BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazil's presidential spokesman has reiterated that the country does not plan to recognize the incoming Honduran administration and denied that Brazil's president and chief of staff have made contradictory statements about the Cen
TOKYO - Japan's government has endorsed the nation's bid to host the 2018or 2022 World Cup, vowing to cooperate in bringing the showcase tournament tothe country.Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Cabinet released a statement Tuesdayannouncing its app
LAGHMAN, AFGHANISTAN Like nearly all provinces in , this one has two governors.The first was appointed by President Hamid Karzai and is backed by thousands of U.S. troops. He governs this mountainous eastern Afghan province by day, cutting the ribb
The US Environmental Protection Agency on Monday declared carbon blamed for global warming a public health threat, paving the way to regulate the emissions for the first time. Administrator Lisa Jackson said that the agency was now authorized and o
LONDON - A legal rights group said Monday the British government misled parliament about the cases of two terrorism suspects who were subjected to extraordinary rendition. Clive Stafford Smith, director of London-based Reprieve, said the government
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai World, the indebted conglomerate at the heart of this sheikdom's credit problems, may sell off assets it acquired during a multiyear building and buying spree to raise cash, according to a senior government offici
WARSAW - Poland Friday said it had again failed to sell off two struggling shipyards, after receiving tenders for only a slice of what was on offer, three months after a deal with Qatari investors fell through. The Polish treasury said that it had
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