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Medical correspondents face delicate balance in Haiti
NEW YORK — Some of the most dramatic television images beamed from Haiti's quake-ravaged communities have shown harried doctors frantically tending the wounded with rudimentary tools...
Karzai to accept fraud-audit results; government deal uncertain
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai was expected to announce Tuesday his acceptance of a U.N.-backed fraud audit reducing his vote in the August election to less than 50 percent, but it wasn't clear if he'd consent to a deal with his chief rival to ...
Impasse over Iraqi election law may slow U.S. withdrawal
BAGHDAD — After three days of long sessions and continuous...
Haiti’s cholera epidemic reaches the Dominican Republic
MIAMI — Health authorities in the Dominican Republic confirmed the nation's first case of cholera, just says after the government took drastic steps to limit border traffic with Haiti, where an epidemic has taken more than 1,000 lives...
Asylum seekers on wrecked boat drown off Australian island
SYDNEY, Australia — At least 30 asylum seekers drowned after their boat ran onto rocks on reaching Australia's Indian Ocean territory of Christmas Island, officials said Wednesday...
At least 26 killed in brutal attacks across Iraq
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...
Blasts rattle Tripoli as Libyan rebels encircle Gadhafi compound
TRIPOLI — Explosions and gunfire rattled parts of...
