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54 Shiite Muslim pilgrims killed in Baghdad suicide bombing

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BAGHDAD — A female suicide bomber detonated a vest rigged with explosives among a crowd of Shiite Muslim pilgrims in northeastern Baghdad...

Dubai World, bankers set to meet Monday on revamp plan

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TEL AVIV — International bankers are scheduled to meet Monday with Dubai officials to discuss Dubai World's effort to reach a standstill agreement on its billions of dollars of debt...

Iran to free jailed American hiker on $500,000 bail, but prison...

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TEHRAN and ISTANBUL, Turkey — Iranian authorities are prepared to release on $500,000 bail one of three American hikers held since last year, Tehran's chief prosecutor said Sunday...

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...

Chavez losing support of Venezuela’s blue-collar workers

PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela — Not long ago, miner Emilio Campos counted himself among President Hugo Chavez's...

8.8 earthquake hits Chile; tsunami feared throughout eastern Pacific

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BOGOTA, Colombia — The death toll is expected to rise from a devastating earthquake that struck Chile early Saturday morning and President Michelle Bachelet declared parts of her country catastrophe zones...

U.S. reopens embassy in Yemen

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BEIRUT — Washington reopened its diplomatic outpost in Yemen...

Palestinians to submit statehood bid next Friday

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JERUSALEM — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas...

U.S., Iraqi officials claim major victory against al-Qaida in Iraq

BAGHDAD — Iraqi and U.S. security forces said Monday that they'd killed the two top leaders of al-Qaida in Iraq...