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Anja Niedringhaus/AP A giant picture of Afghan President Hamid Karzai is displayed on a building in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan. Thousands of prominent Afghans are scheduled to meet in the Afghan capital to debate a contentious security agreement with the U.S. In a phone call Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged “mistakes” and asked Afghan President Hamid ...

© Eduardo Munoz / Reuters/REUTERS People walk around the Princeton University campus in New Jersey. A meningitis vaccine approved for use in Europe and Australia but not in the United States can be imported to try to stop an outbreak of the disease at Princeton University in New Jersey, federal health officials said. PRINCETON, N.J.— Princeton University officials decided Monday ...

GEORGE EMMANUEL/AFP/Getty Images Former French hostage Francis Collomp (second right), who escaped his captors during a Nigerian army operation against Islamist group Boko Haram on Sunday is pictured in Kaduna, Nigeria, a few hours after his release. Collomp, whose release was announced Sunday, fled during an exchange of fire between the army and Boko Haram after his cell door was ...

The Sachal Jazz Ensemble’s members all came from the once-great “Lollywood” movie system in Lahore, Pakistan. The camera opens on a pair of bongos, a man in red setting a double-time pace. Then it cuts to a full orchestra, string players all in white, laying down a familiar, undulating accompaniment. And finally, the melody comes in — on a sitar. ...