Here in barren Anbar province, the tribes that were once the main source of support for killing American soldiers are running in provincial elections that, in the best case, could fulfill American promises to create stability in Iraq by the ballot box. ...more

January 25, 2009

The Iraqi parliament will vote Wednesday on a pact that would allow U.S. troops to stay in Iraq for three more years, but the government's hopes of winning a wide margin of approval to ensure the deal's legitimacy appeared to be fading. ...more

November 23, 2008

Florida's revenue for May came in $123.1 million below estimates, with plummeting sales and corporate income tax accounting for most of the shortfall. ...more

June 24, 2008

After months of denouncing the influence of special-interest money in politics, Sen. Barack Obama is nonetheless entering a critical phase of the presidential campaign benefiting from millions of dollars being spent outside campaign finance rules. ...more

January 30, 2008

Russian authorities arrested former world chess champion Garry Kasparov on Saturday and sentenced him to five days in prison after he helped lead a protest against President Vladimir Putin that ended in clashes with police. ...more

November 25, 2007