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Japan's embattled Prime Minister Taro Aso faces a crucial test in a Tokyo municipal election Sunday, seen as a bellwether for a coming national vote in which the ruling party risks losing power after governing for virtually all the past 50 years.

The CIA withheld information about a secret counter-terrorism program from Congress for eight years on orders from former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, the New York Times said on Saturday.

Barack Obama has said his heart went out to British soldiers killed in Afghanistan after eight troops died in the space of 24 hours.

Hundreds of protesters, many of them Iranian-Americans, marched from Capitol Hill to the White House on Saturday, most holding Iranian flags and chanting demands for the U.S. to take more action after Iran's disputed election.

Vice President Joe Biden hosted a small dinner last month for authors and experts on the vice presidency.

Women's groups, euphoric when President Barack Obama chose Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court, have been remarkably quiet in the weeks since on the judge who would be the court's third woman ever.

President Barack Obama on Friday tapped Jon Jarvis to head the National Park Service, turning to a 30-year-veteran who oversees the national parks across the Western states, and who also has angered a powerful U.S. senator and backers of a Northern California oyster farm.

Despite persistently high unemployment, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Friday the Obama administration's economic stimulus plan is on the "expected path." "There's been substantial improvements in arresting what was the worst recession globally we've seen in generations," Geithner told lawmakers Friday.

Jul. 10 - The Obamas' meeting with the Pontiff takes place amid tight security following the U.S. president's attendance at the summit of G8 leaders in L'Aquila. U.S. President Barack Obama had his first meeting with Pope Benedict at the Vatican on Friday.

WASHINGTON a When Barack Obama arrives in Ghana Friday for his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president, it will be the new face of America meeting "the new face of Africa," says Irish rocker and anti-poverty activist Bono.

Published: Friday, July 10, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 4:28 p.m. WASHINGTON The signing ceremony in Moscow was a grand affair.

A $48.8 billion measure funding foreign aid and the State Department budget has passed the House after lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to force U.S. officials to oppose International Monetary Fund loans to countries that support terrorism.

The source says Burris has begun informing Democratic officials about his decision.

Barack Obama's sense of urgency in getting Congress and the international community to act on climate change does not appear to have rubbed off on the average American, a new study published today reveals.

The Obama administration put the states on notice Thursday: Swine flu vaccinations are likely to be ready this fall with the looming threat of the disease's resurgence, so figure out now how to deliver them.

A proposal from a long-time congressional foe of the Federal Reserve that could give lawmakers sway over monetary policy has won the support of a majority in the House of Representatives, alarming officials at the U.S. central bank.

Gordon Brown and his fellow G8 leaders are taking part in crunch talks with emerging economies, including China and India, over plans to halt global warming.

CIA Director Leon Panetta told Congress last month that senior CIA officials have concealed significant actions and misled lawmakers repeatedly since 2001, the chairman and other members of the House Intelligence Committee said in letters revealed on Wednesday.

President Barack Obama is choosing an influential scientist who helped unravel the human genetic code - and is known for finding common ground between belief in God and science - to head the National Institutes of Health.

Sarah Palin's decision to step down as Alaska governor was driven in part by her wish to help Republican candidates across the country, associates say.