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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...

Questions remain about U.S. military presence in Haiti

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WASHINGTON — As the number of U.S. soldiers in Haiti...

Guantanamo prepares to house Haitians, if needed

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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba...

NATO kills 5 Afghan soldiers in mistaken airstrike

KABUL, Afghanistan — Gen. David H. Petraeus...

U.S. military embarks on large medical evacuation

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Army and Navy...

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 ...

Deadly attack in Afghanistan was the work of Taliban

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KABUL — A suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers and contractors and wounded six others at an isolated CIA base in eastern Afghanistan...

Yemeni leader agrees to plan for his resignation

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh...

Glimmers of beauty in Haitian tent city

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Morning arrives with the melody of the Haitian streets...

Iran rejects U.S. request to return spy drone

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TEHRAN and BEIRUT — Iran on Tuesday rebuffed a U.S...