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Atherosclerosis found in CT scans of Egyptian mummies

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Researchers using a CT scanner have...

US presses China, Japan, South Korea to trim Iran oil imports

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SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy...

Haiti, Dominican Republic now have smoother, but fragile, relationship

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — It wasn't so long ago when the president of the Dominican Republic visited neighboring Haiti, protesters blocked his motorcade by burning tires and hurling rocks...

Muslim villagers clash with Chinese authorities over mosque’s demolition

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BEIJING — The government demolition of a newly...

Mullen rebukes China for failing to curb North Korea

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SEOUL and BEIJING — The most senior U.S. military official delivered a sharp rebuke to China on Wednesday, blaming Asia's top power for failing to rein in its North Korean ally in the escalating dispute over the fate of the Korean peninsula...

Cambodian men run slavery risk on region’s fishing boats

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Sok Sopheng was 21 when an employment agent offered him the chance of a job in neighboring Thailand...

Death toll reaches 279 in Turkey earthquake

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ISTANBUL — The death toll in southeastern Turkey...

At least 113 dead after quake-triggered tsunami hits Indonesia

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JAKARTA, Indonesia — At least 113 people were killed after a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake slammed into villages on Indonesia's Mentawai islands, officials and aid workers said Tuesday...