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REYKJAVIK, Iceland – The woman expected to become Iceland’s interim prime minister is an openly gay former flight attendant who rose through the political ranks to lead a new leftist government. Johanna Sigurdardottir, the island nation’s 66-year-old social affairs minister, began as an union organizer for flight attendants and is …

WASHINGTON – U.S. job losses in December could be the worst in almost 60 years as companies scramble to cut costs even deeper to survive the country’s economic and financial storms. A barometer on layoffs is expected to show Thursday that the number of newly laid off people signing up …

TEHRAN, Iran – Two men convicted of adultery were stoned to death in northeastern Iran last month but a third convicted man managed to escape, Iran’s judiciary spokesman said Tuesday. Ali Reza Jamshidi said the stoning took place in the city of Mashhad in late December but did not provide …