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Trial for accused in Japan stabbing rampage to hinge on criminal...

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TOKYO — The 10th and final arraignment procedure before the trial this month of Tomohiro Kato, who was indicted on homicide and other charges stemming from his alleged indiscriminate rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district in 2008, has been completed at the Tokyo ...

Cross-border attacks by Palestinians test Israel’s quick-retaliation policy

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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...

U.S. reopens embassy in Yemen

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BEIRUT — Washington reopened its diplomatic outpost in Yemen...

London’s Heathrow Airport to begin using full-body scanners

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LONDON — Despite ongoing privacy concerns, authorities will start using full-body scanners at Heathrow Airport, one of the world's busiest, in about three weeks, the British government announced Tuesday...

U.S. military relies on Afghan police while working to clean them...

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KABUL, Afghanistan — A group Georgia National Guard soldiers joined Lt. Col. Mir Salam Adamkhil, a Kabul...

Deadly attack in Afghanistan was the work of Taliban

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KABUL — A suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers and contractors and wounded six others at an isolated CIA base in eastern Afghanistan...

Abar bombings raise fears of renewed Iraqi violence

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BAGHDAD — Bombers struck Iraq's...

China ruling portends more trade action in 2010

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WASHINGTON — A ruling Wednesday by the U.S. International Trade Commission...