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President Barack Obama struck a balance between grim economic reality and a more hopeful outlook on Tuesday to try to reassure worried Americans their country will emerge from crisis stronger than before.

Pakistani Taliban militants announced on Tuesday an indefinite ceasefire in the Swat valley in the northwest of the country, a day after the army said it was ceasing operations in the region.

Four soldiers with U.S.-led coalition forces and an Afghan civilian working for them were killed in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb, the U.S. military said.

President Barack Obama takes center stage on Tuesday to try to sell the American people on his broader agenda for jolting the United States out of deep recession and confronting long-term economic challenges.

Just a month into his presidency, Barack Obama has had to deal with everything from Cabinet missteps that have strained his no-drama Obama image to an economic crisis that seems to worsen by the day.

The Pakistan army said on Monday it had ceased operations against Taliban militants in the northwestern valley of Swat, and an Islamist cleric asked for troops to be shifted to safer places to give peace a chance.

NATO forces in Afghanistan are confident member states will provide thousands of extra troops as temporary reinforcements for presidential elections in August, the deputy commander of NATO-led forces said on Monday.

The United States ambassador to Kyrgyzstan received an eviction notice demanding Washington close its military air base in the country and depart the country within 6 months.

Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted on Thursday to close the last remaining U.S. air base in Central Asia, dealing a blow to U.S. efforts to use the region as a jumping-off point for its growing campaign in Afghanistan.

Barack Obama will seek to quell Canadian concerns about U.S. protectionism when he makes his first foreign trip as president on Thursday to the United States' biggest trading partner and energy supplier.

Afghanistan is turning a new page in relations with the United States, an Afghan presidential spokesman said on Wednesday, as U.S. President Barack Obama ordered 17,000 more troops deployed to battle Taliban insurgents.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for coordinated action to revive the global economy on Tuesday and invited Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso to meet President Barack Obama at the White House next week.

Trade, energy and the global economic crisis will top the agenda of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Canada on Thursday, his first foreign trip since taking over the White House last month.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan agreed on Monday to restore strict Islamist law in the Swat valley to pacify a revolt by Taliban militants, and a suspected U.S. drone fired missiles in the region killing at least 26 people.

GENEVA - Mobile telephones are seen as a basic necessity around the world and should enjoy persistent strong demand throughout an economic downturn, a United Nations agency said in a report published on Monday. With or without a recession, millions of people in India, China, Nigeria, and other emerging markets will seek out mobile phones, according to the International Telecommunication ...

GENEVA - Mobile telephones are seen as a basic necessity around the world and should enjoy persistent strong demand throughout an economic downturn, a United Nations agency said in a report published on Monday. With or without a recession, millions of people in India, China, Nigeria, and other emerging markets will seek out mobile phones, according to the International Telecommunication ...

On Wednesday eight Taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked three Afghan government buildings killing twenty people.

U.S. President Barack Obama is facing a tough challenge as he plans to send additional troops to Afghanistan.

On Tuesday Kyrgyzstan's president announced his country is ending U.S. use of a key airbase that supports military operations in Afghanistan.

On Tuesday militants blew up a bridge in northwest Pakistan, cutting the main route for supplies bound for Western forces in Afghanistan.