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Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul arrive at 10 Downing Street in London, to meet Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Tuesday May 12, 2009. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, greets, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, at 10 Downing Street, London, Tuesday, May 12, 2009 U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (R) and Iraqi parliament speaker Ayad al-Samarai hold a news conference in Baghdad May 10, 2009. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi talks during a news conference in Washington, DC. Pelosi has arrived in Baghdad...

Guatemala Murder Scandal Could Threaten the PresidencyThe scandal surrounding accusations that Guatemala's president orchestrated the murder of a prominent lawyer is intensifying  deepening divisions in a country still recovering from a 36-year civil war. It is also, according to some analysts, handing the country its greatest threat to democracy since that war ended in 1996. Tens of thousands of Guatemalans have taken to the streets since a video emerged in which Rodrigo Rosenberg, the lawyer, accused Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and three others of murder and corruption. Mr. Rosenberg, who was shot dead while riding his bike on May...