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Friday, the Labor Department is expected to report the economy added about 230,000 jobs in November, and the White House will tout the economic recovery has created jobs for a record 57 months in a row. Voters rejected that message by ousting Democrats in the mid-term elections, quite simply because …

YANGON, Myanmar – A three-day round of talks between the government and leaders of ethnic rebel groups has concluded without a sought-after ceasefire draft agreement to end decades of warring. Hla Maung Shwe, the special adviser to the government peace negotiating team, told reporters Friday that both sides agreed to …

MOSCOW – Ukraine’s border guards service says it has detained a Russian officer who was driving a truck packed with weapons including rocket-propelled grenades. There was no immediate comment from the Russian military, but the self-styled defense ministry of the rebel forces in Donetsk said Sunday that the claim “provokes …