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Checkpoints go up in Baghdad as bombing toll hits 155

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BAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi government launched a massive...

Questions remain about U.S. military presence in Haiti

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

Bomber kills Pakistani mayor who opposed Taliban, 11 others

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PESHWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber attacked a livestock...

Egyptian protests intensify; demonstrators battle with police

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CAIRO and TUNIS, Tunisia — Police and protesters clashed across Egypt...

Gadhafi denounces Libya’s ‘traitors’ and the West as fighting continues

TRIPOLI, Libya — In a defiant speech broadcast early Wednesday, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi...

At least 80 die in shooting rampage in Norway

LONDON — A horrific shooting rampage at a youth...

Italian prime minister to stand trial in sex case

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LONDON — A judge Tuesday ordered Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi...

Afghan government pursues talks with Taliban leaders

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KABUL — Despite U.S. misgivings, Afghan President Hamid Karzai will push his initiative for talks with Taliban leaders during a visit to Saudi Arabia...

Karzai, Afghan rival will vie again in election runoff

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KABUL — Under intense international pressure, Afghan...

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...

Trying to tame Tokyo’s adult playground

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TOKYO — Masatoshi Shimbo...