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TOKYO – A powerful earthquake struck off southwestern Taiwan on Tuesday, triggering a potentially destructive tsunami that was headed toward the Philippines on the second anniversary of the deadly waves that killed thousands in southern Asia. No damage or injuries were immediately reported. Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau said the quake …

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday expressed concern about the plight of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who have fled their homeland to Syria and called on aid organizations to step up efforts to help them. “My thought goes today to the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees …

Belize police arrested an American fugitive with Al Qaeda ties and handed him over to U.S. authorities, a local television station reported Monday. James Ujaama, who was arrested in 2002 in connection with plots to poison water supplies and later pleaded guilty to dealing with Al Qaeda and providing various …