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Warlords enslave huge armies of child soldiers

UNITED NATIONS — More than 11,000 child soldiers were freed from military slavery last year, but the United Nations believes hundreds of thousands around the world remain at the mercy of warlords like Thomas Lubanga. The 14-year jail term...

Carville challenges ‘Washington consensus’ on cutting the federal deficit

James Carville, former Bill Clinton campaign adviser, on Tuesday called on Democrats to focus on rebuilding the middle-class instead of accepting the conventional wisdom that cutting the deficit was the most important issue facing America....

Mexico arrests two alleged Sinaloa drug cartel members

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Two alleged senior members of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel who are wanted by the US Drug Enforcement Agency were arrested in Mexico’s crime capital Ciudad Juarez, officials said. The two suspects, identified as...

Biden: Romney ‘wants you to show your papers, but he won’t show us his’

Vice President Joe Biden criticized Mitt Romney on Tuesday for supporting Arizona’s controversial immigration law and allegedly hiding his wealth overseas to avoid paying taxes. “And this is a man who says President Barack Obama is...

Democracy still ‘preferable’ in Muslim nations, survey says

WASHINGTON — Democracy is still popular in six Muslim-majority countries, over a year after the Arab Spring, and the majority in some countries favors laws based on the Koran, according to a poll published Tuesday. The first two Muslim-majority...

U.S. regulators sue Peregrine Financial Group for fraud

NEW YORK — Eight months after the shock bankruptcy of MFGlobal, another respected futures brokerage, PFG, is being sued for fraud by US regulators in the latest black eye to confidence in futures trading. In a complaint filed Tuesday in an...

Megaupload offers U.S. deal on N. Zealand extradition

WELLINGTON — Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom on Wednesday offered to voluntarily leave New Zealand for the United States if prosecutors agree to release funds to bankroll his defence against online piracy charges. The deal would bypass lengthy...

Sen. Sherrod Brown: Progressive groups can’t compete with billionaires

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), who has been targeted by the advocacy group co-founded by Karl Rove, on Tuesday decried the nation’s flimsy campaign finance laws. “It’s bad enough that billionaires and huge corporations — that...

Five more corporations distance themselves from ALEC

Five corporations recently announced they were no longer members of the American Legislative Exchange Council after being confronted by liberal and progressive groups. John Deere, CVS Caremark, MillerCoors, HP, and Best Buy all said they would...

Romney says ‘nothing hidden’ in his taxes

WASHINGTON — White House hopeful Mitt Romney insisted Tuesday he had “nothing hidden” in his taxes as he tried to fend off a slew of attacks from President Barack Obama’s campaign over his offshore accounts. In an interview...

Republicans: Health care repeal has bipartisan support

WASHINGTON — US lawmakers began five contentious hours of debate Tuesday over repealing the health care law, with Republicans insisting there is bipartisan support for wiping President Barack Obama’s landmark reforms from the books....

Mexico’s ruling party to demand vote buying probe

MEXICO CITY — President Felipe Calderon’s conservative National Action Party (PAN) will formally request that electoral officials probe allegations of vote buying in Mexico’s July 1 presidential election. Enrique Pena Nieto from the...

Apple co-founder on stage for disputed monologue

WASHINGTON — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is to join a benefit performance of a controversial monologue about the iconic computer giant’s production lines in China, a theater in Washington said Tuesday. “The Agony and the Ecstasy...

U.S. stocks sink on falling business confidence

NEW YORK — US stocks closed sharply lower Tuesday as investors digested a positive start to earnings season, a eurozone deal to help support Spain and its banks, and disappointing Chinese trade data. A slump in confidence registered by a US...

Wisc. GOP state senator: Lack of Voter ID law ‘undoubtedly played a role’ in recall defeat

Republican Wisconsin state Sen. Van Wanggaard announced Tuesday that he would not challenge the results of a recount that found he was defeated by Democrat John Lehman in last month’s recall elections. But Wanggaard vowed to turn over evidence...
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