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Body-hunting jobs are a sign of the times in Haiti

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — In post-earthquake Haiti, theirs is perhaps the most important and grisliest of professions: body hunters for hire...

Karzai impersonator tests limits of Afghan free speech

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KABUL — Everyone around the Afghan capital seems to recognize his voice, but almost no one knows his face...

Afghan president’s new Cabinet picks include controversial figure

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KABUL — Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai...

‘Chemical Ali’ is executed by Iraqi government

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BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government Monday hanged Ali Hassan Majid, one of the most notorious figures from Saddam Hussein's regime, who had earned the nickname "Chemical Ali" for his gassing of the Kurds in the late 1980s...

Pakistan hit by car bomb hours after Clinton’s arrival

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A devastating bomb ripped through a...

Obama affirms U.S. commitment to defense of Japan

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YOKOHAMA, Japan — U.S. President Barack Obama said the commitment of the United States to the defense of Japan...