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MINSK, Belarus – Belarusian lawmakers on Wednesday passed legislation that would crack down on Internet dating and online spouse searches in the latest in a series of stringent government controls backed by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. Authorities say the measure, which was passed 101-1 by the subservient lower house of …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – A timeline of the travels of Farris Hassan, 16, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., who went to Iraq without telling his parents: Dec. 11 — Departs Miami International Airport, cutting a week of school. Dec. 12 — Gets connection in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Dec. 13 — Lands in Kuwait …

With Memorial Day weekend finally here, many Americans are planning picnics and barbecues — and more than ever before, many of those salads and veggie dishes are going to be prepared with olive oil (search). But this is not the yellow stuff in a can that Mom used to trot …