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KABUL, Afghanistan – Security has been tightened at the U.S. military prison in Afghanistan following the escape of a suspected Al Qaeda leader, a U.S. official said Wednesday, as Indonesian terror officials accused Washington of failing to inform them of the breakout. Omar al-Farouq (search), born in Kuwait to Iraqi …

MANAMA, Bahrain – A U.S.-backed Mideast democracy and development summit ended in rancor Saturday despite adoption of two initiatives that are part of President Bush’s push to expand political freedom in a region dominated by monarchies and effective single-party rule. A draft declaration on democratic and economic principles was scuttled …

WASHINGTON – The disappearance of Flight 19, a Navy mission that began the myth of the Bermuda Triangle, is still unexplained but not forgotten 60 years later. The 27 Navy airmen who disappeared somewhere off Florida’s coast on Dec. 5, 1945, were honored in a House resolution Thursday. Rep. Clay …