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In Haiti, the middle class and impoverished share the same despair

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — After he lost everything in the Haiti...

U.S. to sell $6.4 billion in weapons to Taiwan

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced plans Friday to sell $6.4 billion in weapons to Taiwan, including helicopters and missile defense systems, a move that's certain to anger China, which considers the island nation a renegade province...

Trying to tame Tokyo’s adult playground

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TOKYO — Masatoshi Shimbo...

Talks between North, South Korea collapse

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean negotiators on Wednesday walked out on a second day of talks between Pyongyang and Seoul...

Yemeni leader agrees to plan for his resignation

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

Front-runner in Mexican gubernatorial race is ambushed, killed

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Rodolfo Torre, the front-runner in this weekend's gubernatorial election in the violence-plagued northern state of Tamaulipas, was ambushed and killed Monday...

Palestinians to submit statehood bid next Friday

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JERUSALEM — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas...