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Israeli PM flies to New York over Palestinian UN bid
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Fierce fighting in Yemen as political talks stall
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US Politicians Finally Agree Deal On Debt
President Obama says a deal has been struck between Democrats and Republicans to raise the US debt ceiling and avoid a default.
U.S. ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, greeted in Hama with flowers and oli...
The U.S. ambassador to Syria on Friday got a boisterous welcome in the restive city of Hama, where demonstrators poured onto the streets and draped his vehicle with ...
Russian Opposition Barred from Elections; Impostors Given Go-Ahead
The past week was an eventful one in Russian politics. On June 22, days after President Dmitri Medvedev told Britain’s Financial Times that he “would like the whole ...
Itamar Franco, Former President of Brazil, Dies at 81
Itamar Franco, who as president of Brazil in the 1990s helped tame hyperinflation, died here Saturday. He was 81. The cause was a stroke, Albert Einstein Hospital sa...
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Gov. Rick Perry may or may not try to become the leader of what was once called the free world. In the meantime, he has cemented his reputation as one of the most po...
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