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In prisons across the country, gangs are selling their fellow inmates into sex trafficking in order to increase their power and profits. Ex-convict Scott Howard, a survivor …

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are considering launching an antitrust investigation into Google's dominance over the Internet search industry. The DOJ …

A young Nigerian woman at an UNHCR constructed refugee camp in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia on March 9, 2011. For many migrants, particularly from sub-Sarahan Africa, life in Libya, despite …

Demonstration in Sanaa, Yemen, March 15, 2011. (Photo: Sallam) Sana, Yemen - Clashes broke out late Saturday evening between security forces and demonstrators here, killing one protester …

Ajdabiya, Libya - The front line for control of Libya moved to its easternmost point in three weeks on Saturday as forces loyal to Col. Moammar Gadhafi stormed this …

U.S. officials say the nation's health system is ill-prepared to cope with a catastrophic release of radiation, despite years of focus on the possibility of a terrorist “dirty bomb” …

(Photo: US Embassy Kabul Afghanistan / Flickr) Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the Republican chairman of the U.S. House Budget Committee, unveiled two proposals this week which …

(Photo: Peter Kemmer / Flickr) The Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Friday, with the support of a handful of Democrats, passed a joint resolution to repeal the …

Cairo - Dozens of communities across Syria erupted in protest on Friday in what activists said were by far the largest and bloodiest demonstrations against the iron rule of …

Cairo — A blogger was jailed recently for “insulting the military.” Human rights advocates say that thousands of people have been arrested and tried before military courts in the …