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Associated Press Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2011. As Iran's president crafts his talking points for his annual trip to New York, one message is likely to remain near the top: Tehran has not closed the door on nuclear dialogue and is ready to resume negotiations with world powers.
Nuke talk questions await Iranian president at UN
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — As Iran’s president crafts his talking points for his annual trip to New York, one message is likely to remain near the top: Tehran has not closed the door on nuclear ...
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Associated Press Afghan security forces stands guard at the scene of a suicide bombing Saturday in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan authorities say a suicide bomber blew himself up near NATO headquarters, killing at least six people.
Suicide bomb kills 6 near NATO gate
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber struck at the heart of NATO’s operation in Kabul on Saturday, killing at least six Afghan civilians in an attack that officials blamed on the Haqqani network —...
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Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit Leaders Retreat II Sunday in Vladivostok, Russia.
Russia rebuffs Clinton on Syria, Iran penalties
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — Russia on Saturday soundly rejected U.S. calls for increased pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad to relinquish power. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton trie...
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Associated Press A soldier wears a protective mask as the San Cristobal volcano spews smoke and ash Saturday near Chinandega, Nicaragua. Nicaragua's tallest volcano has let off a series of explosions, spewing gases and showering ash on nearby towns.
Nicaragua evacuates as volcano spews ash
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — The San Cristobal volcano spewed out a column of ash and gas 2½ miles high Saturday, leading Nicaraguan authorities to evacuate about 3,000 people from nine communities around ...
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Captive soldier safe, says commander
ISLAMABAD — A U.S. soldier held by Afghan militants will not be harmed despite the Obama administration’s decision to declare his alleged captors a terrorist group, a senior member of the Pakistan-...
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Associated Press People run as fallen rocks land near their vehicle after the area was hit by earthquake Friday in Zhaotong town, Yiliang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. A series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China.
Dozens die in China earthquakes; rescue efforts hampered
BEIJING — Blocked mountain roads were hampering rescue efforts after twin earthquakes struck southwestern China and killed at least 80 people, leaving officials worried Saturday that the death toll...
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Associated Press U.S. Army Sgt. German Gomez, 23, from Houston of the 118th Military Police Co., based at Fort Bragg, N.C., stands guard during a training session for Afghanistan National Police at their combat outpost in the Jalrez Valley in Afghanistan's Wardak Province. Hundreds of soldiers have been detained or removed from the Afghan National Army in 2012 after a surge in insider attacks against foreign forces, who are their supposed partners in the fight against Taliban insurgents and other militants.
Afghanistan soldiers fired during insider attacks probe
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan authorities have detained or removed hundreds of soldiers in an investigation into rising insider attacks against international service personnel who are their supposed ...
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Associated Press Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdigan addresses his party members in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday. Erdogan said Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime is engaged in "state terrorism" and criticized the world for just watching the "slaughter of Muslims" there.
Turkey accuses Syria of ‘state terrorism’
BEIRUT — Turkey accused Syria of “state terrorism” Wednesday after a sharp spike in the death toll from the Syrian civil war, and Iran came under new scrutiny with the U.S. alleging that Tehran is ...
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Strong Costa Rica quake causes panic, damage
CANGREJAL, Costa Rica — A powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook Costa Rica and neighboring countries Wednesday, sending panicked people into the streets and briefly triggering a tsunami alert, bu...
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4 people shot at South African gold mine in latest unrest
JOHANNESBURG — South African police and security guards fired rubber bullets and tear gas Monday at sacked gold miners who were attacking colleagues to block them from working, the mine owner said....
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