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The President's words are a great beginning; now that he set the tone of reconciliation we should match it with constructive actions. We should set an aggressive timetable to end the Israeli-Palestinian stalemate

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Dan Cleary isn't part of practice, as he's recovering from an injury. Cleary didn't skate Saturday morning, either, and told me it was because of an injury suffered last Thursday in Game 4.

It's time for the annual Kirtland's warbler count in northern Michigan. Today's guest blogger, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist, sets the stage.

Currently, about 60% of Covenant House Michigan's emergency shelter clients suffer from a diagnosed mental illness.

NEW YORK — Government officials asked the U.S. Supreme Court today to allow the sale of most of Chrysler's assets to a group led by Italy's Fiat without further delay.

The powerful social networking Web site Facebook has given new meaning to the word "friend." Not only do we dither about using "friend' as a verb, we have to worry about accepting — or ignoring — invitations from co-workers, bosses

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Gordon Brown is flailing as cabinet ministers quitONE by one they fall. Ahead of local and European elections on Thursday June 4th, in which Britain's ruling Labour Party is expected to fare dismally, the cabinet of the prime minister, Gordon

The youngest political leaders around the worldTHIS week reports emerged from North Korea suggesting that Kim Jong Il wants his youngest son to succeed him as leader of the country. Nothing is certain about the Hermit Kingdom, but the little-known

Germany's plans for a "bad bank" schemeIt is becoming increasingly clear that the country's banking system is among the worst affected by the global financial crisis, despite the absence in Germany over the past decade of high asset price inflation

Southern Sudan is becoming bloodier than DarfurACCORDING to the United Nations special envoy to Sudan, Ashraf Qazi, violent conflict has killed more people in recent months in south Sudan than in Darfur. Mr Qazi is not trying to play down

Who likes a smoke?GREECE has the highest smoking rate in the world, with each person puffing over eight cigarettes every day according to ERC, a market-research company. Of the 123 countries surveyed, 17 European countries feature in the top 20.

Why America's corporate innovation beats Japan'sTHE most important factor that led to America's stunning success in information technology was not the free market but government regulation. Federal trustbusters made AT&T lease its lines to others and eventually broke up the

Yemen is threatened by secessionists and terrorists alikeSixteen people have been killed over the past month as a result of clashes between the police and anti-government demonstrators. The peaceful Southern Movement is calling ever louder for independence and it has

Misaligned histories in Britain and eastern EuropeBRITAIN is gripped by a feeling of historical injustice. The 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings has been hijacked by the ungrateful French and self-obsessed Americans. President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to grandstand with Barack