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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Under U.S. pressure to end a crippling stalemate, Iraq’s prime minister-designate on Tuesday proposed a 36-member Cabinet — including three deputy premiers from Iraq’s main Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish factions. Many here believe the monthslong impasse over the makeup of a new government has emboldened insurgents, who …

LONDON – Oil prices held near $52 on Wednesday as a U.S. government report showed crude stocks falling for the first time in 10 weeks and gasoline inventory dropping ahead of peak summer driving demand. U.S. light crude eased 19 cents to $52.10 a barrel, barely $6 below the record …

POLGAHAWELA, Sri Lanka – A passenger train rammed into a bus that tried to dash through a railroad crossing Wednesday, killing at least 35 people and injuring another 60. Witnesses said people, some of them on fire, jumped out of windows after the crash. All the dead and injured were …