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Afghan opium the most lethal drug worldwide, U.N. says
MOSCOW — Afghan opium kills more people every year than any...
Magnitude 8.9 earthquake rocks Japan
BEIJING and TOKYO — The worst earthquake in generations struck off the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, setting off a devastating tsunami that swallowed swaths of coastal territory and fanned out across the Pacific Ocean, threatening everything in its path...
U.S. military relies on Afghan police while working to clean them...
KABUL, Afghanistan — A group Georgia National Guard soldiers joined Lt. Col. Mir Salam Adamkhil, a Kabul...
Afghanistan denies secret negotiations with Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai's...
Major earthquake hits Haiti
MIAMI — A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck near the capital of Haiti Tuesday afternoon, crippling the poor island nation and knocking out most of its communication with the outside world...
88 migrants caught at sea returned to Haiti
MIAMI — Another large group of Haitian nationals was repatriated to Haiti after Coast Guard...
Taliban who downed SEALs’ helicopter are killed, officials say
KABUL, Afghanistan — An American airstrike killed the...
Haitians prepare for boat journey to Florida
CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti — The unfinished wooden boat rocks gently in the backwater of Cap-Haitien Bay...
U.S. begins Mideast push for ideas on Iranian solution
CAIRO, Egypt — The top U.S. military officer and the secretary of state kicked off a series of visits throughout the Middle East Sunday, reaching out to the Arab world as the Obama administration pushes for tougher sanctions against Iran and its nuclear ambitions...
Muslim villagers clash with Chinese authorities over mosque’s demolition
BEIJING — The government demolition of a newly...
