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WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (AFP): American foreign policy is more than just drones and troops, Senator John Kerry pledged on Thursday, as he outlined to US lawmakers his priorities if they back him as the next secretary of state. [caption id=\"attachment_7280\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"670\"] John Kerry[/caption] “American foreign policy is not defined by drones and deployments alone,” […]

WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters): President Barack Obama will nominate former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel to be his defense secretary, and an announcement could come on Monday, a congressional Democratic aide said on Sunday. [caption id=\"attachment_6896\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Chuck Hagel\"][/caption] The choice will likely set up a confirmation battle in the Senate over whether the former

We\’re not alone A trove of discoveries this year revealed a host of other extinct relatives of modern humans. For instance, researchers unearthed 3.4-million-year-old fossils of a hitherto unknown species that lived about the same time and place as Australopithecus afarensis, a leading candidate for the ancestor of the human lineage. In addition, fossils between

HOUSTON, Dec 28 (AP): Former President George H.W. Bush is being treated in the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital after suffering \”a series of setbacks,\” including a stubborn fever, his spokesman said. In a brief email, Jim McGrath, Bush\’s spokesman in Houston, said the 88-year-old former leader had been admitted Sunday to the

SEOUL, Dec 19: South Korea elected its first woman president on Wednesday, with voters handing a slim but historic victory to conservative candidate Park Geun-Hye, daughter of the country’s former military ruler. As leader of Asia’s fourth-largest economy, Park, 60, will face numerous challenges, handling a belligerent North Korea, a slowing economy and soaring welfare