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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced Friday that she is stepping down from office on July 26, after serving 2-1/2 years of her four-year term. She did not reveal her plans.
Some analysts say her political career is over. Others say she will be in a better position now to run for national office.
Seven missiles were fired Saturday into the Sea of Japan. None were the long-range missiles that could reach Hawaii.
A senior cleric called Friday for British Embassy employees to be tried for allegedly inciting mass protests. The move signals a heightened effort to portray recent unrest as a foreign plot.
The chief of the Organization of American States found little receptivity as he arrived Friday to push for the ousted president's return. Protesters on both sides took to the streets.
Ban Ki-moon arrived in Burma (Myanmar) Friday in a risky bid to break the political stalemate. He will press for the release of political prisoners, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
His administration isn't that interested in a missile shield in Europe, but seems unlikely to concede it in upcoming talks.
Even Democratic senators are still far apart on what a 'public option' would look like.
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Pat Murphy talks with reporter Sara Miller Llana
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Honduras has two presidents, but no solution to the country's political crisis.
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