The demand that the United States scale back its presence is a sign of the near collapse of cooperation between the two testy allies after the arrest of a C.I.A. security officer in Pakistan.
Laurent Gbagbo was taken after a weeklong siege of his residence and placed under the control of his rival, Alassane Ouattara.
Student loan debt will likely top a trillion dollars this year as more people go to college and borrow money to do so.
A reservoir in southeastern Oklahoma is at the center of a dispute between the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes and the state over the rights to its water.
Ghanaians have perfected the over-the-top funeral, and in New York, these parties anchor the social calendar of the fast-growing community of immigrants.
The new text to be used during Mass is intended to be closer to liturgical Latin, but even some priests are protesting its introduction.
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