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Egypt will try ex-President Mubarak in protesters’ deaths

CAIRO — Deposed President Hosni Mubarak will stand...

Pope praises Michelangelo nudes as ‘spiritual’

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI on Friday lauded...

Taliban: Reports of bin Laden’s death greatly exaggerated

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's Taliban, who sheltered Osama bin Laden when they governed the country prior to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, said Tuesday that it would be "premature" to comment on U.S. claims that the al-Qaida leader had been killed ...

U.S. expands Mexico travel warning

More violence over a wider area in Mexico has caused the U.S. State Department to expand a warning against travel to the country...

At least 475 escape Afghanistan prison

KABUL, Afghanistan — At least 475 inmates, many of them Islamic insurgents, escaped overnight from the main prison in the southern city of Kandahar, the spiritual home of the Taliban movement, authorities said...

Libyan rebels reject proposal to end fighting

BENGHAZI, Libya — Libyan rebels delivered an emphatic no to an African Union proposal for an end to fighting in their country, insisting that Moammar Gadhafi must step down from power as part of any diplomatic solution...

No apology, but NATO statement of regret after airstrike hits rebels

LONDON and TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO Rear Adm. Russell Harding, the deputy commander of the alliance's operation in Libya...

‘Sweet Micky’ Martelly reportedly wins Haiti election

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A carnival singer who reinvented himself into a polished political outsider is poised to become Haiti's new president, according to several sources familiar with the results that are expected to be released later Monday...

Libya bombing campaign targets Gadhafi’s air, ground forces

TRIPOLI, Libya — The second day of the Western military campaign against Moammar Gadhafi...