Analysts: Israeli Election Could Impact Obama-Netanyahu Relationship Yair Lapid is the new star of Israeli politics. The 49-year-old former television host burst onto the political scene with his centrist party capturing second place in parliamentary...
Analysts Say Diverse Coalition Helped Obama Win Election The diverse and youthful voting coalition behind President Obama was on full display at an election night watch party at a nearby bistro. Historian Allan Lichtman says the president benefitted...
Analysts: Morsi's Inauguration 1st Salvo in Egypt Power Struggle Egypt's current ruling military council says Mr. Morsi will take the oath of office in front of the constitutional court. But the president-elect has vowed to assume his post in front o...
The slowdown in Indias economy is expected to continue into the next year, as growth in Asia's third largest economy plummets to its lowest level in two years. India's July-to-September quarter registered only 6.9 percent growth, far lower than proje...
Analysts Say Medvedev-Putin Job Swap No Surprise Russian President Dmitri Medvedev will swap jobs next year with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. In this report from Washington, senior correspondent Andre de Nesnera looks at the ramifications of such a...
Analysts Dispute Iran's Uranium-Enrichment Claims The international community has demanded that Iran fully acknowledge all of its nuclear related activities, and halt any work toward acquiring nuclear weapons. But Tehran has responded by announcing t...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 19 December 2006 Nigeria's main opposition party, the All Nigeria Peoples Party, has selected a former military ruler, General Muhammadu Buhari, as its representative in next year's presidential ballot. The selection came b...
By Meredith Buel Washington 28 February 2006 A leading specialist on ethnic minorities in the Russian Federation says within the next several decades Russia will become a country with a Muslim majorit...
By Ed Warner Nasyr Shansab, an Afghan of average size and amiable disposition, was working at his desk at his home in Kabul when three strangers at it. They demanded $20,000 or else. Anticipating atta...
By Leah Krakinowski After a sluggish summer, some Wall Street analysts say the U.S. economy is accelerating in the final months of 2004. Key drags on economic growth, a slump in consumer spending and...