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Haiti’s plea to world: We need tents now and long-term aid

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MONTREAL — Rebuilding Port-au-Prince could take a decade or longer and ultimately completely reform the way Haiti is organized, foreign leaders said at a conference Monday...

Haitian prime minister likely on way out

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — As Haiti's lawmakers appeared poised...

U.S., West cool to Karzai’s call for peace with Taliban

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LONDON — Afghan President Hamid Karzai called Thursday at a gathering of world leaders for an invigorated international peace effort with the Taliban, starting with an initial meeting in a few weeks...

Biologists report damage to Great Barrier Reef after shipping accident

SYDNEY — Over the years, retired fishing Capt. Mike Prior...

Medical correspondents face delicate balance in Haiti

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NEW YORK — Some of the most dramatic television images beamed from Haiti's quake-ravaged communities have shown harried doctors frantically tending the wounded with rudimentary tools...

U.S. reopens embassy in Yemen

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BEIRUT — Washington reopened its diplomatic outpost in Yemen...

Tymoshenko under pressure to concede in presidential race

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KIEV, Ukraine — Pressure swelled on Monday for Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to bow out gracefully from a hard-fought and narrowly lost presidential race...