Fiji cyclone damage is overwhelming, prime minister says as troops start relief operations
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SUVA, Fiji - A powerful cyclone destroyed more than half the houses in many... VP Biden trips over St. Pat's blessing for Irish prime minister's not-so-late mother
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WASHINGTON - Vice-President Joe Biden asked for God's blessing for the late... Obama spars with Fox News anchor during interview punctuated by interruptions and chiding
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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Wednesday took to the Fox News Channel,... Senior official: Al-Qaida leader linked to bombing of CIA post believed killed in US strike
Lolita C. Baldor,Matt Apuzzo, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 
WASHINGTON - An al-Qaida leader believed to have played a key role in the... Kilts, green body paint decorate NYC as marchers worldwide parade for St. Patrick
Sara Kugler,Verena Dobnik, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 
NEW YORK - All the world from the Sydney Opera House to the Empire State... East Jerusalem neighbourhood in settlement debate shows little sign of furor
Matti Friedman, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 
JERUSALEM - The sleepy Ramat Shlomo neighbourhood at the centre of the debate... Thai anti-govt protesters hurl blood at PM's house, vow to stay in capital indefinitely
Jocelyn Gecker, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 
BANGKOK, Thailand - Anti-government demonstrators vowed Wednesday to extend... Yemen-American radical preacher issues message calling for US Muslims to go against their govt
Paul Schemm, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 
CAIRO, Egypt - A Yemeni-American Muslim preacher known for his ties to... Chancellor Merkel: sex abuse scandal in Germany major challenge to society
Melissa Eddy, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel called the sex abuse scandal rocking the... Venezuela's largest food producer to challenge expropriation of warehouses, offices
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CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's largest food producer says it will ask the... American terror suspects living in average US communities show challenge of homegrown problem
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WASHINGTON - One was a drywall contractor and father, another a petite woman... Vienna Boys' Choir abuse allegations widen following initial report last week
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VIENNA, Austria - The Vienna Boys' Choir said Wednesday it has heard from eight... Iraqi PM fighting off challenge from secular candidate - negotiations to follow vote count
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BAGHDAD - The man who has led Iraq for the past four years is battling for his... SMS OMG: Indian's couple's steamy text messages lands them in Dubai jail
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A string of steamy text messages has resulted in... Minnesota man arrested in Chicago, charged with selling wife for sex on Craigslist
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CHICAGO - A woman feared she'd never see her young child again unless she... Research monkey deaths prompt calls for crackdown
Scott Sonner , Associated Press Writer 
SPARKS, Nevada - Workers at a Nevada research lab were checking on a primate... Clinton in Mideast strategy session as administration struggles with setbacks on Israeli front
Robert Burns, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 
WASHINGTON - With the Mideast peace process stalled and U.S.-Israeli relations... Was Ala. snack food heir's death tied to business?
Jay Reeves , Associated Press Writer 
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - An angry letter and a bag of Golden Flake chips were taped... Haitian parents reunited with 32 children they turned over to detained US missionary group
Michelle Faul, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Joyful parents on Wednesday recovered the children that... Pakistani court charges 5 Americans with planning terror attacks in Pakistan, says lawyer
Zarar Khan, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A Pakistani court charged five young Americans on...