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Karzai ousts two over corruption, keeps two with rights accusations

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai...

Taliban suicide bombers attack Kabul shopping mall

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GARDEZ, Afghanistan — Taliban suicide bombers attacked a Kabul shopping mall near the Afghan Presidential Palace...

North Korean leader in China seeking cash, clout

BEIJING — North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il arrived Monday in China, making a rare trip outside his hermit kingdom in search of money and support from his country's last political patron...

Concerns grow over al-Qaida’s group in Yemen

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WASHINGTON — Al-Qaida's offshoot in Yemen has emerged as the "foremost concern" for U.S. spy agencies after the group was tied to two attacks in the United States...

Telephoned abduction claims bedeviling Mexico

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MEXICO CITY — "We have your daughter...

Makeshift schools popping up in Haiti’s tent cities

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — With schools in Haiti's...

8 nations map 1.2 bil. yen project to save tropical forests

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TOKYO — Japan, the United States and six European countries...

Blair tells investigative panel that Iraq war was justified

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LONDON — In an eagerly anticipated appearance, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday told a British panel investigating the Iraq war that Saddam Hussein had become too dangerous a threat to ignore in a post-9-11 world and that the decision to invade in ...

No apology, but NATO statement of regret after airstrike hits rebels

LONDON and TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO Rear Adm. Russell Harding, the deputy commander of the alliance's operation in Libya...