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Russia has pledged to clean up its police forces -- again -- after whistleblowers posted videos online complaining of corruption, low pay and poor working conditions
How long must Memphis City Schools focus on expensive "solutions" such as teacher effectiveness before the district faces its fundamental problems? After a career of more than 25 years as a teacher educator, I remain a student advocate. The best, most proficient teachers in the nation will not improve student performance until the system realistically addresses student academic needs. I have ...
Secretary of State Clinton on Thursday backed Afghan President Hamid Karzai 's "visionary" plan that could send U.S. troops home in five years.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is bringing a message of thanks to U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan.
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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is leaning toward running for the U.S. Senate rather than making a bid for governor, two Republican advisers said Thursday.
France's foreign minister walked into a remote Afghan village on Friday to talk with small farmers and local tribal leaders about how to bypass corrupt officials and bring aid directly to those who need it.
Thirty years of spying for Cuba will send a retired State Department official to prison for life after he and his wife pleaded guilty Friday to sending secrets to the United States' longtime antagonist.
A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck an Afghan town on Friday, killing 12 people in the deadliest attack since President Hamid Karzai got down to the business of a second term.
TEN months after Democrats took over the Capitol and the first African-American president moved into the White House, black lawmakers are in control of some of the most powerful positions in Congress - and face new challenges to using their long-sought influence.
Amid intense international pressure for reform, Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed to tackle corruption and drug-trafficking in a speech delivered at his inaugural ceremony Thursday.
"Going Rogue" sells 300,000 copies its first day
NEW YORK (AP) — The USS New York, built with steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center, was put into Navy service Saturday both as a symbol of healing and strength.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton lauded the newly sworn-in Afghan president for outlining a plan to crack down on corruption in his inaugural speech Thursday, but warned that Washington and the international community would hold him to his promises.
EU leaders picked little known Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as Europe's first president with a mission to give the continent a greater world profile.
Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Other than outright war, seldom have things looked grimmer for Israel and the Palestinians. There are always two sides to a story, of course, and in the Middle East there are often more than two.
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