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Be it a fan puller or ear-cleaner, no job is too small in India

Kurds, U.S. troops seize monastery retreat

Plunder of museums began a decade ago

U.S. soldiers carried out the first mass eviction of Kurds on Tuesday from Arab homes that were seized with the approval of a Kurdish guerrilla faction.

The U.S. Army has allowed several once-forceful supporters of Saddam Hussain's regime back into power here, including a religious leader who just weeks ago ordered Muslims to fight American troops to the death.

Indian drug gangs thrive on diverting opium meant for medicines to smuggling routes.

In Afghanistan, the lure of opium wealth is a potent force.

For seven centuries, the mud-brick fortress that towers over this city has been a shrine to the absolute power of the men who have fought great battles to control its ramparts.