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Iraq’s national elections in jeopardy after vice president’s veto

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's pivotal national elections were thrown back...

Iran, Saudi Arabia tensions rise over missing scientist

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CAIRO — An award-winning Iranian nuclear scientist traveled...

Pakistani police arrest 5 Americans with alleged terror ties

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Police on Wednesday arrested five...

Afghan president’s new Cabinet picks include controversial figure

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KABUL — Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai...

Former general provides tough election challenge to Sri Lankan president

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Two months ago, when Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa...

Haiti president pleads for tents; nearly 500 schools destroyed by quake

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — One family has used a Haitian flag to pitch its tent at Mais Gate, a shantytown for the homeless near Port-au-Prince airport. Another fashioned its tent from a five-by-five cloth adorned with an image of Jesus...

Blair tells investigative panel that Iraq war was justified

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LONDON — In an eagerly anticipated appearance, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday told a British panel investigating the Iraq war that Saddam Hussein had become too dangerous a threat to ignore in a post-9-11 world and that the decision to invade in ...

Israeli officials consider new probe into Gaza Strip assault

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JERUSALEM — Even as it defended its handling of last year's military offensive in the Gaza Strip...

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...