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Obama Tries to Fight His Way Out of Libya; Spending Stalemate on Hill; Israel Violence Benefits Baddies in Arab Uprising; Portuguese Pig OutIn a Political Bind, Obama Escalates Libyan War"This command-and-control business is complicated, and we haven't done something like this kind of on-the-fly before."-- Defense Secretary Robert Gates talking to reporters.On the sixth day of fighting since the U.S. entered the Libyan civil war , American forces have stepped up their attacks in a coordinated effort to help rebel forces push back the ground troops of Col. Muammar Qaddafi .While complex rules of engagement prevent America from working directly with the rebels to knock out government armor and artillery units, reports suggest the CIA is acting as a liaison between the rebels and U.S. war fighters and that the rebels also use their diplomatic contacts in France to coordinate, at two degrees of separation, with the Americans trying to support their uprising.The mission in Libya has evolved...
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Jose Saramago , who became the first Portuguese-language winner of the Nobel Literature prize although his popularity at home was dampened by...
LISBON, Portugal -- Back on the world stage for crucial talks, President Obama on Friday quickly encountered European leaders willing to question a president weakene...
MADRID (AP) — A forest fire fanned by shifting gusts of wind killed two firemen in northwestern Spain , officials said Friday.The blaze broke out Thursday night near...
President Barack Obama says the U.S. intends to work with Portugal and all of Europe to support vigorous steps to strengthen the world's financial markets.Obama spok...
Back on the world stage for crucial talks, President Barack Obama on Friday quickly encountered European leaders willing to question a president weakened at home and...
President Barack Obama celebrated long-standing ties with Portugal and Portuguese-American communities across the U.S., including in his home state of Hawaii and ......
Europe struggled mightily Friday to keep the debt crisis from engulfing country after country. Portugal passed austerity measures to fend off the speculative trades ...
Disagreement over how to fight Europe's debt crisis deepened Wednesday, on the eve of a two-day summit of European leaders, as violent protests and uncertainty fuele...
Disagreement over how to fight Europe's debt crisis deepened Wednesday, on the eve of a two-day summit of European leaders, as violent protests and uncertainty fuele...
These days, Casal Ventoso is an ordinary blue-collar community — mothers push baby strollers, men smoke outside cafes, buses chug up and down the cobbled main street...
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is meeting with international leaders on her first full day in office.The former Marxist rebel and the country's first female pres...
Debt-stressed Portugal's Parliament has refused to endorse more austerity measures aimed at avoiding a bailout — a move that is likely to trigger the minority govern...
Portuguese voters elect a new government Sunday amid a steep decline in living standards as the deeply indebted country enacts painful austerity measures in return f...
Portuguese voters elect a new government Sunday amid a steep decline in living standards as the deeply indebted country enacts painful austerity measures in return f...
Mesirow Financial's Diane Swonk on the growing risks to the U.S. economy if the government doesn’t begin making a dent in the debt now.
PORTO, Portugal (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI wrapped up a trip to Portugal on Friday with an appeal to spread the faith, capping a pilgrimage marked by an explicit admis...
The center-left Socialist Party retained power in Portuguese elections Sunday, despite the country's highest jobless rate in 20 years.With over 98 percent of votes c...
The center-left Socialist Party retained power in Portuguese elections Sunday, despite the country's highest jobless rate in 20 years.With over 98 percent of votes c...
Portugal's Parliament passed a bill Friday allowing gay marriage in the mostly Roman Catholic country.The Socialist government's bill won the support of all left-of-...