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Top Afghan Taliban commander captured

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WASHINGTON — The second-in-command of the Afghan Taliban was captured in Pakistan...

Iran says it agrees to send nuclear material to Turkey in...

BEIRUT — In what could be a stunning breakthrough in the years-long diplomatic deadlock over Iran's nuclear program, Tehran has agreed to send the bulk of its nuclear material to Turkey...

Stunned president keeps low profile after quake

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Seated under a mango tree with helicopters and cargo planes thundering overhead, Haitian President Rene Preval...

Troops hand out food, water in Haiti

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CITE SOLEIL, Haiti — Trucks packed with North Carolina-based paratroopers and United Nations soldiers from Brazil rumbled into this Port-Au-Prince suburb Sunday to unleash the most potent weapons in their current mission: food and water...

6.1 aftershock rocks Haitians out of their sleep

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, and MEXICO CITY — Earthquake-stricken residents in Haiti...

Iraqis revel in period of relative quiet

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BAGHDAD — From the rickety upper deck of the small tour boat...

Sri Lanka defends arrest of presidential candidate

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NEW DELHI, India — The Sri Lanka government defended the arrest of presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka on Tuesday on the grounds that he conspired against the incumbent who defeated him in last month's vote...

At least 26 killed in brutal attacks across Iraq

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BAGHDAD — Assailants killed a family of eight on Monday, shooting some and beheading others in a brutal attack south of Baghdad reminiscent of the sectarian killings that raged through the area a few years back...