Post-Election Conflict Turns Violent in Cote D'Ivoire
International organizations try to keep the peace.
Iran has announced the list of eight qualified candidates who have been approved to campaign for president, including two men who are suspects in a notorious 1994 terrorist attack.
International organizations try to keep the peace.
Memo to Stephen Tschida: Do not go to England this week
Moody's considers downgrading Portugese debt
After Sen. Lamar Alexander breaks ranks with GOP leadership to support the agreement
Assange fils on WikiLeaks, his father, and his 16-year-old self (Julian Assange has a son?)
Debate over the treaty gets increasingly bitter--some say the GOP doesn't want to give the president another victory
Meanwhile, Putin plays policeman. Here's what the judge's decision could mean for Russia and the U.S.
In Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko wins reelection amid violence
Read: North Korea backs down--for now
North Korea promises retaliation for the exercises
The White House completes its review of the Afghan war
He told his Pakistani doctor the war had to end just before going under for surgery
It's a week of improbable victories for the gaffe-prone
The eulogies, his best writing, and the best writing about him
What it says about Tehran at present
The Ivorian president refuses to leave office after losing reelection
Lessons of the country's first-ever suicide bombing
Moscow supports WikiLeaks now that it's clear the leaks are more embarrassing to Washington
Forget human rights: the country's imprisonment of Liu Xiaobo smacks of weakness, say commentators
South Korea lays out a clear and severe warning to its neighbor
Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina all granted recognition this week--but without the support of the U.S. and European countries?
Honoree fails to show up to ceremony
No, Hugh Hefner is not writing policy initiatives for the Danes
The country accuses him of bribing the Nigerian government during his days at Halliburton
WikiLeaks reveals the famously high numbers in the high-growth country may be inflated
But he's only one teen killer among many as Mexico's drug violence intensifies
Well, Liu Xiaobo comes out all right
His fight for bail, the threat of extradition, and calls for U.S. prosecution
He's thought to be in London right now. Meanwhile, a Swiss bank freezes his account
Obama is pressuring Beijing to help deter North Korean aggresssion
Negotiators from the U.S., the UN, and Iran sit down Monday in Geneva
The suppression of information went beyond Tiananmen Square and the Dalai Lama
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