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Athens - The Greek Parliament voted Wednesday to back a bitterly contested package of austerity measures, clearing the way for crucial international lending to stave off default. …

Washington - Passing the DREAM Act could be one answer to America's need to fill high-skill jobs and keep the U.S. military at full strength, Obama administration officials said …

Ariel Farmer, 14, left; Kyla Sharp Butte, 14; and Will Sharp Butte,15, hang out at the Gus Stop on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota on May 24, …

Afghan soldiers return from fighting near the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, on June 29, 2011. Several heavily armed attackers stormed the hotel late on June 28, and security forces …

Athens - As the 10 ships of the Freedom Flotilla II - Stay Human make their final preparations to set sail for the Gaza Strip, purported acts of sabotage …

In the race to crush Planned Parenthood, Texas is catching up with the pack. Thus far, multiple states have slashed funding to the organization, including Wisconsin, North …

Turkish soldier in Anitkabir, Turkey. (Photo: ozgurmulazimoglu) Reporters Without Borders brings international attention to the three month-plus imprisonment of Turkish investigative journalists Ahmet Sik, a reporter on …

Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan, captured during the opening remarks at the Annual Meeting 2008 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2008. (Photo: Annette Boutellier …

(Image: JR / Truthout) Whistleblowers are an integral part of the system for providing oversight of the federal government. Ensuring that these government missions are done in …

Washington - There is no good reason for negotiations on the budget and the debt ceiling to be deadlocked, because the solution is obvious: First, do no harm. …