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Fort Hood suspect said methodical goodbyes

Fort Hood suspect said methodical goodbyes

FORT HOOD, Texas — As if going off to war, Maj Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to…

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Abbas' decision reflects deep Palestinian despair

JERUSALEM — By saying he wants to step down as president, Mahmoud Abbas has highlighted a deep Palestinian despair rooted in decades of failed peace initiatives and…

Democrats clear impasse blocking health care vote

WASHINGTON — Capping months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote on sweeping health care legislation late Friday and officials expressed optimism they…

G-20 officials wrestle over economic imbalances

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The world's top financial officials on Friday sought a blueprint for securing future global growth and worked to break a deadlock over who bears the…

Brown tells Afghan leaders to clean up their act

LONDON — Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Washington's closest ally in Afghanistan, toughened his tone Friday with this harsh message for the Afghan leadership: Clean up your act…

Honduras leadership in limbo as accord dissolves

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — They can't both be right. Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says a deal that could have returned him to power is defunct. Roberto Micheletti, who…

Pakistani army enters final militant stronghold

ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani army entered the last of three militant strongholds targeted by a major offensive in the northwest on Friday, as gunmen wounded a senior…

Army psychiatrist kills 12, wounds 31 in shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas

FORT HOOD, Texas — Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his…

Saudis bomb Yemen rebels across border

SAN'A, Yemen — Saudi Arabia sent fighter jets and artillery bombardments across the border into northern Yemen Thursday in a military incursion apparently aimed at helping its troubled…

Palestinian President Abbas says he won't run in January election

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian president said Thursday he does not want to run for another term in the January elections, blaming a stalemate in Mideast peace talks…