled hundreds of millions of...
U.S., Mexico pledge to fight drug money, gun trafficking
MEXICO CITY — The U.S. government Tuesday pledged greater cooperation with Mexico...
Ruling Yemen gets even more complicated
SANA, Yemen — President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who once described ruling Yemen...
