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Rescuers search for Chile quake survivors; death toll jumps to 708

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BOGOTA, Chile — Rescuers searched for survivors Sunday a day after one of the biggest earthquakes in recorded history rocked Chile, killing more than 700 people while leaving untold numbers missing and 2 million displaced, wounded or otherwise affected...

Iran rejects U.S. request to return spy drone

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TEHRAN and BEIRUT — Iran on Tuesday rebuffed a U.S...

Disney signs deal to build theme park in Shanghai

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BEIJING — Walt Disney Co. signed an agreement with a Shanghai government company Friday to build a long-awaited theme park in the commercial capital of China, both parties said...

Iran suppresses protests as leader proclaims ‘nuclear state’

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WASHINGTON — Iran's government smothered Tehran...

Corruption in Afghanistan isn’t limited to Afghans, U.S. official says

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KABUL — About three-fourths of the ongoing corruption investigations led by U.S. oversight officials in Afghanistan are targeting suspects who aren't Afghan nationals, the top U.S. investigator in Afghanistan said Tuesday in Kabul...

Mexico’s drug wars will be top agenda item when Calderon meets...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama shuns talk of a "war on drugs." But when he welcomes Mexican President Felipe Calderon to the White House...

Chile’s trapped miners to watch soccer live

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SANTIAGO, Chile — The 33 miners who have been trapped for over one month 2,300 feet (700 meters) under the Atacama desert in northern Chile are to watch Tuesday's soccer match between Chile and Ukraine live...

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...

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...

Effects of earthquake ripple across Haitian countryside

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SAINT-MARC, Haiti — Even in normal times, Edwin Andre has all he can do to eke out a living from the corn, tomatoes and sweet potatoes he coaxes from an acre plot in northern Haiti. His wife, Roselaine Cius...