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Questions raised over Afghan police force
MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan — While the Obama administration is counting on Afghanistan's security forces being able to defend the country by the summer of 2011, a commander with the Afghan National Army questions if his nation's police force will be up to the task...
At least 113 dead after quake-triggered tsunami hits Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia — At least 113 people were killed after a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake slammed into villages on Indonesia's Mentawai islands, officials and aid workers said Tuesday...
New airfields, port reopening speed up aid to Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Two aftershocks rattled Haiti...
Police, protesters clash in Cairo; 1 person killed
CAIRO — One person was killed and more than 130...
Libyan rebels reject proposal to end fighting
BENGHAZI, Libya — Libyan rebels delivered an emphatic no to an African Union proposal for an end to fighting in their country, insisting that Moammar Gadhafi must step down from power as part of any diplomatic solution...
152 presumed dead in Pakistani plane crash
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani passenger plane crashed into the hills that flank Islamabad on Wednesday with 152 people on board, including two Americans, officials and witnesses said. Apparently no one survived...
U.S. troops at Guantanamo take on new mission: Haitian relief
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba...
Britain evacuates its diplomats from Iran; Norway shuts embassy
BAGHDAD — One day after the sacking of its embassy in...
