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President Barack Obama spoke with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Monday night for about an hour regarding plans to send 30,000 additional US troops to the region, White House officials …

Police are arresting and attacking student protesters on University of California (UC) campuses again. “Why did he beat me - I wasn’t doing anything,” screamed a young Cal Berkeley …

President Obama will announce his intention Tuesday evening to send a significant and expedited troop increase to Afghanistan. Liberal Democrats have shown strong and at times bipartisan opposition to …

In a background briefing for reporters this afternoon, a senior adminstration official confirmed that President Obama will call for 30,000 additional troops to be sent to Afghanistan by next …

December 1, 2009, marks President Obama’s first World AIDS Day in the White House and the first World AIDS Day for the newly elected Congress. The time is right …

UPDATE 12:16 PDT: In a background briefing for reporters moments ago, a senior Obama administration official said the three-year timetable for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, as reported by CNN, …

Washington - A new study estimates that the end of a hefty government subsidy could force millions of laid-off workers to pay more than 80 percent of their monthly …

Baghdad - The guns are gradually falling silent in Iraq as a fragile stability takes hold, turning the spotlight on a stealthier killer likely to stalk Iraqis for years …

The developing world at this yearend 2009 is emerging from the most violent recession since the deflation of the 1930's, with growth of 0.9% in the United States and …

Elite papers marginalize public opposition.