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Obama, McCain Tout American Spirit

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Israeli Defense Minister, Mitchell To Meet Again

Israeli Defense Minister To Meet US Mideast Envoy Again For More Talks On Settlements (AP) An Israeli defense official says Defense Minister Ehud Barak is to hold a second round of talks with U.S. special Mideast peace envoy...

Europe's Free, State-run Health Care Has Drawbacks

As US Tackles Health Care Reform, Some Europeans Warn Against Too Much Government Control (AP) As President Barack Obama pushes to overhaul the American health care system, the role of government is at the heart of the debate....

A few US cities hope to host Gitmo transplants

MARION, Ill. -- Once the nation's most secure prison, the federal lockup in southern Illinois has housed everyone from spies to a Colombian druglord to dapper mob boss John Gotti. Now the mayor of Marion hopes to roll out the...

China Punishes Officials After Babies Taken

China Punishes Officials After Babies Whose Parents Were Still Alive Were Sent To Orphanages (AP) Chinese authorities have punished six government officials after three baby girls whose parents were still alive were sent to an...

Colin Powell Cautions Obama On Big Government

Colin Powell Says Obama Should Take Hard Look At His Expensive, Ambitious Domestic Agenda (AP) Colin Powell worries that President Barack Obama is trying to tackle too many big issues at one time and he offers this advice: take...

Obama's Trip: 3 More Countries, 1 Broad Mission

And when in Rome? That often means overturning George W. Bush's policies or mending relations that Obama contends went adrift under his Republican predecessor. The final leg of the trip bring the first black U.S. president to...

George W. Bush to spend 4th of July in rural Okla.

WOODWARD, Okla. -- Former President George W. Bush, who has turned up in a handful of out-of-the-way places since leaving office, was set to spend part of Independence Day speaking at a remodeled rodeo arena in northwestern...

U.S. hopes Obama's visit to Ghana will spur others

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States hopes President Barack Obama's decision to visit Ghana this month will spur other African governments to try and emulate the West African country's democratic record.

Russia to grant U.S. Afghan supply route - sources

MOSCOW, July 4 (Reuters) - Russia will grant President Barack Obama permission next week to ship U.S. weapons supplies across its territory, or through its airspace, en route to Afghanistan, sources on both sides told Reuters...

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