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Guantanamo prepares to house Haitians, if needed

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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba...

Scientists warn that oceans’ marine life on ‘brink of extinction’

LONDON — The world's oceans are degenerating far...

China gives nod for Disney theme park in Shanghai

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HONG KONG — Walt Disney Co. announced Wednesday that it has...

Commander in Iraq discusses how timeline to withdraw troops could change

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CAMP VICTORY, Iraq — As the commander of U.S. ground forces...

For many, no aid is in sight in Haiti

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — By Thursday, the bodies had...

Twin bombings kill at least 22 in Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD — Two bomb blasts targeting a bus filled with Shiite Muslims and later a hospital in Karachi on Friday killed at least 22 people in the latest outbreak of violence plaguing the troubled, nuclear-armed state...

Haiti president pleads for tents; nearly 500 schools destroyed by quake

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — One family has used a Haitian flag to pitch its tent at Mais Gate, a shantytown for the homeless near Port-au-Prince airport. Another fashioned its tent from a five-by-five cloth adorned with an image of Jesus...

54 Shiite Muslim pilgrims killed in Baghdad suicide bombing

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BAGHDAD — A female suicide bomber detonated a vest rigged with explosives among a crowd of Shiite Muslim pilgrims in northeastern Baghdad...