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Washington - President Barack Obama Wednesday fired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commander of the war in Afghanistan. Obama turned to Army Gen. David Petraeus to command the war. …

As Bishkek seeks public support, talk is of a failed state. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyzstan's shaky provisional government is banking that a constitutional referendum this Sunday will provide it …

Armageddon machines and the merchants of death. English peace activist Jim McClusky examines just a few of the “preposterous propositions” that underpin British - and US - foreign and …

Washington - Workers pulled the “top hat” device collecting crude oil from BP's gushing Deepwater Horizon well Wednesday morning in a major setback to efforts to contain the leak.

I have watched the debate on the closing of the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with much interest. President Obama's idea of closing Guantanamo and sending detainees to …

Albert Woodfox has spent nearly all of the last 38 years in solitary confinement at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. His case has brought protests from Amnesty International …

Senate Democrats feel pressure to “do something” on the long-stalled energy bill. The Gulf oil spill has widened the partisan divide. The White House will hold a bipartisan meeting …

As the BP well in the Gulf of Mexico continues to spew out ever more toxic oil and methane into the sea, and as floating toxic sludge, by the …

On May 31, 2010, when Israeli warships boarded the inbound flotilla carrying aid to Gaza in international waters, firing on activists, it was not the first time Israel had …