PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haitian police took former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier from his hotel Tuesday and headed to the prosecutor’s office, witnesses said Tuesday. The ousted president, who made a surprise return to...

Partisan news missing the point: Youth, poor have greater reason for dissatisfaction than tea parties Predictions of a youth uprising sweeping the United States in 2011 appear to be turning increasingly true, according to a recent poll. Figures...

Newt Gingrich wants fellow Fox News employee Sarah Palin to think before she speaks. A Washington Post/ABC News poll (.pdf) showed that Palin’s approval had plummeted following her use of the term “blood libel” in the wake of...

Sen. Kent Conrad, a Democrat from North Dakota, will announce his retirement today, according to two major media outlets. The Washington Post‘s Chris Cillizza first reported the news Tuesday morning based on knowledge from “two...

As House Republicans prepare Tuesday to take up a bill repealing the sweeping health care overhaul, they face an awkward fact-check permeating the news wires that effectively dismantles their central argument against the reforms. House Speaker...

ROME — Allegations that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hooked up with prostitutes he kept in rent-free luxury apartments have weakened the government and damaged the country’s image abroad, experts say. Italian magistrates on Friday...

TIKRIT, Iraq (AFP) – A suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of police recruits in the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Tuesday, killing 50 people in the bloodiest attack in more than two months. The blast, which also wounded 150, was the first...

‘Guns and violence are a fact of life,’ Texas Rep. insists Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul assailed as “nonsensical” the recent attempts at stiffening gun control laws in the aftermath of the shooting rampage in Arizona...

One-year payroll tax holiday key to toppling seniors’ safety net, Sanders warns Social Security may be on the White House chopping block, a US Senator recently told Raw Story, expressing deep uneasiness about President Barack Obama’s...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As many as 129 million Americans under age 65 have medical problems putting them at risk of being rejected by insurance companies or having to pay more for coverage, according to a U.S. government study reported by...

JUBA, Sudan (AFP) – Foreign observer missions on Monday endorsed the credibility of south Sudan’s landmark independence vote to the delight of the region’s ruling party, although it held off on declaring victory. Poll observers from...

FRANKFURT (AFP) – A former Rwandan mayor went on trial on Tuesday accused of ordering three Tutsi massacres during the country’s 1994 genocide, in the first such case prosecuted in Germany. Onesphore Rwabukombe, a 54-year-old ethnic Hutu,...

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US regulators were on the verge of approving cable giant Comcast’s purchase of entertainment titan NBC Universal and could announce the deal as early as Tuesday, a US newspaper reported. The Wall Street Journal’s...

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US conservative celebrity Sarah Palin has defended her use of the term “blood libel” to accuse the media of blaming her supporters after the Arizona shooting spree. The use of the term in a video statement last...