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NATO has suspended some joint operations and training with the Afghan Army and police. While the suspension is temporary, it raises serious questions about the role of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, and whether or not Afghans will be ready to take control of their own security in 2014.

High-ranking policy makers and business leaders from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are meeting outside of Phoenix to discuss next steps for the binational relationship. Trade between the two countries is at record levels, but those at the conference say the relationship hasn't reached it's full potential.

While other states are passing restrictions on abortions and birth control, California is doing just the opposite.

I'll never the know the reason for sure, but in more than a decade of reporting on the U.S.-Mexico border, I've been able to sidestep getting into trouble.

A proposal for a power plant adjacent to Mission Trails Regional Park, the state's largest municipally owned park, was unanimously voted down today by the San Diego City Council.

One problem with more Americans isolating themselves around "people like us" – or those who earn similar incomes — is an increasingly polarized electorate; another, the loss of social capital gained by living in a mixed neighborhoods.

The Gaza Strip will be unlivable by 2020 if nothing is done to alleviate the situation there, a recent U.N. report found. By almost every indicator, Palestinians in Gaza today are worse off than they were in the 1990s — squeezed by a high birthrate, dwindling resources and trade and travel restrictions.

The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, issued 100 days before the formal document, is on display starting this weekend in Harlem. In its simplest form, the manuscript represents freedom from slavery, but President Abraham Lincoln was also trying to strike a delicate balance.

The new system aims to reach out to California's six million eligible citizens who are not registered to vote.

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