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JUNEAU, Alaska – The lawyers aren’t clearing their calendars just yet, but the oil industry is bracing for some courtroom battles to maintain its stake in Alaska’s oil-rich fields now that the Interior Department has listed polar bears as a threatened species. About 15 percent of the nation’s oil is …

BAGHDAD – The U.S. military on Friday blamed Al Qaeda in Iraq for a double homicide bombing that killed at least 36 people during a wedding procession through a crowd of people cheering the bride and groom in a town northeast of Baghdad. The attack Thursday evening came amid heightened …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – An overloaded ferry capsized off the coast of southern Haiti, killing at least 11 people, U.N. and Haitian authorities said Sunday. U.N. peacekeeping mission spokesman David Wimhurst said most of the 100 people aboard the vessel were able to swim to safety. The boat sank after taking …