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Bacon, ex-Pentagon spokesman, refugee advocate, dies
Kenneth Bacon, a former reporter and Pentagon spokesman who later served as a top advocate of displaced people all over the world, died Saturday, according to Refugees International. He was 64
No ‘silver bullet’ to health care overhaul, Obama says
There is no "silver bullet" solution to health care overhaul, President Obama said on Saturday, but the system needs to change to avoid "a world of hurt" down the road. “There is no perfect, painless silver bullet out there that solves everyone’s problem, that gives everyone perfect health care for free.
Amid turmoil, Iran’s supreme leader picks new judiciary chief
Amid turmoil over the treatment of post-election detainees and controversy over the mass trials of political figures, Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday appointed a new judiciary chief, Iranian media reported.
The Pink Recovery: Why Women Are Doing Better
A week ago, President Obama touted a newly published report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that showed the country had lost 247,000 jobs in July. It seemed an odd thing to boast about, but you have to consider the context. The economy was losing jobs at three times that clip when Obama took office in January
The Afghan Age Divide
Muhammad Shafiq Popal is one of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s more formidable opponents — yet he isn’t a chieftain, a warlord or even a candidate in the Aug. 20 Afghanistan presidential election. Just 30 years old, Popal is a rare individual in the country: a community organizer who heads the Afghanistan Youth National and Social Organization , an NGO that, in a nation marked by division, transcends religion, ethnicity and tribe.
Jesse Jackson expresses optimism for Ivory Coast election
The Rev. Jesse Jackson ended a trip to the Ivory Coast on Friday, after he spoke to leaders from the nation’s political parties and was honored as a prince by a tribe in the West African nation
An Afghanistan Exit Strategy: Buying Off the Taliban?
By measure both of blood and of treasure, the war in Afghanistan is a costly business.
Rumors, mystery surround search for cargo ship
The search for a missing Russian cargo ship was "developing quite dramatically" Friday, according to Russia’s ambassador to NATO.
Obama’s big problem in Big Sky country
Spend a day in this tiny town about 23 miles or so from where President Obama will be holding a town hall meeting on Friday, and it’s easy to see why his health-care push is facing big problems in Big Sky country — even from the people he’s trying to help.