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ATTU, Alaska – Authorities say a strong undersea earthquake has struck in the North Pacific Ocean near the Western end of the Aleutian Islands, but no tsunami is expected. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.0 preliminary magnitude quake hit at Monday at 4:53 a.m. Alaskan, some 250 miles east-southeast …

JERUSALEM – An American businessman told prosecutors Tuesday that he handed cash-stuffed envelopes to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and suspected that some of the money went to funding Olmert’s fondness for fine hotels and first-class flights. Jewish-American businessman Morris Talansky’s testimony is part of an investigation into whether Olmert …

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Unknown gunmen opened fire on a funeral procession Saturday in a Sunni neighborhood of Beirut earlier seized by Shiite gunmen, killing two and wounding two, police said. The shooting at Tarik Jadideh underlined the state of lawlessness that has engulfed the Lebanese capital’s Muslim sector since sectarian …