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UN Still to Accredit Its First US LGBT Group
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 …
Iraq’s Giant Oil Fields Go on Auction Block
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 …
Damning New Evidence Raises Concerns About Threats to New York’s Water From Gas Drilling
New York may be the next state to become embroiled in a mess of litigation and public outcry over a controversial drilling technique.
US System to Find, Help Victims of Human Trafficking Is Broken
“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude…shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” — 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified Dec. 6, 1865 Sebastian …
Creating Understanding About Mental Illness
Suzanne Andriukaitis never knows what to expect when she wakes up in the morning.Asked what a typical day is like at The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of …
US Kids Represent Psychiatric Drug Goldmine
Prescriptions for psychiatric drugs increased 50 percent with children in the US, and 73 percent among adults, from 1996 to 2006, according to a study in the May/June 2009 …
Talking With the Enemy
Obama has finally opted for troop reinforcement. But by evoking the beginning of a scheduled withdrawal 18 months from now, he has also incited the Karzai government to keep …
A Decade of Wonderfully Dizzying Progress for Gay Couples
As the clock ticked off the final minutes of the 20th century, Joyce and I shivered at the Lincoln Memorial while President Bill Clinton marked the magical moment by …
Copenhagen Global Warming Draft Points to Hard Bargaining Ahead
Negotiators working on a new global warming treaty released a draft pact today that would commit the US to significant emissions cuts by 2020 and 2050. And, for the …
Blistering Indictment Leveled Against Obama Over His Handling of Bush-Era War Crimes (2)
During his 36-minute speech after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway Thursday, President Barack Obama explained to an audience of 1,000 how the United States has a …