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Bomber kills Pakistani mayor who opposed Taliban, 11 others
PESHWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber attacked a livestock...
Dozens killed as Ethiopian jet crashes into Mediterranean
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Rescue workers found no one to save. They could only retrieve corpses of those aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed into the sea early Monday morning during a fierce winter storm...
Dubai adds to list of suspects in Hamas leader’s killing
BEIRUT — Adam Korman loves to travel. According to Dubai police, an Australian passport holder by that name visited the United Arab Emirates...
Karzai to accept fraud-audit results; government deal uncertain
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai was expected to announce Tuesday his acceptance of a U.N.-backed fraud audit reducing his vote in the August election to less than 50 percent, but it wasn't clear if he'd consent to a deal with his chief rival to ...
Mystery of the 20 missing men in Mexico
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
When the sun rose on World AIDS Day in South Africa last...
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...
Egyptian court halts virginity tests on female protesters
CAIRO — A Cairo court has ruled against forced virginity tests on female protesters detained in military prisons...
Ex-Honduran leader complains of harassment as legislators back outster
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — For 73 days now, toppled Honduran...
$180 million in cocaine seized from drug sub in Caribbean Sea,...
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard has announced the...
Flooding forces North Korea to evacuate 5,000
SEOUL, South Korea — Torrential downpours caused the rain-swollen Yalu River on the North Korea-China...