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Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday, urging the general to end emergency rule as soon as possible and allow free and fair elections.

To fully understand progress, economist Michael Green says we must weigh social well-being and wealth. But by using this new measurement, he noticed something striking — the U.S. falls far behind.

In Arcadia, Calif., a manager called animal control after a peacock ended up in a liquor store. The bird was contained but not before it smashed $500 worth of alcohol.

After pulling over a Miami police detective, Marcos Pacheco-Bustamante was arrested. The Miami Herald reported he had no malicious intent — he pulled people over who were texting while driving.

At Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C., security agents said a woman put her cane in the scanner and there was a sword inside. The woman had no idea it was there.

The cut-priced Japanese cars first appeared in the U.S. in 1958. Datsun was produced by Nissan, which decided to phase out the brand in the 1980s. Now a Japanese newspaper says Nissan may bring it back.

Twitter users had a field day posting photoshopped images of Robert Mugabe with the hashtag #MugabeFalls.

The pool carries as much water as six Olympic-size swimming pools. Beneath the surface, divers can explore an underwater "abandoned" city with apartments and an arcade.

The biggest song of 2025 is a straightforward ode to marriage, but the charts and algorithms are filled with love songs expressing something messier.

The official rule: no secondary school for girls. But behind a veil of secrecy, women are opening small schools so that at least some of these teenagers are able to continue learning.