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Haiti’s plea to world: We need tents now and long-term aid

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MONTREAL — Rebuilding Port-au-Prince could take a decade or longer and ultimately completely reform the way Haiti is organized, foreign leaders said at a conference Monday...

Chile’s trapped miners to watch soccer live

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SANTIAGO, Chile — The 33 miners who have been trapped for over one month 2,300 feet (700 meters) under the Atacama desert in northern Chile are to watch Tuesday's soccer match between Chile and Ukraine live...

Iran says it agrees to send nuclear material to Turkey in...

BEIRUT — In what could be a stunning breakthrough in the years-long diplomatic deadlock over Iran's nuclear program, Tehran has agreed to send the bulk of its nuclear material to Turkey...

Haitians sleeping in the streets in fear of another quake

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The ritual began just as the soft winter sun ducked behind the mountains Sunday, casting haunting shadows on this jittery Caribbean capital...

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 ...

Iran signs $10 billion gas pipeline deal with Iraq, Syria

TEHRAN — Iran on Monday signed a $10 billion deal...

Honduras deal collapses; Zelaya’s backers blame U.S.

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CARACAS, Venezuela — A U.S.-brokered accord that was...

Boater found shipwrecked, safe in Bahamas

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CHICAGO — A Chicago area boater who was missing for several days was found safe on an uninhabited island in the Bahamas...

Muslim villagers clash with Chinese authorities over mosque’s demolition

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BEIJING — The government demolition of a newly...