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DOHA, Qatar – Qatar’s state-owned oil company says it is soliciting bids from international energy companies for the chance to operate the small Gulf nation’s largest oil field. Qatar Petroleum said Wednesday it is inviting bids to operate and further develop the al-Shaheen field starting in the middle of 2017, …

SANTIAGO, Chile – A Chilean judge is ordering the detention of 14 retired military members and four former police officials in the disappearance of the Rev. Michael Woodward during the country’s dictatorship. Friday’s decision by Judge Jaime Arancibia is a shift in the case, which had been dismissed. Persistence of …

PARIS – Jean-Marie Le Pen announced Tuesday that he will create a new political formation following his suspension from France’s far-right National Front party that he founded more than 40 years ago. Le Pen, 86, who is embroiled in a family feud and risks losing his title of honorary president …