Every time Anne Ourand drives home along Canal Road NW, she’s reminded of all the reasons she loves living in the District’s Palisades neighborhood. The drive, along one of the prettiest stretches of the winding, tree-lined road, parallels the C&O Canal and offers a quick, lovely alternative to other commuter thoroughfares, highlighting the neighborhood’s proximity to green space and the Potomac River. And whether Ourand is coming from Maryland, Northern Virginia or downtown Washington, the trip is usually a quick and easy one. Read full article > >

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Neighborhood profile: Palisades

Hours before the official announcement that President Barack Obama had landed in Kabul, Afghanistan for a surprise visit, the media — both social and electronic — were already buzzing with reports about the trip.

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Media almost blew Obama’s secret trip

But bomb blasts in Kabul follow his trip.

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Obama Vows to ‘Finish the Job’

Pope Benedict XVI denounces the “evil” of drug-related violence in Mexico, as he embarks on his trip there.

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Pope condemns Mexico’s drug wars

Tyler Hicks, a photographer for The New York Times, recounted his trip into Syria last month with Anthony Shadid, a Times correspondent who died during the assignment.

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Bearing Witness in Syria: A War Reporter’s Last Days

The U.S.S. John C. Stennis recently ended a seven-month deployment, and more than 1,000 family members of its sailors were on board for the trip from Hawaii to San Diego.

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A Warship Returns, With the Family in Tow

On his first visit to America in 1842, English novelist Charles Dickens was greeted like a modern rock star. But the trip soon turned sour, as Simon Watts reports.

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When Dickens fell out with America

On his first visit to America in 1842, English novelist Charles Dickens was greeted like a modern rock star. But the trip soon turned sour, as Simon Watts reports.

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When Dickens fell out with America

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has canceled a trip to London and Turkey for international conferences on cyber security and Afghanistan because of her mother’s illness. Clinton had been scheduled to depart Washington late Monday but decided against the trip when her mother, 92-year-old Dorothy Rodham, became ill. Read full article > >

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On her trip to Israel in 2007.

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Rice Neared Mideast Peace Deal

Like a roaring snake a dozen miles long, a caravan of almost 2,000 motorcycles crossed into Maryland at mid-morning Friday, cutting south toward Virginia bound for the Pentagon on a path expected to snarl traffic through much of the region. A second traffic mess , somewhat less onerous, is anticipated Saturday morning as the bikers continue their trip to each of the sites where terrorists struck a decade ago on Sept. 11. With police escorts providing rolling road closures, the group rallied at dawn in Pennsylvania and rode to the memorial near Shanksville where United Fight 93 plunged to the ground after passengers fought back against terrorist hijackers. Read full article > >

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9/11 memorial riders snaking their way to Pentagon

PHOENIX — Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was back in her hometown Friday, visiting Tucson for Father’s Day weekend in her first time back to her hometown since she was shot in January. “We’ve been dreaming of this trip for some time,” Giffords’ astronaut husband, Mark Kelly, said in a news release. “Gabby misses Tucson very much and her doctors have said that returning to her hometown could play an important role in her recovery.” Kelly said the trip “is sure to be very emotional” and hopes the news media respects their privacy. Read full article > >

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Giffords visiting hometown of Tucson this weekend for 1st time since she was shot at event

BENGHAZI, Libya — A Libyan woman who claimed she was raped by Gadhafi troops has left Libya on her way to the United States, her sister said Sunday. Marwa al-Obeidi said her sister Iman was flown out of Benghazi early Sunday morning. It was not immediately known where she was going in the U.S. Wearing gray pajamas and sitting with her mother in a cramped hotel room in Benghazi, Marwa al-Obeidi said she had spent the day crying because it was hard to see her sister leave, but knew this trip was best for her. Read full article > >

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AP Exclusive: Libyan woman who claimed rape by Gadhafi troops traveling to US

TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico — Police in Mexico’s southern Chiapas state found 513 migrants on Tuesday inside two trailer trucks bound for the United States, and said they had been transported in dangerously crowded conditions. Some of the immigrants were suffering from dehydration after traveling for hours clinging to cargo ropes strung inside the containers to keep them upright as the trucks bounced along from the Guatemalan border, and allow more migrants to be more crammed in on the floor. The trucks had air holes punched in the tops of the containers, but migrants interviewed at the state prosecutors’ office said they lacked air and water. The trucks were bound for the central city of Puebla, where the migrants said they had been told they would be loaded aboard a second set of vehicles for the trip to the U.S. border. Read full article > >

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Mexican authorities discover 513 migrants in 2 trailer trucks heading to US

Six racehorses died after a passing driver flicked a cigarette into their trailer, causing the hay around them to catch fire. They were being driven to their first start of the season at the Belmont Park racetrack in Long Island, New York; the trip had…

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