Given President Obama's continuing troubles, the 2012 election could feature a Republican such as Sarah Palin going up against a different Democrat – Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Given President Obama's continuing troubles, the 2012 election could feature a Republican such as Sarah Palin going up against a different Democrat – Hillary Rodham Clinton.
As the American combat mission officially ends this month, Iraq’s government is still struggling to provide one of the most basic services, generating disillusionment and dissent.
The United Arab Emirates said that in October it will block BlackBerry messages because the government cannot adequately monitor them. Saudi Arabia said it may take similar steps.
The ethics trials of Representatives Charles B. Rangel and Maxine Waters are raising the prospect of a spectacle as Democrats fight to hold on to their majority in elections this fall.
AP - President Barack Obama is ready to spell out in greater detail America's changing mission in Iraq with the approach of an end to combat operations there.
AP - Pakistan dispatched medical teams Monday to the deluged northwest amid fears that cholera could spread after the worst floods in the country's history that have already killed up to 1,200 people, an official said.
AP - Engineers will start shoving mud and maybe cement into the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday in what could be one of the final steps to plug it for good, BP said Monday.
Efforts to seal BP's ruptured Gulf oil well once and for all could begin tonight, officials say. The "static kill" involves pouring mud and cement into the top of the well.
Adrian Lamo, the former computer hacker who tipped off federal authorities to WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning, says two men in the Boston area assisted Manning.
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