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`Carlos the Jackal’ goes on trial over 1980s French bombings
PARIS — Jailed Venezuelan terrorist Ilich Ramirez...
Despite controversy, CIA funds to Pakistan’s intelligence service deemed crucial
WASHINGTON — The CIA has funneled hundreds of millions of...
Africa’s population boom traps children in poverty
KANO, Nigeria — The boy stepped into the grubby street...
Yemeni leader agrees to plan for his resignation
SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Pope praises Michelangelo nudes as ‘spiritual’
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI on Friday lauded...
$180 million in cocaine seized from drug sub in Caribbean Sea,...
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard has announced the...
