Politics

Myanmar military leaders release Nobel Laureate political dissident Aung San Suu Kyi from 19 months of house arrest.

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Israeli leaders and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat Friday cautiously welcomed calls for a Middle East peace conference.

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As the 1997 Welfare Reform Law comes up for reauthorization, Betty Ann Bowser looks at the impact it has had in the state of Connecticut.

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Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and David Brooks of The Weekly Standard discuss the situation in the Middle East, the farm bill and Democratic politics.

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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat emerged from his embattled West Bank compound Thursday after being held there under Israeli siege for more than a month.

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With the release of the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, experts assess where the conflict in the Middle East stands.

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Following a report from Independent Television News, Terence Smith talks with New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief James Bennet about the latest developments in the Middle East.

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A closer look at Hu Jintao, the man expected to become China's next leader.

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Over a million people demonstrated peacefully across France Wednesday in the largest national protest to date against extreme-right presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen.

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Six Palestinian men wanted by Israel were transferred from Yasser Arafat's compound in Ramallah to the town of Jericho Wednesday, according to published accounts.

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