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Warsaw, Poland - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is releasing political prisoners in hope of getting loans from the IMF. After the unexpected pardons over recent weeks, only about a …

Washington - Nearly 20 percent of the more than 2 million troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from mental health conditions, according to a new report. …

New York City - Wednesday, October 5 constituted the largest mass action so far in support of the Occupy Wall Street activists who have established a base camp in …

Washington - More than a dozen U.S. and international human rights and arms control groups are urging Congress to block a proposed 53- million-dollar arms sale to Bahrain, which …

Washington - America’s budget crisis at home is forcing the first significant cuts in overseas aid in nearly two decades, a retrenchment that officials and advocates say reflects the …

(Image: JR / Truthout) Equal trade, fair trade, honest, decent trade requires reasonable balance between trading partners and strong domestic economies. When that happens, Adam Smith’s model …

Why has the administration’s flagship foreclosure prevention program been so ineffective in helping struggling homeowners get loan modifications and stay in their homes? One reason: The government’s supervision of …

President Barack Obama has proposed raising taxes on Americans who earn more than $1 million annually. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) It seems as …

Albertville — The vanishing began Wednesday night, the most frightened families packing up their cars as soon as they heard the news. They left behind mobile homes, …

Midrand, South Africa - African women who bear the brunt of the continent’s conflicts now demand to play a defining role in peacekeeping. A resolution to foster …