AP - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair will be publicly questioned about the Iraq war during Britain's long-awaited inquiry into mistakes made before and during the conflict, the inquiry chairman said Friday.

THE polls may be against him, the headlines may be hostile and the economic recovery may be fragile, but Gordon Brown is far from giving up.

The hardline Chinese approach reinforces the Indian thinking that it has little option other than to align with the US, writes Brahma Chellaney

AP - Millions of American women will face tough choices about abortion coverage if restrictions in the House health care bill become law, both sides in the abortion debate agree.

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