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ANNAPOLIS – Top state transportation and homeland security officials sought to reassure Maryland lawmakers Friday that the proposed takeover of Baltimore port operations by a United Arab Emirates company would not compromise port security. The testimony came hours after Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. announced he is more comfortable with …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blamed the United States and Israel on Thursday for the destruction of a Shiite shrine’s golden dome in Iraq, saying it was the work of “defeated Zionists and occupiers.” Speaking to a crowd of thousands on a tour of southwestern Iran, the president …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The slogan on the poster hanging inside Haiti’s (search) electoral office is simple enough: “Elections are the bridge to democracy.” Crossing that bridge, however, is proving anything but easy. Daily killings and kidnappings, dismally low voter registration and logistical snags are hurting efforts to hold free elections …