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Sao Paulo - For the last several decades, fundamental international issues of war and peace have been largely determined by a small group of countries, especially the five permanent …

Last month, The Wall Street Journal had a lead story about Israeli planning to possibly “go it alone” in an attack on Iran if the US were not to …

More GRITtv President Barack Obama said Sunday that his administration and law enforcement officials are investigating who is responsible for a bombing attempt in New York City's Times Square …

“Things fall apart,” William Butler Yeats wrote. "The center cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, the blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence …

On September 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh, the most important and popular leader in the French colony of Indochina, announced the creation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. After …

Nairobi, Kenya - Over 200 million additional people have been pushed into hunger in the past three years as a result of the food and financial crises. The U.N. …

Greece’s eurozone partners and the IMF this weekend agreed to a $146 billion bailout to stem the Greece crisis. But in return, the country’s leaders have been forced to …

What do oil giant BP, the mining company Massey Energy, and Goldman Sachs have in common? They're all big firms involved in massive plunder. BP's oil spill is already …

Washington - Facing election-year pressure to keep a lid on their salaries, lawmakers in Congress have agreed quietly not to increase their pay next year. As a result, most …

As the Arizona governor tries to push back criticism of the new immigration law, other Southwest communities concentrate on fighting actual criminal behavior. The author describes a case in …