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Enough Project names 21 companies that use minerals at the heart of the Congo conflict. Nairobi, Kenya - What's the true cost of that mobile phone in your pocket? …

There are some things to be thankful for. The woman who puzzled over Hispanics in her audience of high-school students and suggested they looked “Asian” was defeated in her …

America’s two economies are getting wider apart. The Big Money economy is booming. According to a new Commerce Department report, third-quarter profits of American businesses rose at an annual …

A suicide bombing outside a mosque in southeastern Iran killed at least 38 people Wednesday as worshippers observed an important Shiite holiday. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the …

United Nations - Against the backdrop of rising xenophobia and growing anti- immigrant trends in Western Europe, the United Nations will commemorate International Migrants Day next week calling on …

On a flat piece of ground, between brown hills in Afghanistan, some young guy is watching blood spurt from the stump of his right arm. And right now, …

When a member of Congress dies, sometimes other members name a bill after him or her that advances some cause with which he or she identified. So, for example, …

A December 9 article in the Wall Street Journal began with the following sentence: "After touring bases in eastern Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that he was confident …

Washington - The speaker got weepy. No, not her — him. The incoming House speaker, Ohio Republican John Boehner, turns out to be a veritable waterworks of emotion. First …