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Unrest has also erupted in Guatemala and Nicaragua in the past year, and the region is dealing with powerful organized crime and drug traffickers.


Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza arrives Friday. Micheletti, who heads the interim government, has said he would be open to early elections and a referendum.


The seven-time champion lines up in Monaco on Saturday for Day 1 of an event looking to overcome the doping-inspired moniker "Tour de Farce."


Ban Ki-moon arrived in Burma (Myanmar) Friday in a risky bid to break the political stalemate. He will press for the release of political prisoners, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.


Andy Murray is hailed as Britain's best chance of winning the tennis championship since 1936. He's not the typical British tennis star.


Last week, armed men raided, shut down, and confiscated all the equipment of a small radio station whose owner is affiliated with an opposition political movement.


President Ortega has quickly positioned himself – alongside Chávez and Castro – as a champion of democracy.


US forces are pushing deeper into Helmand Province, where Americans promoted development throughout much of the cold-war era.


A senior cleric called Friday for British Embassy employees to be tried for allegedly inciting mass protests. The move signals a heightened effort to portray recent unrest as a foreign plot.


Emerging economic superpowers China and India may compete here. What should be the US role?


The US recession and the swine flu outbreak have delivered a one-two punch to Mexico's sources of revenue, threatening gains against poverty made in the past two decades.


Cases in Sierra Leone and Guatemala offer some guidance


Chum Mey and Bou Meng are two of seven prisoners left alive in S-21 prison when the regime fell in 1979, out of more than 14,000 inmates. They testified this week against former leader .

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North Koreans on Thursday tested several short-range missiles, but their track record on longer-range missile technology has been poor.


The ruling reveals the limits of the law in cracking down on the growing problem of bullying online.


Budget cuts are forcing many towns to scrap fireworks shows, though in some, local residents and businesses have stepped up to keep the tradition going.


His administration isn't that interested in a missile shield in Europe, but seems unlikely to concede it in upcoming talks.


Online courses, new day camps, and tapping stimulus funds are ways to minimize 'learning loss.'


Parents share low-cost ways of motivating children to read and write.


Protests against taxes and red ink are set for this weekend. Their potential to form a formidable national movement is unclear.

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Thoughtful, random, and fascinating, roadcasts – like yesteryear's mix tapes – are pitch perfect for all your joyful, pointless wanderings this summer.


On July 4, remember Solzenhitsyn's words: 'Art serves to battle lies and preserve the moral history of a society without the transitory and debasing rhetoric of bureaucrats.'
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