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Obama's victory speech at Grant Park may seem a distant mirage. But for all the failings, the president can point to real progress On that improbably warm night exactly one year ago, the crowd in Grant Park, Chicago, cheered...
When Barack Obama won the US presidency his staff played Bruce Springsteen’s Rising at ear-splitting volume for the crowds that filled downtown Chicago. A year on he hears Hail to the Chief wherever he goes, and constant...
Equating war with individual evil has become ubiquitous – if not universal – in contemporary international politics. But, while such rhetoric makes wars easier to justify, easier to wage, and easier to support, it also makes...
Here's a quiz: What was Iran's answer to the U.S.-led proposal to ship much of its nuclear material out of the country? Or at least as right as anyone could possibly tell, given Iran's muddled, contradictory and ever-evolving...
Shouts of "Allahu Akbar," or "God is great," a sign of continuing protest in Iran, could be heard Tuesday night in north and west Tehran, along with shouts of "death to dictator." The shouts were heard and reports came a day...
By STEFAN NICOLA UPI Europe Correspondent BERLIN, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday told the U.S. Congress that Europe and the United States should move closer together to better tackle global threats...
TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Israel's military intelligence chief has warned that Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have successfully tested an Iranian rocket that can reach Tel Aviv, the Jewish state's largest urban...
America is performing its familiar role of propping up a dictator. Could there be a more accurate description of the Obama-Brown message of congratulations to the fraudulently elected Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan?
SAN FRANCISCO — There's a new race in the Internet search business and, like most races, it's about speed. Start-ups including LeapFish, Factery and Aardvark hope to lap the field by supplementing conventional search results,...
Nuclear negotiations aren't worth this price. By AKBAR ATRI AND MARIAM MEMARSADEGHI Today marks the 30th anniversary of the taking of American hostages by radical Islamists during Iran's 1979 Revolution. Every year, the...
