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NEW YORK - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the work of a new Pakistani-American organization can go far to ease the burdens of many Pakistanis as their government...
North Korea indicated on Friday it was ready to end its year-long boycott of nuclear negotiations, following talks in the reclusive state this week with a U.S. envoy trying to revive a disarmament-for-aid deal.
SEOUL, South Korea --North Korea said Friday that its differences with the United States had been diminished during the visit this week of President Obama's special envoy, but that it needed more talks before deciding whether to return to six-nation nuclear disarmament talks.
WASHINGTON -- As the United States' chief climate change negotiator, Todd Stern sometimes plays the bad cop, and seems to rather enjoy it.
Harkening back to a disaster 15 years ago, when Washington was Ground Zero of a Republican revolution, "judicious" state Democrats have a new motto: "Not Again in 2010."
From a losing vice presidential candidacy, Sarah Palin has bounced back as a best-selling author with plans for a key role in 2010 elections.
At his Cabinet meeting Monday afternoon, President Barack Obama took a moment to give thanks to his team. Sipping a glass of water, the president offered special gratitude to the woman on his right.
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There are tantalizing hints that after eight years of groping in the dark, the U.S. government is beginning to close in on Osama bin Laden 's whereabouts. On Sunday, White House National Security Adviser James Jones said his best estimate was that the world's most wanted terrorist "is somewhere in North Waziristan , sometimes on the Pakistani side of the border, sometimes on the Afghan side of ...
ISLAMABAD -- Five young Americans detained in Pakistan this week had been trying to link up with a militant organization affiliated with the Taliban and al-Qaida and based in Pakistan's troubled tribal region along the Afghan border, police said yesterday.
Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. is working aggressively with Pakistan to prevent the American troop surge in Afghanistan from driving insurgents across the border, a top diplomat said.
In the end, there were differences she could not reconcile.
First Night goers can come out of the cold and into the fire.
KIRKUK, IRAQ -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Friday that world powers will soon impose "significant additional sanctions" on Iran over its failure to engage in talks on its nuclear ambitions.
Governor Steve Beshear's recent appointment of a nursing supervisor to the Kentucky Mining Board has been criticized by officials of the United Mine Workers union.
Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a group of Pakistani-Americans last night that new efforts by the Obama administration show its commitment to aiding Pakistan as that country battles Islamist extremists.
