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Kabul, Afghanistan - The Afghan government is putting new scrutiny on private security companies, raising concerns among Western officials that President Hamid Karzai may be accelerating efforts to push …

Moscow - An explosion rocked an international terminal of Moscow's busiest airport on Monday afternoon in what Russian officials described as an apparent terrorist attack. The Health Ministry reported …

In the run-up to the Republican House vote to repeal health care reform, I listened to the “debate.” Admittedly, at a somewhat greater distance than last time. But with …

 

Get ready for a rocky year. From now on, rising prices, powerful storms, severe droughts and floods, and other unexpected events are likely to play havoc with the fabric …

“We now have an economy that is destroying its natural support systems. … We are liquidating the earth's natural assets to fuel our consumption,” Academy Fellow Lester Brown writes …

Washington - President Obama faces a choice in this week's State of the Union message: Does he spend the next two years consolidating the gains he has made, or …

Since the government took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, taxpayers have spent more than $160 million defending the mortgage finance companies and their former top executives in civil …

O.K. folks, it looks like the whole country is now playing Peter Peterson's budget ball. For those not familiar with him, Peterson is a Wall Street investment banker. He …

With a knee problem and a chic all-black walker, I have found more and more New York City cabs inaccessible. The new hybrids are good for anti-pollution but are …