1,000 still stranded as Taiwan storm aid arrives
The first shipments of foreign aid arrived Sunday as Taiwan struggled to reach more than 1,000 people still stranded a week after …
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Mexico replaces customs inspectors in drug fight
Mexico has replaced all 700 of its customs inspectors with agents newly trained to detect contraband, from guns and drugs to …
Iran expands opposition trial, despite condemnation
Iran expanded a mass trial of opposition supporters on Sunday with the addition of 25 defendants including a Jewish teenager …
3 British troops killed in Afghanistan
Prime Minister Gordon Brown affirmed Britain’s commitment to Afghanistan Sunday, on a weekend in which roadside bombs killed …
U.S. military denies role in Honduras coup flight
The U.S. military said Saturday its troops in Honduras did not know of and played no role in a flight that took ousted President …
Fire kills 41 people in 3 minutes at Kuwait party
A fire that tore through a wedding tent outside Kuwait’s capital killed 41 women and children in just three minutes, leaving …
American leaves Burma after release from jail
An American man imprisoned in Burma for sneaking into the home of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi flew out of the …
N. Korea threatens to retaliate over sanctions
North Korea threatened Sunday to retaliate against the U.S. and South Korea over sanctions imposed on the communist regime, a …
7 killed in Taliban attack at NATO building in Kabul
A suicide car bomber struck at NATO military headquarters in Afghanistan’s capital Saturday morning, killing seven Afghan civilians …
Mourners survey typhoon wreckage of Taiwan village
There is nothing left in Shiao Lin. Nothing except the knots of grieving relatives mourning their dead, the red-clad rescue workers …