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Honduran Officials Refuse Return of Ousted President (Post, July 4, 2009; 10:31 AM)

U.S. Could End Engagement in Iraq if Violence Erupts, Biden Warns (Post, July 4, 2009)

Honduras Rejects Appeal to Restore Ousted President: Officials Refuse to Restore Ousted Leader (Post, July 4, 2009)

Latest U.S. Strike in Pakistan May Signal More Coordination Between Nations (Post, July 4, 2009)

France Hopes to Jump-Start Its Arms Sales With New Iraqi Government (Post, July 4, 2009)

N. Korea Raises Stakes With Missile Launch (Reuters, July 4, 2009; 1:31 AM)

U.S. Drone Targets Taliban in Pakistan, at Least 6 Dead (Post, July 3, 2009; 4:19 PM)

Africa

Investigators Find Flight Recorder From Yemen Airbus (Post, July 1, 2009; 9:14 AM)

International Court Under Unusual Fire (Post, June 30, 2009)

U.S. Has Sent 40 Tons of Munitions to Aid Somali Government (Post, June 27, 2009)

The View From Egypt: Arab Activists Watch Iran And Wonder: 'Why Not Us?' (Post, June 26, 2009)

U.S. Sends Weapons to Help Somali Government Repel Rebels Tied to Al-Qaeda (Post, June 25, 2009)

Asia/Pacific

North Korea Launches 3 Missiles Off Its East Coast (Post, July 4, 2009; 1:00 AM)

Insurgents Step Up Attacks on Marines (Post, July 4, 2009)

U.S. Strike in Pakistan May Signal Increased Coordination (Post, July 4, 2009)

U.S. Drone Targets Taliban in Pakistan, at Least 6 Dead (Post, July 3, 2009; 4:19 PM)

Pakistan's Kiln Workers Bricked In by Debt (Post, July 3, 2009)

Europe

Honduras Targets Protesters With Emergency Decree (Post, July 2, 2009)

Jews Remain Stymied In Efforts to Reclaim Art Looted by Nazis (Post, June 28, 2009)

Iran's President Rebukes Obama; Candidates Reject Election Review (Post, June 28, 2009)

Authoritarian Regimes Censor News From Iran (Post, June 27, 2009)

Iranian Cleric Calls for 'Ruthless' Punishment of Protest Leaders (Post, June 27, 2009)

Latin America

Honduran Officials Refuse Return of Ousted President (Post, July 4, 2009; 10:31 AM)

Honduras Denies Late Appeal by OAS (Post, July 4, 2009)

Honduran Leadership Stands Defiant (Post, July 3, 2009)

Honduras Targets Protesters With Emergency Decree (Post, July 2, 2009)

Ally's Ouster Gives Venezuela's Chávez a Stage, an Opportunity (Post, July 2, 2009)

North America

'Tunnel Rats' Patrol Border Storm Drains (Post, June 24, 2009)

MEXICO AT WAR: On the Wild Border, A Revival of Nature (Post, June 22, 2009)

Mexican Dentists Now Fill Only Time (Post, June 18, 2009)

MEXICO AT WAR: In Juarez, A Trail of Drugs and Violence (Post, June 15, 2009)

In Mexico, the U.S. Downturn Hits Home (Post, June 14, 2009)

Middle East

Biden Warns of Ending Commitment (Post, July 4, 2009)

France Hopes to Jump-Start Its Arms Sales With New Iraqi Government (Post, July 4, 2009)

Hussein Pointed to Iranian Threat (Post, July 2, 2009)

Barak, U.S. Envoy Discuss Settlements (Post, July 1, 2009)

Anxious Oil Giants Pass on Iraq (Post, July 1, 2009)

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Anti-G8 demonstrators clash with police in Italy (Reuters, July 4, 2009; 1:29 PM)

Indian power thieves keep enforcers on the hunt (AP, July 4, 2009; 1:29 PM)

Afghan mine clearers rescue artifacts (AP, July 4, 2009; 1:27 PM)

Looking for vacation? Try Afghanistan (AP, July 4, 2009; 1:26 PM)

Russia to grant U.S. Afghan supply route (Reuters, July 4, 2009; 1:21 PM)

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