World Aug 18 Former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung Dies Former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, who came to represent the country's democratization and who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to reconcile with North Korea, died Tuesday. He was 85.
World Aug 17 Profiles: Afghanistan’s Presidential Candidates Afghan President Hamid Karzai is hoping to win a second five-year term in Thursday's elections, while raucous rallies drew thousands of supporters for the main opposition candidates in the days leading up to the vote.
Health Aug 14 Obama Takes Health Care Message to Mont., Colo. President Barack Obama made his latest pitch to the public on health care reform at a Friday town hall meeting in Montana as he seeks to overcome opposition to the $1 trillion overhaul plan.
World Aug 11 Clinton Visits Refugees in Democratic Republic of Congo Secretary of State Hillary Clinton toured a refugee camp Tuesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo's restive eastern region, and said more must be done to protect civilians from the violence, particularly sexual crimes.
World Aug 05 Iran’s President Ahmadinejad Sworn In for Second Term With protesters chanting "death to the dictator" and extra police deployed around the parliament building, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term in office Wednesday.
World Aug 03 Iran’s Top Cleric Endorses Ahmadinejad as Second-term President Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, formally endorsed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term as president Monday, clearing the way for the hard-line leader to take the oath of office on Wednesday before the parliament.
World Jul 31 Iraq Adviser: U.S. Must ‘Declare Victory and Go Home’ A memo circulated among the military and media, written by an adviser to the Iraqi military's Baghdad command, says the U.S. military has prepared Iraqi Security Forces as much as it can and should head home ahead of schedule.
World Dec 24 U.S. Panel Spotlights Plight of Religious Minorities in Iraq Although progress has been made to reconcile differences between Shia and Sunni Iraqis, other non-Muslims there are suffering "severe abuses of religious freedom," a U.S. advisory group recently reported.
World Oct 08 Worlds Merge in Turkey, Raising Identity Issues While Turkey's strategic geographic location elevates it regionally and internationally, its position at the intersection point of so many worlds generates questions among some of its 70 million citizens about who they are.
Economy Aug 20 How Local Businesses Coexist with Wal-Mart Although Wal-Mart has gained a reputation for driving out mom-and-pop stores, the city of Charlottesville, Va. represents an example of how homegrown stores and the retail giant can coexist.