Jan 12 - By Associated Press
President Barack Obama says he has not succeeded in bringing the country together, acknowledging an atmosphere of divisiveness that has washed away the lofty national feeling surrounding his inauguration a year ago.
Dec 31 - By Gillian Wong, Associated Press Writer
The government of a restive Chinese Muslim region rocked recently by ethnic strife said Thursday it has adopted what appeared to be a sweeping law barring the spread of views deemed to threaten national unity.

Oct 3 - By David Rising, Associated Press Writer
Germany celebrated the anniversary of its reunification Saturday with festivals, concerts and parades across the country.

Sep 17 - By Sam Hananel, Associated Press Writer
One of the unions that left the AFL-CIO in a bitter dispute that split the labor movement four years ago is coming back to the labor federation.
Mar 24 - By Associated Press
Leaders of the Fatah movement say Egypt has invited rival Palestinian factions to Cairo for a new round of reconciliation talks starting April 1.
Mar 16 - By Salah Nasrawi, Associated Press Writers
Egypt has dispatched two of its top officials to convince the Americans and the Europeans to accept a weaker commitment by the militant Hamas group to peace with Israel for the sake of forging a united Palestinian government, officials said Monday.
Mar 12 - By Salah Nasrawi, Associated Press Writers
Palestinian factions trying to hammer out a power-sharing agreement are struggling to reconcile their differences toward peace talks with Israel, a Hamas spokesman said Thursday, as the Palestinian president agreed to release dozens of Hamas prisoners in a goodwill gesture during the talks.

Feb 28 - By Sam Hananel, Associated Press Writer
Union leaders are talking about reuniting under a single, more powerful federation, nearly four years after a nasty breakup split organized labor.

Feb 24 - By Karin Laub, Associated Press Writers
The Islamic militants of Hamas and the moderates of Fatah have never had more compelling reasons to repair the rift between them that is fast destroying their dreams for a Palestinian state.

Jul 27 - By Associated Press
In his first public appearance since returning to the United States, Barack Obama says Afghanistan's weak government and rampant drug trafficking are hampering efforts to fight al-Qaida terrorists who often take refuge in neighboring Pakistan.

Jun 24 - By Holly Ramer, Associated Press Writer
No one cared much about Unity — the town or the ideal — back when more than a dozen candidates were competing in the New Hampshire primary.

Mar 27 - By Beth Fouhy, Associated Press Writer
They may bicker daily over issues, character and innuendo, but both Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama appear to agree on one thing: Democratic voters will coalesce around a nominee and carry him or her to victory in November over Republican John McCain.
Mar 24 - By Karin Laub, Associated Press Writers
The latest Arab initiative to restore Palestinian unity unraveled Monday amid fresh recriminations between the rival Fatah and Hamas movements.

Sep 5 - By Clare Nullis, Associated Press Writer
Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu became patron of national barbecue day Wednesday, declaring that the shared love of open air cooking was a unifying force between blacks and whites in a still divided country.

Aug 20 - By Sam F. Ghattas, Associated Press Writer
Lebanon had not even finished burying the dead from 34 days of war when the country's deep sectarian and political divisions split open again. That has shattered the semblance of unity that held, just barely, through the Israeli attacks against Hezbollah.