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Al-Qaida threat growing in Yemen, experts say
WASHINGTON — Al-Qaida is growing stronger in Yemen, fueled by anger toward the Yemeni government, anti-American sentiment and the return of Yemenis who fought the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. experts and intelligence officials told the Senate Foreign ...
Afghans await a sign of American support
KABUL, Afghanistan — The residents of the Afghan capital...
17 killed in suicide attacks at Pakistani spy agency, police station
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Suicide bomb attacks killed at least 17...
Ahmadinejad’s New York visit to dominate U.N. nuclear meeting
WASHINGTON — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's plan to attend an international conference on curbing the spread of nuclear weapons this week in New York threatens to turn the meeting into a diplomatic confrontation between the United States and Iran over Iran'...
S.C. Senator forces U.S. change on Honduras stance on elections
WASHINGTON — Sen. Jim DeMint, a South Carolina Republican...
Spring break may be broken for Mexico resorts
When it comes to Mexican tourism, when Ciudad Juarez sneezes, Rosarito Beach catches a cold...
Refugees flee war and starvation in Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya — To save themselves, Rahmo Ibrahim...
Laos continues to block public access to deported Hmong tribesmen
WASHINGTON — A California congressman has joined human rights activists in voicing concern over the treatment of ethnic Hmong deported by Thailand late last year to their native Laos and now being confined in isolated villages inaccessible to international news ...
In Chinese court, Rio Tinto mining executive admits taking bribes
BEIJING — In a case that has become a flash point for the foreign business climate in China, an Australian mining executive admitted Monday to taking bribes while working as a chief iron-ore negotiator in China...
