Obama applauds Syria suspension by Arab League
President Obama applauded the Arab League's decision today to suspend Syria and consider sanctions against Bashar Assad's government.
Small businesses look across borders to add markets
The Department of Commerce, the Small Business Administration and the Export-Import Bank are helping small and midsize firms increase exports.
Why U.S. is impotent in Syria
Even if President Assad creates a bloodbath in Damascus, there is little the U.S. can, or will, do.
U.N. council negotiating Libya no-fly resolution
Security Council supporters of a no-fly zone over Libya tried Wednesday to persuade reluctant members of the U.N.'s most powerful body to back a resolution aimed at preventing Moammar Gadhafi's planes from conducting aerial attacks on the Libyan people.
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Mubarak's exit met with joy, uncertainty in Egypt, U.S.
Reaction to the historic news that President Hosni Mubarak was stepping down after almost 30 years in office ranged from jubilation on the streets of Cairo to uncertainty about the political future of one of the U.S.'s most steady allies in the Middle East.
Egypt regime change will boost anti-U.S. group
Don't discount threat from Muslim Brotherhood. Islamists advocate a version of totalitarian rule.
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