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In September 2001, a group of terrorists from al Qaeda killed several thousand Americans in New York.

A Canadian mining company intends to sue El Salvador's government for several hundred million dollars if it is not granted permission to open a widely unpopular gold and silver mine that scientists warn would have devastating effects on local water supplies.

On November 12th, commuters nationwide were delighted to find out that while they were sleeping, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had come to an end. If, that is, they happened to read a "special edition" of today's New York Times.

'Responsible journalism' decision latest to loosen libel law in Canada.

“This isn’t about big government or small government. It’s about building a smarter government that focuses on what works.”
– Barack Obama, November 26, 2008

One of the top challenges facing Barack Obama's Justice Department will be striking a balance between fighting terrorism and protecting individual civil liberties, says a recent memo from the department's inspector general.

HONG KONG — The chairman of China’s sovereign wealth fund said here on Wednesday that China had no plans for further investments in Western financial institutions, nor did it have any plans to “save” the world through economic policies.

What really happened at the 1999 WTO demonstrations in Seattle? On television, it looked like vandalism and random violence. On the streets, it looked like part festival, part uprising, part police riot. Now there’s a movie version. Activist and author David Solnit was there—organizing in the streets and speaking up on the set.

Barack Obama's Pentagon transition team is sitting down with Defense Secretary Robert Gates in a move that some Beltway observers believe signals that the President-elect does plan to keep Gates on despite protests from Iraq War opponents.

Just a few weeks after releasing its official forecast for the next year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) adjusted its growth estimates downwards, predicting that poorer countries will see big losses in GDP over the next two years as a result of the global financial meltdown. Independent assessments estimate that developing countries' losses between now and 2010 will be in excess of $300 billion.