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PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) _ South Africa’s long-dominant ANC won overwhelmingly in parliamentary elections, but did not retain the two-thirds majority it won with ease …

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Senate committee this week approved the nomination of a state governor who will spearhead the Obama administration’s effort to overhaul …

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in years, more Americans than not say the country is headed in the right direction, a sign that …

JOHANNESBURG (AP) _ For all the talk of crime, jobs or AIDS, South Africa’s parliamentary vote Wednesday is all about Jacob Zuma, who has survived …

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Homeland Security officials are warning that right-wing extremists could use the bad state of the U.S. economy and the election of the …

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Tuesday said his comprehensive domestic agenda is the path to the nation’s economic recovery, according to news reports. But, …

America appears to be launching another baby boom. The 4,317,119 births recorded in 2007 were the most in the nation’s history. But hold the celebratory …

HAVANA (AP) — A “very healthy, very energetic” Fidel Castro asked visiting Congressional Black Caucus members what Cuba could do to help President Barack Obama …

WASHINGTON (AP) —President Barack Obama went for the defining television shot in Iraq and got it – pictures of hundreds of U.S. troops cheering wildly …

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — FBI hostage negotiators joined U.S. Navy efforts Thursday to free an American cargo ship captain held captive on a lifeboat by …