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Magnitude 8.9 earthquake rocks Japan
BEIJING and TOKYO — The worst earthquake in generations struck off the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, setting off a devastating tsunami that swallowed swaths of coastal territory and fanned out across the Pacific Ocean, threatening everything in its path...
Scientists drill beneath Dead Sea in search of priceless data
DEAD SEA — If you thought you couldn't get any lower than the Dead Sea, think again. You can go under it...
Libya bombing campaign targets Gadhafi’s air, ground forces
TRIPOLI, Libya — The second day of the Western military campaign against Moammar Gadhafi...
Castro makes rare appearance on Cuban TV
MEXICO CITY — What he said mattered so much less than the fact he said it, or said anything at all...
Mexican drug lord, in a rare interview, says his death wouldn’t...
MEXICO CITY — One of Mexico's...
Underwater volcano erupts, could create new island
TOKYO — An underwater volcanic eruption was detected Wednesday morning close to Minami-Iwoto island in the Pacific Ocean and an expert speculated that the eruption could form a permanent island...
Army evacuation came within inches of disaster
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — As Chief Warrant Officer 3 James...
Haiti, Dominican Republic now have smoother, but fragile, relationship
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — It wasn't so long ago when the president of the Dominican Republic visited neighboring Haiti, protesters blocked his motorcade by burning tires and hurling rocks...
Raul Castro says Cuba has one million excess jobs
MIAMI — The stunning figure was revealed by Cuban leader Raul Castro himself: The Cuban government and its enterprises might have more than one million excess workers on their payrolls...
