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U.S.-Japan Relations Chill

Washington Post | Posted 12.28.2009 | World


While most of the federal government was shut down by a snowstorm last week, there was one person in particular whom Secretary of State Hillary Rodham...

U.S. Widens Terror War To Yemen

New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT and ROBERT F. WORTHERIC SCHMITT and ROBERT F. WORTH | Posted 12.28.2009 | World


In the midst of two unfinished major wars, the United States has quietly opened a third, largely covert front against Al Qaeda in Yemen....

Childhood Christmas Wonder Reborn in a Place You'd Never Guess (Hint: They're Too Big to Fail, Too)

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 12.28.2009 | World


Yvonne R. Davis

I experienced the rebirth of the hope, excitement and magic of this holiday -- and of all places, where it came together for this resurrection was at the Wafi Mall in Dubai.

David Goldman, Sean Goldman Finally Reunited In Brazil

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 12.25.2009 | New York


ORLANDO, Fla. - The father of a 9-year-old boy at the center of a five-year custody battle across two continents looked at his son sleeping on a fligh...

Sean Goldman Must Be Returned To New Jersey Father, Brazilian Court Rules

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 12.23.2009 | New York


RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil's chief justice ruled in favor of a U.S. man who has waged a five-year legal battle for his son, ordering Brazilian rela...

Ahmadinejad Dismisses US Deadline For Nuke Deal

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 12.22.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president on Tuesday dismissed a year-end deadline set by the Obama administration and the West for Tehran to accept a U.N...

COPENHAGEN ACCORD DETAILS: What's Known About The Climate Change Deal

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 12.19.2009 | Green


***Click here to read the document released to the media*** Here is what's known about the broad, nonbinding accord reached by the U.S., China, India...

David Goldman Fights Brazil Over Custody Of Son

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 12.19.2009 | New York


RIO DE JANEIRO — A New Jersey man made an emotional plea Friday for Brazilian authorities to let him take his son home in a custody fight that i...

Tiger Woods and the Problem of Porn Culture in US Celebrity Life

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 12.18.2009 | Sports


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

When "success" professionally=failure as a human being for so many, there is something seriously wrong with our definition of success!

US Diplomats Shown Hostility In Pakistani Actions

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 12.17.2009 | World


ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has held up visas for U.S. diplomats, military service members and others, apparently because of hostility within the count...

Pakistan Rebuffs U.S. On Taliban Crackdown

New York Times | Jane Perlez | Posted 12.14.2009 | World


Demands by the United States for Pakistan to crack down on the strongest Taliban warrior in Afghanistan, Siraj Haqqani, whose fighters pose the bigges...

US Swagger Equals Foreign Policy Disaster

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics


Sharmine Narwani

If Iran offers to swap its low-enriched uranium for higher grade uranium, does the US have the right to dismiss it because it doesn't meet our conditions?

Iran To Try 3 Americans Who Crossed Border

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 12.14.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Monday a court will try three Americans who wandered across the border from Iraq last July and became ensnared in an in...

The Extraordinary Story Of The US 12th Infantry In Afghanistan

Daily Mirror | Anton Antonowicz | Posted 12.11.2009 | World


And they were hanging a dog. "Why?" ponders Sgt Paul Hendricksen. "Beats the s*** outta me... " We'd watched the man leading the dog by a rope to the ...

It Is Time to Refocus on Education, R&D and Innovation If We Are to "Think Different" and Remain Competitive

Jenny Darroch | Posted 12.10.2009 | Business


Jenny Darroch

The ability to "think different" is critical to the future success of many industries. To innovate as a way to generating growth within organizations can only help industries and the economy as a whole.

Japanese Midget Sub Discovered: Pearl Harbor Mystery Solved, Says Team

Posted 12.07.2009 | Home


Researchers believe that they have found a fifth "midget submarine" sent by the Japanese Empire to participate in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. ...

Geneva WTO Protests 2009 (PHOTOS): Police Clash With Black Bloc Demonstrators

AP | By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS | Posted 11.28.2009 | World


GENEVA (AP)-- Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets Saturday to separate violent demonstrators from a protest of a meeting of top world trade offic...

U.S. And China Pledge To Reduce Emissions, But Not Enough For Experts

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 11.27.2009 | Green


AMSTERDAM — Even after the U.S. and China set targets this week for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the world's combined pledges ahead of nex...

Eleventh-hour CPR On Iran Nuclear Talks

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 11.27.2009 | World


Sharmine Narwani

If Iran announced a complete halt of its uranium enrichment program and ordered an immediate dismantling of its nuclear facilities ... we would still not cut the Islamic Republic any slack.

China Slams US Report Warning Of Spying By Beijing

AP | Posted 11.23.2009 | World


BEIJING — Beijing on Monday criticized a U.S. government report that said Chinese spies are aggressively stealing American secrets, saying the r...

Pakistan: 8 Militants Killed In Reported US Strike

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 11.21.2009 | World


PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A security guard has been wounded in an explosion outside the office of a non-governmental organization in the main city in...

Mothers Become Face Of U.S. Hunger Problem On CNN

Posted 11.19.2009 | Impact


Earlier this week, the federal government released a new report highlighting the new high of 49 million Americans who went hungry last year. CNN dec...

Hamid Karzai Sworn In For Second 5-Year Term As Afghan President

AP | KATHY GANNON and ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 11.20.2009 | World


KABUL — For his critics, President Hamid Karzai's inaugural speech Thursday struck all the right notes – sober pledges to get tough on cor...

Israel Angers U.S. With Plan To Build New Homes In The West Bank

AP | STEVEN R. HURST | Posted 11.18.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — The White House rebuked Israel with heavy criticism Tuesday after the Jerusalem city government moved toward the construction of 90...

Countries Prepping For "Cyber Cold War," According To McAfee Report

cnn.com | Elinor Mills | Posted 11.17.2009 | Technology


Major countries and nation-states are engaged in a "Cyber Cold War," amassing cyberweapons, conducting espionage, and testing networks in preparation ...