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Iran frees American hikers convicted of spying
TEHRAN, Iran — Two American hikers convicted of...
Murdoch-owned British tabloid accused of intercepting voicemail of slain girl
LONDON — For months, Britain's scandal over...
Taliban: Reports of bin Laden’s death greatly exaggerated
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's Taliban, who sheltered Osama bin Laden when they governed the country prior to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, said Tuesday that it would be "premature" to comment on U.S. claims that the al-Qaida leader had been killed ...
2 blasts kill at least 43 at Pakistan bazaar
ISLAMABAD — Two suicide bomb blasts spaced just 15 seconds apart rocked the eastern city of Lahore on Friday, killing at least 43 people and sparking fears of a new wave of militant violence in Pakistan's major cities following a period of relative calm...
152 presumed dead in Pakistani plane crash
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani passenger plane crashed into the hills that flank Islamabad on Wednesday with 152 people on board, including two Americans, officials and witnesses said. Apparently no one survived...
Pope praises Michelangelo nudes as ‘spiritual’
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI on Friday lauded...
In Iran, Bahrain and Yemen, protesters take to streets
TEHRAN and AMMAN, Jordan — Street clashes broke out across the Persian Gulf region on Monday as demonstrators in Iran, Bahrain and Yemen sought to capitalize on the recent uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia and swept into the streets, where they were met by riot police...
