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NEW YORK – “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a daffy musical about one fan’s favorite 1920s show, took 13 Tony nominations Tuesday, including for best musical. Close behind with 11 was “The Color Purple,” the Oprah Winfrey-produced musical based on Alice Walker’s novel about a determined woman’s triumph over adversity. The revival …

SAROKI, Pakistan – More than 50,000 people attended the funeral Saturday of a Pakistani student who died while under arrest in Germany for allegedly planning to attack a newspaper that published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. About three dozen people were injured in a stampede when crowds tried to enter …

Fighters loyal to a U.S-backed alliance of warlords appeared to be preparing for a counterattack on a fundamentalist Islamic militia that had pushed them out of Somalia’s capital, witnesses said Wednesday. The warlords’ fighters took up defensive positions in the strategic town of Jowhar, 60 miles northwest of Mogadishu. Jowhar …