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Haiti president pleads for tents; nearly 500 schools destroyed by quake
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — One family has used a Haitian flag to pitch its tent at Mais Gate, a shantytown for the homeless near Port-au-Prince airport. Another fashioned its tent from a five-by-five cloth adorned with an image of Jesus...
Iraqis revel in period of relative quiet
BAGHDAD — From the rickety upper deck of the small tour boat...
Enlightenment dawns in South Africa’s presidential palace
When the sun rose on World AIDS Day in South Africa last...
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...
Trapped Chilean miners confirmed alive after more than 14 days
SANTIAGO, Chile — Miners who have been trapped for more than 14 days in a copper mine in Chile's Atacama Desert are alive, President Sebastian Pinera said Sunday...
Front-runner in Mexican gubernatorial race is ambushed, killed
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Rodolfo Torre, the front-runner in this weekend's gubernatorial election in the violence-plagued northern state of Tamaulipas, was ambushed and killed Monday...
U.N. reports 111,481 confirmed deaths in four areas in Haiti
Statistics are a moving target in earthquake-shattered Haiti, shifting as often as the unsteady ground...
Iraqi Shiite group claims it is holding American hostage
BAGHDAD — An Iraqi Shiite group with close ties to Iran has claimed in a videotape Saturday it was holding an American hostage who is believed to be an El Cajon, Calif., man reported missing in Baghdad by the Pentagon...
Spring break may be broken for Mexico resorts
When it comes to Mexican tourism, when Ciudad Juarez sneezes, Rosarito Beach catches a cold...
