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It's wonderful that Redskins fans can climb into their cars and drive the 350 miles from Washington to Canton, Ohio, to see the Hall of Fame induction of Art Monk and Darrell Green. It's fitting, given their contributions to multiple Super Bowl victories as teammates, that Green and Monk will be ...

Doesn't appear that Office of Special Counsel chief Scott J. Bloch, steadfast protector of government whistle-blowers and staunch guardian against political activity in the federal workplace, is going to be leaving office anytime soon.

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) had a tough July, and yesterday he had to scramble to keep it from ending on another down note.

Historic legislation that would remove toxic chemicals from toys and put a more powerful and better-funded cop on the beat to police the safety of consumer goods is on the verge of becoming law.

ANKARA, Turkey, July 31 -- Turkey's ruling party has dropped for now its attempts to lift a decades-old ban on wearing Islamic head scarves in universities, a campaign that infuriated defenders of the country's secular principles and nearly brought down the government.

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, July 31 -- The military trial of Osama bin Laden's former driver convened in a rare secret session Thursday to hear testimony from two defense witnesses that the government deemed highly classified.

Hard-line opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu called Thursday for national elections following Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's decision to step down in September under a cloud of corruption charges.

NEW DELHI, July 31 -- After nine days of talking tough at the Geneva global trade meeting, which ended in collapse, chief Indian negotiator Kamal Nath returned to New Delhi on Thursday to a hero's welcome.

BEIJING, July 31 -- China on Thursday issued a strong rebuke of President Bush for meeting with five Chinese dissidents in the White House this week, saying he had "rudely interfered" with China's internal affairs and sent a "seriously wrong" message to others who criticize the country.

The Indonesian unit of Philip Morris International yesterday pulled promotional material for a Jakarta concert it was sponsoring by singer Alicia Keys after complaints from anti-smoking campaigners. Approximately 35 percent of Indonesians smoke, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids told Keys and the...