Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has ruled for 23 years, won another five-year term Sunday. His party has overseen several prosperous years; critics say it stifles democracy.
Senior aides to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales broke the law by using politics to guide their hiring decisions, a Justice Department?s report said.
Suicide bombers struck Kurdish protesters in Kirkuk and Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 61 people in one of the deadliest series of attacks in Iraq this year.
AP - President Bush on Monday approved the execution of an Army private, the first time in over a half-century that a president has affirmed a death sentence for a member of the U.S. military.
AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Monday blamed "irresponsible decisions" by the Bush administration and Wall Street for the country's economic woes as government officials said the budget deficit would soar to record heights next year.
AP - Just over a week before the Beijing Olympics, a militant Islamic group's claims of responsibility for bombings in China have fueled unease about security. The government has assured its people and the Olympic community that heavy security will ensure a secure games.
Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier, according to the Federal Highway Administration. As high fuel costs lead many to rely on other forms of transportation, such as mass transit, the reduced driving also slices tax revenue that would normally go toward highway maintenance, CNNMoney.com reports.
The White House on Monday predicted a record deficit of $490 billion for the 2009 budget year, a senior government official told CNN. The official pointed to a faltering economy and the bipartisan $170 billion stimulus package that passed earlier this year for the record deficit. President Bush inherited a budget surplus of $128 billion when he took office in 2001 but has since posted a budget deficit every year.
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