China vowed Saturday to ramp up a campaign requiring Tibetan Buddhist monks to denounce the Dalai Lama and declare their loyalty to Beijing.

It was just after nightfall when three journalists were stopped at a police checkpoint on a winding, rutted road in China's western Sichuan province - territory that had become out of bounds for the foreigners.

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai called Saturday on President Robert Mugabe to step down and accused the country's longtime ruler of plotting a campaign of violence to bolster his chances of winning an expected runoff.

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The latest unemployment figures show the nation is "sliding into recession," Democrat Barack Obama said Friday, as he argued he has been the most aggressive presidential candidate in seeking remedies.

Some of those presidential superdelegates Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are pursuing are more super than others. One delegate, one vote doesn't apply to them. These prominent Democrats can name additional superdelegates, giving them control over multiple convention

Republican and Democrat, black and white, the three remaining presidential candidates summoned memories of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., 40 years after his death on Friday and gently sought to advance their own strivings as they found greatness in

Former Republican congressman Bob Barr is hinting strongly that he'll jump into the presidential race as a Libertarian.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Clinton made nearly $109 million since they left the White House, capitalizing on the world's interest in the former first couple and lucrative business ventures.

Two months after North Dakota's primary, the state's Democratic party still managed to attract Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton for the opening day of its convention Friday.

When Army Gen. David Petraeus delivers his assessment of the Iraq war next week, the next commander in chief will weigh in as well.

Sen. John McCain intends to meet with Secret Service officials in the next several days in preparation for accepting security protection for the final several months of his White House bid.

The Colombian government said Saturday it has fired Mark Penn's public relations firm after the chief campaign strategist for Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton apologized for meeting with Colombian officials pushing a trade deal with the U.S.

The Arab summit is still influencing most of the political movements and the current events in the area and Lebanon. Lebanese house speaker waits for the summit's results on the ground and for the Arab league secretary general's communications with

Money of the Sovereign Funds Will Reach $ 10 Trillion in 2015 Jordan' Tourist Sector Calls Upon Syria to Exempt its Vehicles from " the Diesel Tax" The American Economy into a Temporary Depression Assets of Lebanon Central Bank of

Sen. Hillary Clinton spoke to a large crowd of supporters Friday, April 4th at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, N.D. on the first day of the state's Democratic convention.

Sen. Barack Obama spoke to a capacity crowd at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, N.D. on the first day of the state's Democratic convention.

Thousands turned out in Grand Forks last night to hear Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton speak. Both candidates appeared at the North Dakota Democrat's state convention.

Former Republican senator and Connecticut independent Gov. Lowell P.Weicker Jr. endorsed Barack Obama's presidential bid Friday, saying theIllinois Democrat "has the smarts, quite frankly, to do a damn goodjob."

When Army Gen. David Petraeus delivers his assessment of the Iraq war next week, Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama willhave an opportunity to ask question the top U.S. military commander in Iraq.Â