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Washington - While global food prices declined for the first half of this year, they have spiked in recent months, according to a new World Bank publication, and this …

Finally! The announced departure of Lawrence Summers as the president's top economic adviser is welcome news. Harvard's loss in taking back its $586,996-a-year professor and “president emeritus,” who is …

The Carrs grocery store in Anchorage is always bustling at 7am on a Saturday in August. SUVs and pickups with boats in tow crowd the parking lot, and bleary-eyed …

It is frequently acknowledged that US policy in Afghanistan is “failing.” But a sharper question is less frequently posed: are the actions of the US government making Afghans worse …

I was in London last week when news came of the death of the great NBC newsman Edwin Newman, 91 years old. Turns out he and his wife had …

This week could help decide the fate of the mid-term elections. Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid - facing a close re-election fight in Nevada - brought to the …

Who counts and who doesn't count? We hear so much about the “middle class” but rarely about the plight of the poor. And of course we hear again and …

Ten years ago, at the crack of a new millennium, the United Nations gave the world's poorest countries 15 years to halve their poverty rates, reverse the spread of …

China’s foreign investment into Africa has been generating a great deal of controversy. Some argue that China is becoming the new colonial power over Africa, others see China as …

Washington - The Wal-Mart Moms were pessimistic, bordering on despondent, about the state of the country. Like, well, moms dealing with bickering children, they were exasperated by Washington lawmakers …