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Associated Press North Korean men stand next to a field damaged by July flooding Aug. 13 in Songchon County, North Korea. Harsh weather has damaged crops, meaning a shortfall of food in the country.
Storms dampen hopes for large North Korean harvest
WONSAN, North Korea — First came an extended dry spell in the spring, followed by a summer of flash floods and typhoons. Now, with North Korean farmers preparing to head out into autumn fields t...
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Prison abuse videos rock Georgia ahead of vote
TBILISI, Georgia — Videos showing the abuse of prisoners in Georgia have sparked street protests and an exchange of harsh accusations between the government and the opposition ahead of parliamentar...
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Drug lord changed look with surgeries
CARACAS, Venezuela — One of Colombia’s most-wanted drug lords changed his appearance through repeated plastic surgeries before he was captured in Venezuela while making a call from a public payphon...
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Russia accuses USAID of trying to sway various political elections
MOSCOW — Russia explained its decision to end the U.S. Agency for International Development’s two decades of work in Russia by saying Wednesday that the agency was using its money to influence elec...
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Associated Press A supporter of opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles holds up a poster that reads in Spanish "Capriles my skinny one, here's your first lady" during a campaign rally Sept. 1 in Montalban, Venezuela. Capriles and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez are waging intense, contrasting campaigns ahead of Venezuela's Oct. 7 election while aiming for swing voters among young Venezuelans under 30, middle-class households and women of all social classes.
Chavez, challenger target youth, women
CARACAS, Venezuela — Presidential candidate Henrique Capriles is mobbed at rallies by ecstatic women who press close to touch him and leave scratches on his arms and neck. Some shout “Marry me!” to...
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Syrian jets hit territory near border
BEIRUT — Missiles fired by Syrian warplanes hit Lebanese territory Monday in one of the most serious cross-border violations since Syria’s crisis began, security officials in Beirut and Lebanese st...
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Associated Press Afghan investigators inspect the wreckage of a suicide bomber's car Tuesday in Kabul, Afghanistan. A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a mini-bus carrying foreign aviation workers to the airport in the Afghan capital early Tuesday, killing at least nine people.
NATO changes Afghan strategy
KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO’s decision to restrict operations with small Afghan forces to mitigate the threat of insider attacks means fewer boots on patrols and a shift in how the U.S.-led coalition...
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Teenage girl wins a seat in Uganda’s parliament
KAMPALA, Uganda — A teenage girl fresh out of high school has won a seat in Uganda’s parliament, adding to the ruling party’s majority but embarrassing some who say her success lowers expectations ...
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Associated Press Specialist surgeons Andreas G. Tzakis (left), Pernilla Dahmhler and Mats Brannstrom attend a news conference Tuesday at Sahlgrenska hospital in Goteborg, Sweden. Two Swedish women are carrying the wombs of their mothers after what doctors called the world's first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants.
Swedish doctors claim uterus transplant
STOCKHOLM — Two Swedish women are hoping to get pregnant after undergoing what doctors are calling the world’s first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants. Specialists at the University of Goteb...
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Scattered anti-Japan protests flare in China
BEIJING — Hundreds of Chinese staged anti-Japan demonstrations in several Chinese cities for a second weekend as diplomatic tensions flare over a string of disputed islands in the East China Sea. ...
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