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  • World Scene

    The Iranian government says a second session in the trial of three Americans accused of spying will be held May 11, the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday.


  • Briefly

    Joran van der Sloot's attorney said Monday that his client will plead guilty to killing a young Peruvian woman he met while gambling but will argue temporary insanity in a bid for a shorter sentence.


  • Magnitude-6.2 earthquake shakes northern Chile

    A magnitude-6.2 earthquake on Sunday shook a northern region of Chile that has felt several frightening but inconsequential tremors in recent days. No injuries and only minor damage were reported.


  • Sting arrives for a press conference to promote his upcoming concert in Lima, Peru, Tuesday Feb. 22, 2011. Sting will perform live in concert on Wednesday.  (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

    Sting troubled by violence, repression in Libya

    Sting says he is concerned by violence and repression in Libya and hopes peace will return to the troubled country.


  • EXIT STRATEGY: Egyptians, seeking to flee Libya through the Salloum land port gate (rear), wait with their luggage Tuesday. They were among thousands fleeing the violence. (Associated Press)

    Gadhafi vows to 'die a martyr' rather than flee Libya

    Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi vowed Tuesday to "die a martyr" rather than flee his embattled country, as tens of thousands of foreigners rushed across the borders to Tunisia or Egypt or caught emergency flights to Europe.


  • Sting arrives for a press conference to promote his upcoming concert in Lima, Peru, Tuesday Feb. 22, 2011. Sting will perform live in concert on Wednesday.  (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

    Sting troubled by violence, repression in Libya

    Sting says he is concerned by violence and repression in Libya and hopes peace will return to the troubled country.


  • Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, Maine Republican (The Washington Times)

    Maine senator gaining in call for Afghan probe

    Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, Maine Republican, says she's gaining support in her call for a federal review of security forces in Afghanistan after a soldier from Maine and five others soldiers were killed by an Afghan recruit during training exercises.


  • Patrick Orlando-Cachay (left) and David Orlando-Cachay speak to reporters outside criminal court in New York on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, after the arraignment of Nicholas Brooks, who is accused of murdering their sister Sylvie Cachay. Mr. Brooks pleaded not guilty to murdering his swimsuit-designer girlfriend in a trendy Manhattan hotel. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

    Songwriter's son charged in N.Y. hotel death

    Nicholas Brooks, 24, pleaded not guilty in New York on Tuesday to the murder of fashion designer Sylvie Cachay, 33, who grew up in the Washington area and in Peru.


  • Camisea problems don't fit IDB claims

    I must respond to the misleading Nov. 15 letter from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), "Clearing up Camisea misconceptions," written to conceal the financial mismanagement and environmental damage caused by the Camisea project, which were exposed in Kelly Hearn's Nov. 9 article "U.S. questions development bank after troubled gas project in Peru."


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