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WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton's nomination as secretary of state is another milestone for a former first lady who was the first to win elective ...

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of ...

LONDON - The United States has told Pakistan it expects complete co-operation in the investigations into the terrorist rampage in neighbouring India, Secretary of ...

DETROIT - Ex-mayoral aide Christine Beatty pleaded guilty Monday in the text-messaging sex scandal with former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick that gripped the city for ...

WASHINGTON - Construction spending in the United States fell by a larger-than-expected amount in October, another indication that problems facing the builders of homes, ...

WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama named former campaign rival Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state Monday, and announced Robert Gates would remain as ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Security officials in this treacherous, war-weary country are bracing for a rough ride as they work to reduce the risk of ...

PARIS - Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says she wants to turn media attention surrounding her marriage to French President Nicolas Sarkozy to a worthy cause - ...

MUMBAI, India - India on Monday formally demanded that Pakistan take "strong action" against the people behind the Mumbai attacks.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash ...

NEW YORK - Rush Limbaugh has seldom been a fan of Senator Hillary Clinton. But the conservative radio pundit has given his blessing to ...

WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama announced Monday that Robert Gates would remain as defence secretary, making President George W. Bush's Pentagon chief his own ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Somalia's president says he's hopeful that talks between tribal leaders and pirates will win the release without ransom of a ...

LONDON - A British mother lost a libel suit Monday against the daughter who claimed in a book that her childhood had been marred ...

NEW YORK - Former president Bill Clinton says he's thankful that Barack Obama has chosen his wife, Senator Hillary Clinton, to be his secretary ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe - Gunfire has broken out in downtown Harare where rampaging, unpaid Zimbabwean soldiers attacked money changers and clashed with police.

Associated Press reporters ...