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Relative of missing Somali man speaks

Published March 24, 2009

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a two-part series looking at the disappearance of Somali men from Minneapolis.

Mexico offers $2 million for top drug lords

Published March 23, 2009

The list indicated that drug gangs have splintered into six main cartels under pressure from the U.S. and Mexican governments.

Pakistan militants strengthen in heartland

Published March 23, 2009

Authorities say militant groups in Punjab are increasingly sending out fighters to Afghanistan and the border region.

Defying warrant, Sudanese president travels abroad

Published March 23, 2009

It was his first trip abroad since an international court sought his arrest on charges of war crimes in Darfur.

At least 23 killed in Iraq suicide blast

Published March 23, 2009

The provincial security office said 23 people were killed and 34 wounded in the attack.

New video shows Briton kidnapped in Iraq in 2007

Published March 22, 2009

BAGHDAD (AP) âÄî The British Embassy said Sunday it had received a new video showing one of five Britons taken hostage nearly two years ago allegedly by Shiite extremists that the U.S. believes...

Obama reaches out to Iranians with video message

Published March 22, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî President Barack Obama is reaching out to the Iranian people in a new video with Farsi subtitles, saying the U.S. is prepared to end years of strained relations if Tehran tones...

Report: Detained US reporters likely in Pyongyang

Published March 22, 2009

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) âÄî Two American journalists detained by North Korean soldiers are believed to have been sent to Pyongyang for questioning, a news report said Sunday. North Korea said Saturday...

Some Muslim clergy join Nigeria’s war on polio

Published March 22, 2009

KANO, Nigeria (AP) âÄî In 2003, imams in northern Nigeria fomented a boycott of polio vaccinations claiming they were a Western plot to make Muslims infertile or infect them with AIDS. The result:...

500,000 expected for Pope’s last big Africa event

Published March 22, 2009

LUANDA, Angola (AP) âÄî Hundreds of thousands of Angolans have gathered for an open-air mass that is the last major event of Pope Benedict XVI's first African pilgrimage. Officials expect 500,000...