Haiti chooses new leader, hoping this one delivers
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haitians scarred by decades of poverty, political corruption and natural disasters cast ballots Sunday for president in hopes a new leader could do what others have not: Replace homes and schools in the earthquake-devastated capital, improve education and create some optimism for the future. More »
UN: Up to 1 million flee Ivory Coast violence
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - With possessions balanced on their heads, about 1,000 people frantically crowded around buses rented by Mali to evacuate its citizens Friday from Ivory Coast, as the U.N. said up to 1 million have fled their homes amid fears of civil war. More »
Across country, GOP pushes photo ID at the polls
RALEIGH, N.C. - Empowered by last year's elections, Republican leaders in about half the states are pushing to require voters to show photo ID at the polls despite little evidence of fraud and already-substantial punishments for those who vote illegally. Democrats claim the moves will disenfranchise poor and minority voters - many of whom traditionally vote for their candidates. More »
Farrakhan defends Gadhafi, pans US role in Libya
JACKSON, Miss. - Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Friday that the United States lacks the moral authority to attack the forces of embattled Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi. The 78-year-old leader of the Chicago-based organization received cheers Friday night from a packed crowd at a civil rights conference at Jackson State University. More »
