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Who would have thought a year ago that most of the issues of conflict in America's foreign relations would be made worse during the first year following Barack Obama's election as U.S. president? Even those disputes or differences that were appeased or quiet a year ago are now worse.

Iraq's fractious MPs have finally approved a law to govern the country's general election in early 2010, a move hailed by US President Barack Obama as an important step towards a lasting peace.

Stocks are soaring, yet unemployment surges and the dollar slumps. A contradiction made possible by Washington's neglect of international challenges to U.S. growth.

"This is a doctor," she said, pointing to one picture. "This is a teacher." It was impossible to tell one woman from another under the burqas enforced by their Taliban rulers.

The Senate gave President Barack Obama a major victory Monday in his efforts to remake the federal courts, confirming a judge who will tip the political balance on the once-conservative appeals court based in Richmond.

Presidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it.

Dueling visits to Brazil by the presidents of Israel and Iran are showing the South American powerhouse's growing role in Mideast diplomacy.

President Obama likes to preen himself on his supposed moral superiority to his predecessor.

Former President George H.W. Bush was scheduled to be in College Station to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 9, 1989, communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West; joyous Germans danced atop the Berlin Wall.

He is the president of Main Street Advocacy. The 2009 off-year elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York's 23d Congressional District offer a small snapshot of the current views and motivations of the American electorate.

With the struggle over health care entering another difficult phase, President Barack Obama has hit both a milestone and a speed bump in his dual pursuit of a major overhaul of the nation's medical system and a rebirth of progressivism in America.

Obama lobbies on Hill...Bushes visit Fort Hood victims...USS New York being commissioned WASHINGTON President Barack Obama has made a personal pitch for health care reform to House Democrats on Capitol Hill.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney held back no criticism Thursday of President Barack Obama, strongly questioning the administration's policy in Afghanistan and its approach to combating terrorism.

Damascus: Emerging from international isolation with a flurry of high-level Western visitors and ties boosted with Turkey, Syria has gained in confidence to the point of holding out on an EU partnership.

MORE ON 9NEWS @ 4 P.M. KUSA -The former executive director of the Colorado Republican Party authorized the downloading of a massive e-mail list from the Republican National Committee in direct violation of a contract signed between the two entities.

The top US military officer held out the possibility of a draw-down of American forces from Afghanistan within a few years, citing the troop "surge" in Iraq as a model.

In the history of modern politics, we've never seen a worse case of media overkill.

An independent panel created by the Obama administration announced last week that it disagrees with a plan pushed by former President George W. Bush to return to the moon with manned missions.

In the end, New York's 23rd district, ground zero in the battle between the conservative base and the Republican Party establishment, ended up sending one more Democrat to the House of Representatives.