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Oil drops below $90 for 1st time since Nov. 1

The price of oil has dropped below $90 for the first time in nearly seven months as U.S. supplies continue to grow.

Photos: Garbage City

For generations, thousands have collected, recycled and sold garbage in Cairo, Egypt.

Iran nuclear talks snag over dueling demands

Iran and six world powers exchanged dueling proposals Wednesday in a tug of war over Tehran's nuclear program that pits international concerns about the

Egyptians vote in first free presidential election

More than 15 months after autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak's ouster, Egyptians streamed to polling stations Wednesday to freely choose a president for the first

UN nuclear chief: Deal with Iran reached on probe

Despite some remaining differences, a deal has been reached with Iran that will allow the U.N. nuclear agency to restart a long-stalled probe into suspicions

Civilian contractors attacked in Yemen

The Pentagon says three civilian contractors helping train Yemen's coast guard were attacked in Yemen.

Suicide bombing kills nearly 100 soldiers in Yemen

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a military parade rehearsal Monday in Yemen's capital, killing 96 soldiers in one of the deadliest attacks in the city in

Postal worker says package made him ill

A postal worker says a mysterious leaking package from Yemen has left him seriously ill, but the U.S. Postal Service denies the package ever existed.

Egypt sees Arab world's first presidential debate

Two election front-runners, a former foreign minister and a moderate Islamist, squared off Thursday in the Arab world's first ever presidential debate, trading

Officials: Bomber was CIA informant

U.S. and Yemeni officials say the supposed would-be bomber at the heart of an al-Qaida airliner plot was actually an informant working for the CIA.

US sends airport security guide to other countries

In the wake of a terrorist bomb plot disrupted by the CIA, the U.S. advised some international airports and air carriers Tuesday about security measures for

US: CIA thwarts new al-Qaida bomb plot

The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama

USS Cole suspect killed

Al-Qaida militants staged a surprise attack Monday on a Yemeni army base, killing 20 soldiers just hours after a U.S. drone strike killed a senior figure in

Oil drops below $100 first time since February

Oil dropped below $100 per barrel for the first time since February following a disappointing U.S. jobs report and warnings of a weakening world economy.

Clash between Egypt's Islamists, military grows

Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament said Sunday it was suspending sessions for a week to protest the ruling military's failure to heed repeated calls for the

Weaker al-Qaida still plots payback for US raid

A year after the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida is hobbled and hunted, too busy surviving for the moment to carry out another Sept. 11-style

Photos: World intervenes in Libya

Obama: "We cannot stand idly by when a tyrant tells his people there will be no …

Photos: Uprising in Libya

Militiamen loyal to Moammar Gadhafi clamped down in Tripoli, but cracks in his regime spread elsewhere.

Photos: Egypt's Mubarak transfers power

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced he has handed his powers over to his …

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