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US lawmakers introduce a bill to close tax loopholes worth tens of billions of dollars Human rights advocates urge criminal investigations into the Bush administration for torture In Colombia, watchdogs criticize an investigation into...

Hundreds gather outside the White House to protest the Colombia free trade agreement Fans and world leaders pay tribute to murdered Argentine folksinger Facundo Cabral Pakistan reaction to the US decision to cut hundreds...

The Republic of South Sudan prepares to become the world’s newest nation Progressive lawmakers in Washington try to defend Social Security from budget cuts Ice Melt Series Part 2: Antarctica’s ice shelf melts from...

Chinese officials admit to a massive oil spill, one month after the first leak started In Washington, progressives push for cuts in military spending Ice Melt Series Part 1: Greenland’s ice sheet melts at...

The Obama Administration changes a longstanding policy on US military suicides Christine Lagarde, the first woman to run the International Monetary Fund, starts work In Senegal, the public grows angrier at President Wade’s attempts...

Tanks surround the Syrian city of Hama as security forces raid homes and shoot and kill protesters The Gaza Freedom Flotilla faces arrests and stand-offs at sea Thailand has a new government and its...

In the US, disparities between convictions for powdered cocaine and crack set to be reduced Five New Orleans police officers go to trial accused of a deadly shooting spree following Hurricane Katrina In Kenya’s...

The debt ceiling deadline nears but the White House and Republicans fail to find common ground As China launches another bullet train, the challenge of establishing a fast rail network in the US A...

In Cairo’s Tahrir square, violent clashes erupt overnight – hundreds are injured Lawmakers in Greece narrowly pass an austerity plan as thousands protest and continue a general strike Thailand’s political parties prepare to contend...