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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...
Britons shocked by video of nurse turning off quadriplegic’s life-support system
LONDON — Jamie Merrett...
Mexican drug lord, in a rare interview, says his death wouldn’t...
MEXICO CITY — One of Mexico's...
Defying the West, Iran’s president orders hike in nuclear enrichment
ROME AND BEIRUT — In a possible move to deflect attention from Iran's political woes, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
Pope praises Michelangelo nudes as ‘spiritual’
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI on Friday lauded...
Mexico’s drug wars will be top agenda item when Calderon meets...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama shuns talk of a "war on drugs." But when he welcomes Mexican President Felipe Calderon to the White House...
Iraqis say they want U.S. investment, strategic support
BASRA, Iraq — The tourist ship "Peace" was at...
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...
Quake-devastated Chile deploys troops to halt looting, facilitate aid
CONSTITUCION, Chile — Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said Tuesday that nearly 14,000 army and navy troops deployed throughout Chile's earthquake-devastated coastal communities had contained looting and were clearing the way for aid to be distributed...
