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(Photo: JMRosenfeld; Edited: JR / TO) It was a total lockdown. As jet after jet swept in surreptitiously with top brass and political decision-makers on board, every …

Syria, near the border with Turkey. (Photo: [ john ]) The Syrian military in the past month planted a band of anti-personnel mines along stretches of the …

(Photo: prensa420) John Lovell is a lobbyist who makes a lot of money from making sure you can’t smoke a joint. That’s his job. He’s a lobbyist …

Working mothers tend to be happier and healthier than mothers who stay at home caring for young children, according to recent research. But many of those who work are …

(Photo: United States Marine Corps) Panjway, Afghanistan - A United States service member walked out of a military base in a rural district of southern Afghanistan on …

Secretary of Education Arnie Duncan unveiled a vast collection of school data Tuesday, calling attention to alarmingly high discipline rates for minority students in comparison to their white counterparts. …

Election-year politics, $4-a-gallon gasoline and an anti-regulatory fervor on Capitol Hill have aligned to thwart EPA's vow to issue final carbon emissions standards for oil refineries this year. …

Yangon - Here in Myanmar (Burma), where political change has been numbingly slow for a half-century, a new leadership is trying to embrace rapid transition from within. The government …

(Photo: John Carleton) In the fall, the United States joined seven other countries — with hopefully more to come — in forming the Open Government Partnership, an …

Protesters in Prince George, British Columbia demonstrate against the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipeline, August 18, 2011. (Photo: 350.org) As U.S. environmental groups renew their battle …