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Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) introduced the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009 to keep Americans aware and protected while on cruise vacations.

Given the many comparisons between Vietnam and Iraq, it is interesting to note that both began with open-ended Congressional authorizations based on responses to information which later proved to be false. The moral leverage for Vietnam was provided by...

Dead Palestinian babies and bombed mosques - IDF fashion 2009-News and commentary relating to events in Israel, the occupied territories, and the world, along with an archive of past issues

So President Barack Obama thinks he bowls like a competitor in the Special Olympics? He bowled a 129. I bowl a 300. I could beat that score easily," McConiughey said Friday.

An undersea volcano has erupted near Tonga, shooting smoke and ash thousands of feet into the sky above the south Pacific Ocean. Authorities say the eruption...

More than two dozen mummified Japanese monks who were followers of an ancient sect of Buddhism known as Shugendô, have been discovered in Northern Japan. Their beliefs were extreme and included the strict denial of any earthly comforts.

The revelations centre on t-shirt designs made for soldiers that make light of shooting pregnant Palestinian mothers and children and include images of dead babies and destroyed mosques.

Surprising as it may seem, incest is not always a crime in Europe. Three European Union nations - France, Spain and Portugal - do not prosecute consenting adults for incest, and Romania is considering following suit.

Chinese President Hu Jintao reiterated a call for North Korea to resume nuclear talks during his meeting with North Korean Premier Kim Yong Il.

Israelis on Friday got a fuller dose of rank-and-file angst over their army's winter assault on the Gaza Strip, as newspapers elaborated on allegations that commanders created a permissive attitude toward the killing of civilians.

Richardson Waited 4 Hours Before Seeking Treatment. Natasha Richardson wasn’t admitted to the hospital until nearly 4 hours after she’d taken her fateful tumble, almost 3 hours later than the ski resort officials claimed Tuesday, the New York Times

Throughout its 22-day war in Gaza, Israel insisted its forces were going to extraordinary lengths to protect civilians. But six soldiers involved in the operation claim civilians were endangered, and killed, in order to protect troops.

Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Tendai Biti told members of parliament that the country's currency was essentially dead.

resident Barack Obama issued an apology in reference to a comment he made about the Special Olympics while appearing on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno. During his appearance on the show March 19, the president was talking about how terrible his bow

A U.S. Navy submarine collided with a Navy amphibious ship Friday in the Strait of Hormuz, mildly injuring 15 sailors, according to the commander of the U.S. Fifth Fleet.

Attorney General Eric Holder said some detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay may end up being released in the U.S. as Obama works with foreign allies to resettle some of the prisoners.

Eight people have been injured in a shooting at a French nursery school. Police said a man began firing an air gun at mothers picking up their children from Harmony nursery school in Lyon. Police surrounded the area and are attempting to find the gunman.

The Israeli army is at the centre of a second controversy over the moral conduct of its soldiers in as many days. The revelations centre on t-shirt designs made for soldiers that make light of shooting pregnant Palestinian mothers and children and...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday denied Bernard Madoff's bid to be released from jail white he awaits sentencing for the biggest ever Wall Street investment fraud. A three-judge panel

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - A U.N. panel will next week recommend that the world ditch the dollar as its reserve currency in favor of a shared basket of currencies, a member of the panel said on Wednesday,