In recent years, there have been few potential diplomatic crises as grave for the United States as the one sparked by the escape from house arrest of Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, and his subsequent "retrieval" by US diplomats who then sheltered him in the American embassy in Beijing.....

On April 24, 2012 Mitt Romney, the former Governor of Massachusetts, declared unofficial victory in the race for the Republican Party's nomination. In a speech to supporters in New Hampshire, he targeted President Obama and urged the Republican Party to unite around his candidacy in the November election.

On March 11, 2012 US policy in Afghanistan suffered another major setback after a tragic attack on innocent civilians by a US soldier in Kandahar province. 16 people were killed, including 9 children....

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“Super Tuesday” is one of the biggest days in the American electoral calendar, and on March 6 2012 ten states across the country are taking part in Republican party primaries and caucuses, as America’s “Grand Old Party” continues the process of picking a candidate to take on Barack Obama in the November 2012 election.   For a...