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Challenger overtakes Iraq PM in overall vote count
A secular coalition challenging the Iraqi prime minister in the country's historic parliamentary elections has narrowly pulled ahead for the first time in the overall vote count, although it still trails in the crucial province-by-province count. The I...
Fiji cyclone damage overwhelming, leader says
The South Pacific island nation of Fiji has suffered overwhelming damage from a powerful cyclone that battered its shores for more than three days, the prime minister said Wednesday as relief operations were launched in the country's northern regions. ...
FBI: No evidence Mexico hit men targeted Americans
Confused hit men may have gone to the wrong party, the FBI said Tuesday as it cast doubt on fears that the slaying of three people with ties to the U.S. consulate shows that Mexican drug cartels have launched an offensive against U.S. government employ...
Women, girls rape victims in Haiti quake aftermath
When the young woman needed to use the toilet, she went out into the darkened tent camp and was attacked by three men. "They grabbed me, put their hands over my mouth and then the three of them took turns," the slender 21-year-old said, wriggling with ...
Amnesty calls for more freedom in Cuba
The human rights group Amnesty international appealed to Cuban President Raul Castro to release political prisoners and scrap laws that restrict fundamental freedoms, using the seventh anniversary of a major crackdown on dissent to call for change. Amn...
French policeman slain in shootout
A French police officer was killed Tuesday in an exchange of fire with assailants east of Paris, and one suspect was taken into custody, a police official said. The official said she had no information suggesting the assailants were members of the Basq...
Report: Equipment at PR veterans clinics not clean
Federal inspectors found medical equipment not properly cleaned or inspected at some of the clinics for veterans in Puerto Rico, a U.S. government report said Tuesday. Senior staff knew about the problem but did nothing to assess the risk to patients, ...
UN assessor: Haiti needs $11.5 billion to rebuild
The U.N. regional assessor for natural disasters says Haiti needs $11.5 billion over three years to rebuild and transform the hemisphere's poorest nation after its catastrophic earthquake. Alejandro Zapata says the figure is an estimate from the Haitia...
Sex scandal embroils Catholic Church in Brazil
Brazilian authorities are investigating three priests accused of sexually abusing altar boys after a video allegedly showing one case of abuse was broadcast on television, police and church officials said Tuesday. The case came to light after the SBT n...
Dublin archbishop: Catholic Church must tell truth
Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin declared Tuesday that his Catholic colleagues in Ireland must tell "the entire truth" about their decades of covering up child abuse in the priesthood _ or else the Irish government may have to broaden its own investig...