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Giving birth is fraught with danger in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The pain was different from before - deeper, sharper. Everyone else was sleeping in the banana grove shack, but Yslande Aristide could not bear it. She stood on the dirt floor and started to scream. More »

Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush jailed for 3 years

BAGHDAD - A court convicted an Iraqi journalist of assault last Thursday for hurling his shoes at former President George W. Bush and sentenced him to three years in prison, prompting an outburst from his family and calls for his release from Iraqis who consider him an icon for a nation decimated by war. More »