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Afghan election commission declares Karzai the winner
KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai was vested with...
Castro makes rare appearance on Cuban TV
MEXICO CITY — What he said mattered so much less than the fact he said it, or said anything at all...
World’s oldest person dies at 114 in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO — The world's oldest person according...
Afghan leader urges coalition troops to curb civilian deaths
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai...
Karzai to accept fraud-audit results; government deal uncertain
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai was expected to announce Tuesday his acceptance of a U.N.-backed fraud audit reducing his vote in the August election to less than 50 percent, but it wasn't clear if he'd consent to a deal with his chief rival to ...
U.S. citizens arrested while helping Haitian orphans, church member says
Sean Lankford said his wife and daughter were among 10 people arrested at the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic as they were moving 33 orphans to new housing...
Puerto Rican doctors on hot seat for tasteless photos from Haiti...
MIAMI — A group of Puerto Rican doctors who traveled to Haiti in the wake of the nation's devastating earthquake to provide aid are under fire for posting tasteless photographs on Facebook...
Front-runner in Mexican gubernatorial race is ambushed, killed
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Rodolfo Torre, the front-runner in this weekend's gubernatorial election in the violence-plagued northern state of Tamaulipas, was ambushed and killed Monday...
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...
