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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service Tuesday honoring victims of the Ford Hood shootings, an attack he described as "all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable" because it occurred on...
A Cuban blogger who has gained international attention for her searing commentary about life on the communist island said she was briefly detained Friday and warned by state security agents about her opposition activity
Published: Nov. 8, 2009 at 2:15 AM By MICHAEL KIRKLAND WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Prisoner advocates such as the Equal Justice Initiative say Sullivan is one of only two 13-year-olds in the United States sentenced to life...
Sunday, November 8, 2009 LEBANON Hariri set to form unity government Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri of Lebanon will announce a new national unity government to include Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah in the next few...
House Passes Health-Care Reform Bill in Historic Vote BY JANET ADAMY AND NAFTALI BENDAVID WASHINGTON – In a tight vote, the House passed its sweeping health bill late Saturday, marking the biggest victory yet for Democrats in...
Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty singled out President Obama during a Republican fundraiser in Iowa as many see Pawlenty as a possible 2012 presidential candidate. As Congress begins voting on health care reform, Minnesota Gov. Tim...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Ida strengthened in the Caribbean off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday and was expected to move into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico later in the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
As secretary of state departs for Berlin, U.S. officials said they anticipated the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog soon would give up hope that Iran would accept a confidence-building deal under which it would ship uranium abroad for...
After months of negotiations with Russia, Obama administration officials are hopeful about a breakthrough -- possibly this week -- that would enable the two sides to sign a successor to their most extensive nuclear weapons...
Published: Nov. 7, 2009 at 5:34 PM LAS VEGAS, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The Republican Party has to repair fences with Latino voters in America after losing their support in the 2008 presidential election, party officials say. Much of...
