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The G-8 meeting ended Friday with the host, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, claiming some progress on combating global warming. There was also a surprising improvement in U.S.-Russia relations.

A Marine Corps squad leader and seven other Marines are charged in the deaths of 24 civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha last year. It's the most serious U.S. criminal case involving civilian deaths in the Iraq war.

Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has announced that he has filed papers to create a presidential exploratory committee. The announcement is a first step in the senator's potential 2008 run for president.

Oil industry services company Halliburton is moving its CEO and other corporate leadership to new headquarters in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Details of the Iraq Study Group's final report have been leaked to The New York Times. The report does not advocate a firm timetable for withdrawal, but does call for phased pullback of American troops now in Iraq.

Immigration rights activists are calling for rallies and boycotts Tuesday against a federal crackdown on undocumented workers. In Chicago, one woman has avoided deportation for eight months by taking refuge in a church.

The 10 GOP presidential candidates squared off for their second debate in South Carolina on Tuesday night. Support in that state is seen as critical in choosing the next Republican nominee. Our observer says the event was lively.

The resolution of al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui's legal fight has some wondering why the United States has chosen to prosecute lower-level terrorism detainees, but not high-ranking ones.

Where you live in the United States -- as well as your race and income -- play a big role in the nation's health disparities. A new report tracks mortality disparities and found that Asian-American women living in Bergen County, N.J., lead the nation in longevity, typically reaching their 91st birthday.

President-elect Obama has pledged to shut down Guantanamo Bay prison. Since Sept. 11, terrorism suspects have been held there for years without charges. Legal experts Matthew Waxman and Glenn Sulmasy discuss the repercussions of closing Guantanamo.