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In 1320, in the Declaration of Arbroath, Scotland's nobles firmly rejected rule by their southern neighbors: ''For as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we [...]

EDINBURGH -- ON Sept. 18, residents of Scotland will head to voting booths to answer the question, ''Should Scotland be an independent country?'' The most recent poll suggests that they [...]

LONDON -- President Obama has had his say, albeit couched in diplomatic caveats, and so, too, has J.K. Rowling, implying that her repertoire of wizards, villains and sundry spell-makers would [...]

Singapore -- Every five years, the United States National Intelligence Council, which advises the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, publishes a report forecasting the long-term implications of global trends. [...]

The resignation of two Palestinian prime ministers in quick succession has left the Palestinian Authority leadership in limbo even as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry seeks to accelerate negotiations [...]

CAIRO -- Even as they promised to hand authority to elected leaders, Egypt's ruling generals were planning with one of the nation's top judges to preserve their political power and [...]

Here we are, high noon in the year 2011 -- a little past it, actually. July 2 is the middle day of an ordinary year, but the Fourth will do. [...]

Today we celebrate an event that took place in the 18th century. It is an unusual event to commemorate with a holiday -- not the first shot in a battle [...]

Jaffna is a city of ruins. Some are physical, like the overgrown jumbles of mold-streaked concrete where graceful buildings used to stand. But perhaps the biggest ruin of the Tamil [...]