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Atherosclerosis found in CT scans of Egyptian mummies

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Researchers using a CT scanner have...

Honduras’ crisis brings election showdown to U.S.

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MIAMI — Honduras' chief diplomat in Miami flips to page 117...

Questions remain about U.S. military presence in Haiti

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WASHINGTON — As the number of U.S. soldiers in Haiti...

Nigerian villagers slain in brutal machete attack buried in mass graves

LAGOS, Nigeria — The victims of Sunday's sectarian massacres were buried in mass graves in central Nigeria...

Flooding forces North Korea to evacuate 5,000

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SEOUL, South Korea — Torrential downpours caused the rain-swollen Yalu River on the North Korea-China...

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...

In Cuba, bringing a message or help can lead to jail

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MIAMI — Jan Bubenik went to Cuba to "spread the hope" but did everything wrong...

Colombian peasants wooed with land to adopt family planning

ABIBE, Colombia — Think of the 10 women who just had their fallopian tubes tied at a clinic in northern Colombia as foot soldiers in Erwin Goggel's lonely war on overpopulation and poverty...

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...

Questions raised over Afghan police force

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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...