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OKLAHOMA CITY – Civil libertarians and some religious groups say a bill to erect a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the state Capitol is a clear violation of the U.S. Constitution and are urging Gov. Brad Henry to veto the measure. Similar displays elsewhere, including a Ten Commandments …

BILGE, Turkey – A Turkish court charged at least eight people including government-linked village guards in the killing of 44 people at an engagement ceremony in the Kurdish-dominated southeast, the interior minister said Wednesday. The Monday night attack — in which masked assailants gunned down the betrothed couple, the Islamic …

KABUL – President Hamid Karzai chose a powerful warlord accused of rights abuses as one of his vice presidential running mates on Monday, hours before leaving for meetings in Washington with President Obama and Pakistan’s president. The selection of Mohammad Qasim Fahim, a top commander in the militant group Jamiat-e-Islami …