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Associated Press US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel places a wreath at the Hall of Remembrance as he tours Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, on Sunday
Pentagon chief stresses Israel’s right to hit Iran
JERUSALEM — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel held out hope Sunday for a nonmilitary way to ending the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, but he also emphasized Washington’s willingness to let Israel...
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Taliban threat could skew Pakistan election
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Moderate politicians from some of Pakistan’s most violent areas are risking the threat of Taliban attack to run in upcoming nationwide elections, but they are increasingly bein...
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Associated Press Young soldiers from the Seleka rebel alliance stand amid fellow soldiers at the Ledger Plaza Bangui hotel in Bangui, Central African Republic, on March 27. The United Nations children's agency warns that it has 'clear evidence of the continuing recruitment and use of children by armed groups' in Central African Republic.
Child soldiers patrol African capital
BANGUI, Central African Republic — As fighters in fatigues lounge in the shade of the rebel camp in the capital of Central African Republic, a boy jumps up to greet visitors with a wide toothy grin...
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Iraqis go to polls for first time since US pullout
BAGHDAD — Iraq carried out its first election since the U.S. military withdrawal without major bloodshed Saturday in a major test for Iraqi security forces as they face a reviving al-Qaida insurgen...
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Strong quake shakes China, killing 160
YA’AN, China — Residents huddled outdoors Saturday night in a town near the epicenter of a powerful earthquake that struck the steep hills of China’s southwestern Sichuan province, leaving at least...
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Young North Koreans train to seek revenge
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea’s newest batch of future soldiers — scrawny 11-year-olds with freshly shaved heads — punch the air as they practice taekwondo on the grounds of the Mangyongdae ...
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South Koreans hope to return to Kaesong factories
SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean entrepreneurs who invested up to 10 years and millions of dollars in the Kaesong industrial complex, a symbol of economic collaboration between the Koreas that...
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Missing US pilot report delayed
JOHANNESBURG — The family of a U.S. missionary pilot who has disappeared off the coast of West Africa says aviation officials waited nearly 24 hours to start searching for his missing plane. But th...
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Associated Press A monk prays inside a chapel dating back to the fourth century at the ancient monastery of St. Anthony southeast of Cairo on Tuesday.
Even in desert retreat, monks feel turmoil
ST. ANTHONY’S MONASTERY, Egypt — In a cave here high in the desert mountains of eastern Egypt, the man said to be the father of monasticism took refuge from the temptations of the world some 17 cen...
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Associated Press A defaced poster showing former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf is displayed on the window of a shop in Islamabad on Thursday. Musharraf and his security team pushed past policemen and sped away from a court in the country's capital on Thursday after his bail was revoked in a case in which he is accused of treason.
Pakistan’s Musharraf flees court
ISLAMABAD — Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf fled court in a speeding vehicle Thursday to avoid arrest after his bail was revoked in a case involving his decision to fire senior jud...
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