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AP - A roadside bomb went off in the northern city of Mosul Friday, narrowly missing a member of a Sunni-backed political bloc but killing one of his bodyguards, Iraqi…

AP - The Afghan government has been in reconciliation talks for months with members of a Taliban faction closely tied to al-Qaida and responsible for lethal attacks on coalition forces…

AP - A Chilean legislative commission is investigating reports that mining operators ignored danger warnings from a man who was later among 33 later trapped when a mine collapsed.

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AP - The Palestinian militant Hamas group says Israeli soldiers have arrested one of its lawmakers in the West Bank.

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AP - A radio station broadcast what it described as a telephone conversation in which a federal lawmaker and one of Mexico’s biggest drug lords express support for each other.

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AP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard edged closer to retaining power in Australia on Thursday when an independent lawmaker said he would support her center-left Labor Party to form Australia’s…

AP - Gunmen killed at least 45 people in Pakistan’s largest city after the assassination of a prominent lawmaker set off a cycle of revenge attacks, officials said Tuesday. Dozens…

AP - Gunmen went on killing sprees in Pakistan’s largest city after the assassination of a lawmaker, killing at least 37 people by Tuesday. Dozens of vehicles and shops were…

AP - Iran will not be sending a blockade-busting ship to Gaza in defiance of Israeli warnings, an Iranian lawmaker said Saturday, citing Israeli “restrictions.”

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AFP - A Scottish lawmaker was forced to quit his role on a parliamentary committee after being caught on microphone saying a woman in the audience was “very attractive” with…