Articles

[This report appears in the winter 2009/10 issue of World Policy Journal and is posted here with the kind permission of the editors of that magazine.]

"Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was attacked after a rally in central Milan today and was taken to hospital with a gash on his upper lip and blood on …

Buenos, Aires - The residents of the Puna, the dry Andean highlands in northern Argentina, are cut off from everything - except the sun. Living on arid land thousands …

Paris - Europeans are coming to terms with the fact that President Obama is not a miracle worker, and with the reality that everything he does is not magic. …

In response to President Barack Obama's announcement on December 1 to deploy 30,000 additional troops to the occupation of Afghanistan, the organization March Forward!, comprising both veterans and active-duty …

During the turbulent days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, New Orleans police shot 10 civilians, at least four of whom died, according to interviews and internal police documents. Some …

"I just want to say that most of us are tired mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Our children really don't know their parents. Marriages are suffering. Our spouses are …

At the U.N. Climate Summit in Copenhagen yesterday, members of environmental groups that are part of the international Don't Nuke the Climate campaign placed a radiation-protection mask on the …

United Nations - Sixty-one years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, sexual orientation and gender identity still pose a threat to the dignity and sovereignty …

Royal Dutch Shell and Malaysia’s state-owned oil company win the biggest prize, the super-giant Majnoon field. Baghdad, Iraq - Iraq literally rolled out the red carpet for foreign …