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Israeli officials consider new probe into Gaza Strip assault
JERUSALEM — Even as it defended its handling of last year's military offensive in the Gaza Strip...
Boater found shipwrecked, safe in Bahamas
CHICAGO — A Chicago area boater who was missing for several days was found safe on an uninhabited island in the Bahamas...
China remains passive as Korean standoff escalates
BEIJING — South Korea warned Friday that it will order airstrikes if North Korea again launches artillery at the South, raising its military posture as Pyongyang reportedly deployed new rockets capable of hitting the South Korean capital...
Mexico drug gangs turn weapons on army
MEXICO CITY — Drug traffickers fighting to control northern Mexico...
Army evacuation came within inches of disaster
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — As Chief Warrant Officer 3 James...
U.S., South Korea vow ‘show of force’ in military exercises aimed...
SEOUL — The United States and South Korea on Tuesday announced joint major military exercises for next week, a show of force aimed at North Korea in response to the sinking of a South Korean warship in March...
Haiti, Dominican Republic now have smoother, but fragile, relationship
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — It wasn't so long ago when the president of the Dominican Republic visited neighboring Haiti, protesters blocked his motorcade by burning tires and hurling rocks...
IAEA censures Iran for its nuclear program
WASHINGTON — Russia and China joined the United States and...
Taliban: Reports of bin Laden’s death greatly exaggerated
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's Taliban, who sheltered Osama bin Laden when they governed the country prior to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, said Tuesday that it would be "premature" to comment on U.S. claims that the al-Qaida leader had been killed ...
