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Istanbul, Turkey - Iran’s jails have a notorious reputation for brutal conditions and harsh interrogation methods that include torture. Now Iranian and international human rights organizations warn that a …

Before joining in the national political sport of name calling, backbiting and sloganeering, the first question that one should clinically address is: Are human activities responsible for the observed …

Washington - President Barack Obama tried mightily Tuesday to jolt the Senate's stalled health care overhaul effort, but after an hour-long closed-door meeting with Senate Democrats, the fate of …

Just when you thought the big banks had maxed out their chutzpah account, think again. While posting breathtaking profits in the last two quarters – Wells Fargo’s $3.2 …

At dawn on June 28, the Honduran military abducted President Manuel Zelaya at gunpoint and flew him out of the country. Conflicting and ambiguous statements from the Obama administration …

Can a breakthrough health care innovation in Rwanda work in the US? Next on “NOW.”

President Obama on Tuesday pressed the importance of green home remodeling in the aisles of a Home Depot in Washington D.C. Tuesday as a way toward economic savings and …

I scan three Israeli newspapers every day (well, actually, their web sites, in English). It's less like visiting a foreign country than like visiting a foreign planet. The obsession …

The tip came in on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005, as disorder was spreading through the devastated city: Somebody had stolen a Kentwood Springs bottled water truck …

Europe's small, debt-strapped countries could follow the lead of Argentina and simply walk away from their debts. That would shift the burden to the creditor countries, which could solve …