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Official: Little Hope for U.N. Climate Deal

World leaders starting flooding into Copenhagen on Thursday, even as a Danish official acknowledged that hope was running out for a comprehensive climate deal because the negotiations between rich and poor countries were deadlocked.


Mexican forces kill cartel kingpin Beltran Leyva

One of the most wanted figures in the drug war was killed in a shootout with the Mexican navy Wednesday, an official said.


Under U.S. Pressure, Pakistan Balks at Helping on Afghan Taliban

Pakistan remains reluctant to act against longtime allies now fighting the U.S. But neither does it want the U.S. doing the job itself on Pakistani soil


Behind the Murder of a Drug Czar

Neighborhood drug wars and drug-war politics wreak havoc in Honduras


The Teddy Awards for Political Courage

A President, a Senator and the people of Iran are among those who deserve kudos for courage in 2009


The Pentagon Prepares for a Missile Attack from 'Iran'

Iran has replaced North Korea as the source of the 'enemy' warhead against which the U.S. will test its missile defenses next month


NYT: U.S. aide accused of plot to oust Karzai

As fraud surfaced in the Afghan election, the No. 2 U.N. official in the country, Peter W. Galbraith, proposed enlisting the White House in a plan to replace Hamid Karzai.


Pakistan's President Under Pressure After Ruling

Pakistan's president faced fresh calls to step down Thursday after the Supreme Court struck down an amnesty that had protected the increasingly unpopular leader and several of his political allies from corruption charges.


In Chile, many are optimistic that prosperity is coming

SANTIAGO, CHILE -- For Floripa Lizama and her family, the past is their slapdash wood-plank home located next to an unsightly concrete canal.