In January, one of Africa's most stable democracies was violently ripping itself apart. How was it saved? In a four-part special report, the key players tell what happened.
Voting experts say the registration numbers may signal the beginning of a shift that could affect local, state and national politics over several election cycles.
The National Stadium reaffirms architecture?s civilizing role in a nation that is struggling to forge a new identity out of a maelstrom of inner conflict.
AP - Barack Obama put forward a broad energy plan Monday designed to end U.S. reliance on imported oil within 10 years and shore up his standing amid a tightening White House race and high anxiety over gas prices.
AP - His decades-long obsession with a college sorority may link a former Army biowarfare scientist to four anthrax-laced letters dropped off at a New Jersey mailbox in 2001, authorities said Monday in the latest twist of one of the most bizarre unsolved crimes in FBI history.
AP - The Pentagon has ordered roughly 1,250 Marines serving as trainers for the Afghan security forces to stay on the warfront almost a month longer to continue a mission that military leaders say is a top priority, according to a senior military official.
Tropical Storm Edouard picked up momentum early Tuesday as it neared the Texas and Louisiana coasts, forecasters said. Edouard is expected to dump up to 5 inches of rain along the Louisiana coast, and "maximum amounts of 10 inches are possible over southeastern Texas," the hurricane center advisory said.
A Pakistani woman accused of shooting at U.S. officers while in Afghan custody has been extradited to the U.S., federal prosecutors said. Aafia Siddiqui -- who had been sought by the FBI for years regarding terrorism -- now faces federal charges of attempted murder and assault of a U.S. officer and U.S. employees, federal authorities said.
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman is in serious condition at a Memphis, Tennessee, hospital after being involved in a car accident Sunday night, according to hospital officials. CNN affilliate WMC-TV of Memphis reports Freeman was in a wreck in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, about 100 miles south of Memphis.
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