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As tropical storm Tomas speeds toward Haiti, threatening to turn into a hurricane before it passes just west of the island Friday morning, some 1.3 million people are virtually …

Washington - Business groups spent record amounts during this year's congressional elections, in support of mostly Republican candidates. Now, these groups hope their investment pays off on everything from …

As we near the end of the latest round in political coverage of female candidates, let's consider what we've learned. About the coverage, I mean. Not the women. No. …

Mexico City - Mexican government officials locked in a bloody battle against drug traffickers are sighing relief that Proposition 19 in California failed at the ballot box yesterday.

The end of a draining election night brought two more surprising developments, as Republican Mark Kirk was elected to President Obama's former Senate seat in Illinois and Democrat Michael …

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Bamiyan Diaries – Day Five In a small storage shed at the edge of town, we watched as 14-year-old Sayed Qarim signed a simple contract agreeing to borrow and …

Bangkok - A campaign to rid the world of cluster munitions has still to rope in the U.S. government, a major producer and stockpiler of the deadly payload, on …

Now what? We need to build a grassroots progressive movement - wide, deep and strong enough to fight the right and challenge the corporate center of the Democratic Party.

The votes are in, and while some close races are still being tallied, there is a clear winner from the 2010 elections: Secret corporate cash. Such unaccounted for political …