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Coordinated attacks on 3 Baghdad hotels kill at least 31

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BAGHDAD — Militants bombed three hotel compounds in eastern Baghdad Monday...

Kim Jong Un to face stiff challenges as North Korea’s new...

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s newly-minted...

‘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...

Iran rejects U.S. request to return spy drone

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

Death toll in Philippine floods climbs to nearly 1,500

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MANILA — The death toll from floods in the southern...

Hundreds of thousands join Egypt protests

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CAIRO — More than 200,000 protesters streamed into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday for the largest demonstration in a week of unrest against Egypt's embattled government, and international pressure on President Hosni Mubarak intensified...

Ex-Honduran leader complains of harassment as legislators back outster

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — For 73 days now, toppled Honduran...

Mystery of the 20 missing men in Mexico

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MEXICO CITY — It is one of the more puzzling episodes in a drug war heaped with unsolved cases: 20 Mexican men travel to Acapulco together and are kidnapped en masse as soon as they arrive...

Enlightenment dawns in South Africa’s presidential palace

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When the sun rose on World AIDS Day in South Africa last...

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...