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When President Obama joins other NATO leaders Sunday and Monday, the full extent of how his Afghan strategy has changed — from “war of necessity” to withdrawal on his terms — will be seen.
The meeting on long-term security for Afghanistan opened in Chicago under the shadow of tension between the United States and Pakistan over an unfinished deal to reopen supply routes for the war.
Chen Guangcheng, the lawyer whose escape from house arrest jolted relations between the United States and China, followed his flight with a news conference in New York.
Meeting at Camp David, leaders of the world’s richest countries banded together to press Germany to back more pro-growth policies to halt the deepening debt crisis in Europe.
People who know Mitt Romney well say his faith is a huge influence on him. Above, the Romneys at the 2008 funeral of Gordon B. Hinckley, the church president.
Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi was the only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, which left 270 people dead.
Office workers are dissatisfied with the level of “speech privacy,” and managers are hearing their complaints.
Fans of Amanda M. Burden, the planning commissioner, call her a visionary who will leave behind a much-improved city. But she has her critics too.
What could possibly compete with a spice-rubbed grilled rib-eye? A grilled Caesar salad.
When a hurricane thrashes the mid-Atlantic, I worry about the ponies on Assateague Island.
Suggesting that women are smarter is annoying. Women need jobs, not fake flattery.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has been getting tougher on insider trading on Wall Street, but its potential target may be too wide.
Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver helped launch the career of the jockey Mario Gutierrez, but the track faces an uncertain future.
Larry Wayne Jones Jr. has been the Atlanta Braves’ one constant for almost two decades.
In-house pests are a fact of life in the city. Here’s a primer to getting rid of everything from cockroaches to mice.
As automakers increase their efforts to design vehicles that are more fuel-efficient, engineering programs are likewise adapting their curriculums.
Chris Barbin of Appirio, an information technology company, says he asks job candidates how a best friend would describe them, and then how they would describe themselves.
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