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BEIRUT, Lebanon – A car bomb exploded Monday near a military bus carrying troops going to work in northern Lebanon, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others, Lebanese security officials said. A senior military official told The Associated Press that four soldiers were among the dead and that …

CERNOBBIO, Italy – Vice President Dick Cheney said Saturday that Russia’s actions in the conflict with Georgia are an “affront to civilized standards” and “completely unacceptable.” Using some of the strongest language to date by the U.S. administration, Cheney challenged Russia to engage in the world as a “responsible, modern …

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Mortars slammed into a market in Somalia’s capital Monday, killing up to 30 people including children and overwhelming hospitals with dozens of wounded in the worst fighting in months, witnesses said. The violence — shocking even for this chaotic country in the Horn of Africa — comes …