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The African National Congress is undergoing a fierce power struggle, as veterans of the fight against apartheid vie for control of the party and of the South African government. The group led black resistance to the country's white-minority government throughout much of the 20th century.

A year ago this time, we were facing inflation rates of 9%.

When water is scarce, grid operators often turn to coal and gas plants to make up for lost power.

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated after speaking with thousands of supporters at a rally in Rawalpindi, near the capital. It was a rally for the Pakistani elections on Jan. 8.

The country's film regulator has decided that a map shown in the movie does not depict China's controversial nine-dash line.

Many GOP presidential hopefuls crisscross Iowa making a last-minute pitch to convince voters of their qualifications to be the party nominee. Mitt Romney and John McCain rally the faithful while rival Mike Huckabee left for Los Angeles for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

The journey took 10 days and covered 215 miles.

Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank's new book, Homo Politicus offers a humorous "anthropological" study of the people and rules that govern Potomac Land, the place otherwise known as Washington.

Human activities are having a profound impact on the Iceland landscape. It is now transformed from a forested island covered with rich soils to mostly desert. Iceland's leading soil scientists are part of a major national effort to restore the island's environment.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anne Hull grew up in the rural interior of Central Florida during the 1960s and '70s. Her memoir evokes a land of perfect citrus, and the cruel costs of its harvest.