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Sep 17 2009
The US is to abandon its plan to develop a missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic, the Czech prime minister has announced. Earlier reports from the US said it would be dropped because Iran’s long-range missile plans were less...
Sep 12 2009
President Obama, a supporter of reproductive rights, forcefully reiterated in his speech to Congress this week that his healthcare plan would not lead to government funding of abortion. The trouble is, abortion foes don’t believe him. They are...
Sep 10 2009
women who attend worship services regularly has been the target of sexual advances by a religious leader, a survey released Wednesday says. The study, by Baylor University researchers, found that the problem is so pervasive that it almost certainly...
Sep 10 2009
Venezuela will recognise the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, President Hugo Chavez says. Venezuela will become the third country to support their controversial independence declarations, after Russia and Nicaragua. Mr Chavez...
Sep 5 2009
Allegations surfaced last week that contractor ArmorGroup North America allowed mistreatment, sexual activity and intimidation within the ranks of private guards hired to protect the embassy in Kabul. The company and U.S. officials are investigating.
Sep 1 2009
An Iraqi journalist jailed after hurling his shoes at former President George W. Bush will be released next month after his sentence was reduced for good behavior, his lawyer said Saturday. Muntadhar al-Zeidi’s act during Bush’s last visit...
Aug 31 2009
Hurricane Jimena, a dangerous Category 4 storm off Mexico’s Pacific Coast, was on track to buffet resorts on the Baja California peninsula on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Jimena, a small but powerful hurricane that has...
Aug 28 2009
Two months after the president of Honduras was removed in a coup, the country’s interim ruler offered Thursday to resign and accept the ousted leader back into the country — as long as the exiled politician gives up his claim to the...
Aug 24 2009
Honduras’s supreme court has rejected a Costa Rica-brokered deal to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power and ordered his arrest if he returns. The ruling also affirmed the legitimacy of the government of interim leader Roberto...
Aug 22 2009
When Maya Rupert wrote an article frowning at several Southern states for officially celebrating Confederate History Month, Internet critics lined up to fire back. But this time, they arrived with more than harsh words.