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- How US presidential politics gives leverage to the Taliban, Iran
While America’s adversaries in Afghanistan and Iran cannot actually pull key strings to choose the next US president, election year politics ends up giving them some leverage.
To reboot Italy's economy, Monti takes on the cabbiesItalian Prime Minister Mario Monti has made liberalizing the service sector a key economic initiative, but the taxi industry is resisting.
If you build it, they won't come? US bases in Caribbean target drug trafficking.With resources stretched thin, the US is now teaming up with small Central American and Caribbean nations to build military bases to combat drug trafficking.
Sarkozy pledges to 'save European way of life'Six weeks ahead of elections, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is seeking to appeal to far right voters by vowing to crack down on immigration to France.
- Russian Orthodox Church: Ban homosexuality 'propaganda' among minors
The powerful Russian Orthodox Church wants the Duma to follow regional governments that have banned 'homosexual propaganda aimed at minors.' St. Petersburg enacted such a law last week.
El Salvador elections: Another test for Latin America's leftSunday's National Congress and mayoral elections in El Salvador are seen as a litmus test for President Mauricio Funes of the left-leaning Farabundo Marti Liberation Front (FMLN).
On Japan earthquake anniversary: a letter of hope and resilienceOne year after the Japan earthquake and tsunami, a resident finds gratitude and cooperation amid the devastation.
Blowback? Kenya pins Nairobi grenade attack on Somali IslamistsKenyan police have arrested four people in Sunday's grenade attacks in Nairobi, which killed 7 people. Is it blowback for Kenya's military involvement in Somalia?
Rebellious unions upend German orderGermany has a tradition of good relations between unions and employers, but as support erodes for well-established groups, workers are joining smaller unions willing to buck the consensus.
Difference MakerKathy Eldon overcame tragedy by helping others tackle challengesAfter losing her journalist son in Somalia, Kathy Eldon started a foundation that's touched the lives of millions.
- China's nuclear power plant review: 'problems in 14 areas' found
Should we be concerned? A nuclear official said in passing this weekend that problems in 14 areas need to be resolved. In the wake of Fukushima, a shade more transparency would be welcome.
Rampage in Afghanistan puts long-term US presence in perilYesterday's shooting spree by a US soldier has sharpened Afghan desires for foreign troops to be subject to Afghan courts. The issue is complicating a deal on keeping US bases here beyond 2014.
Kony 2012: Director of video agrees with criticsKony 2012: The ICC chief prosecutor praised the Kony 2012 video Monday. The director of the Invisible Children viral video agrees that he 'oversimplified' the issues.
Activists: With UN gone, Syrian forces kill nearly 50 women, childrenActivists described 'horrific' methods used by Syrian government forces and called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting. The government blamed the deaths on terrorists.
Army rule: Egyptian military doctor acquitted for 'virginity tests'The decision by a military court today disappointed rights groups who saw the case as a chance to curtail the Egyptian military's culture of impunity.
Is this France or Phoenix? Sarkozy touts 'Buy American' and border securityFacing tough re-election, France's Nicolas Sarkozy is calling for beefed up European borders and for a 'Buy European Act' modeled on the American version.
- Palestinian solar power: why Israel may turn out the lights
As peace negotiations remain stalled, a project to bring rural electrification to Palestinian communities in the West Bank faces demolition by Israel.
- As Japan marks tsunami anniversary, a fresh spirit of volunteerism
One year after Japan's earthquake and subsequent tsunami disaster, some 1 million people have taken the time to volunteer in the disaster zone, bolstering a trend that began in earnest with the 1995 Kobe earthquake.
- US soldier goes on killing spree: How events may unfold in Afghanistan
A US soldier, apparently acting alone after walking off a base, killed up to 17 Afghans including women and children on a rampage through at least three local homes in Kandahar Province.
After the tsunami, Japan may exit atomic ageA year ago, Japan depended on its 54 reactors for 30 percent of its electricity; only two of them remain open. Japan could become the first industrial society to enter the postnuclear age.
