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U.S. blames al-Qaida in Iraq for Baghdad bombing spree

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BAGHDAD — A suicide car bomb detonated outside the Iraqi Interior Ministry's forensics department in Baghdad Tuesday, killing more than 18 people and severely damaging the building in the second consecutive day of high-profile attacks...

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...

Ruling Yemen gets even more complicated

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SANA, Yemen — President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who once described ruling Yemen...

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...

Deadly blasts in eastern Afghanistan wound 9 Western troops

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KABUL — Two explosions in eastern Afghanistan...

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...

Afghans await a sign of American support

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The residents of the Afghan capital...