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Press group says Latin American leaders silencing critics, worst abuses in Venezuela and Cuba
CARACAS, Venezuela - Press freedoms in countries throughout the Western Hemisphere are facing serious threats from authoritarian governments, especially in Venezuela and communist-led Cuba, a group re...
Obama's historic health-care reform poised to become law
WASHINGTON - Democrats were poised Sunday to pass historical health-care reform legislation that will undoubtedly become the defining moment of Barack Obama's presidency and likely determine whether i...
Obama, Democrats resolve abortion dispute, House on track for historic health care vote
WASHINGTON - Democratic leaders secured the last votes needed for passage of a landmark bill to overhaul the U.S. health care system as the House met in a rare Sunday session expected to give Presiden...
Iraq's already long, contentious vote count meets another obstacle: demands for a recount
BAGHDAD - Iraq's president on Sunday demanded a recount in this month's historic parliamentary elections, intensifying the political conflict over the not-yet-completed tally and increasing the chance...
In taped video message to activists, Obama reaffirms commitment to fixing immigration woes
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is reassuring immigration reform advocates that he is committed to working with Congress on a comprehensive bill to fix a "broken immigration system." In a video...
Partial official results show leftists defeat Sarkozy's conservatives in French regional vote
PARIS - France's opposition Socialists and their allies handily defeated President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives in regional elections Sunday, according to partial official results after a vote that...
Red River hits crest without doing much damage; flood fears start to recede in Fargo, ND
The crest of the Red River was met Sunday with more shrugs than white knuckles, as flood fears receded and Fargo residents walked their dogs and went to church instead of sandbagging and fleeing to hi...
Volcano erupts in Iceland, hundreds evacuated; scientists wary of larger eruption
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - A volcano in southern Iceland has erupted for the first time in almost 200 years, raising concerns that it could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at a vola...
UN reduces Kandahar staff over security concerns as NATO troops begin to roll
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Kandahar is a city on the knife's edge. With rising violence and NATO's unfolding offensive in the area has prompted the United Nations and other relief organizations to ste...
Militant group brings draft of peace plan to Afghan capital; 13 civilians killed across nation
KABUL, Afghanistan - Thirteen Afghan civilians died in violence Sunday as the nation's hard-line vice-president expressed hopes for reconciliation and representatives of a militant group with ties to ...
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