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Boston Herald
It was so very easy for this administration to wash its hands of the Syrian crisis. A few conciliatory words from the Russians, a U.N. Security Council resolution on chemical...
WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Like Aaron Alexis who claimed his delusional voices and paranoia caused him to go on a shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard,...
American Spectator
By Matt Purple on 10.1.13 @ 5:59PM By now, you’ve probably heard about the horrors that have swept America as a consequence of the government shutdown. Small towns are...

44 South Sudanese Kids Diagnosed with Measles
Lucy Poni JUBAScores of children in South Sudan's Upper Nile state have been diagnosed with measles in the last few weeks, prompting officials to launch a vaccination campaign, a top health official said. "As of August we have been...
photo: UN / Tobin Jones
A pedestrian crosses Madison Avenue as New York waits on Hurricane Irene, on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011
MIAMI | Tropical Storm Karen became disorganized on its path north through the Gulf of Mexico, prompting the National Hurricane Center to drop a hurricane watch for parts of the northern coast. The storm maintained its top sustained winds of 50...
photo: AP / Mike Groll
The Lampedusa boat sinking was no accident
The last thing you can call these tragedies is fatal accidents. The umpteenth tragedy involving African migrants off the tiny island of Lampedusa could and should have been prevented, like the countless other deaths that have occurred over the last...
photo: UN / Ryan Brown
Central Asia concerns over US pullout from Afghanistan
The neglected region of Central Asia faces a new threat from Islamic militancy as the US withdrawal from neighbouring Afghanistan nears, reports guest columnist Ahmed Rashid. The five Central Asian Republics are deeply fearful of the consequences of...
photo: US Army / Eddie Siguenza
USAID Co-hosts LGBT Global Initiatives Meeting During UN General Assembly
With much of the recent debate on LGBT rights (or the lack thereof) focused on the Russian anti-gay laws and how they will impact the Winter Olympics, scheduled to begin Feb. 7, 2014, in Sochi, it was encouraging to see the UN General Assembly...
photo: UN / Amanda Voisard
Syria's Agony in Numbers: The Growing Refugee Crisis
When politicians become fixated on numbers instead of people, the result can be somewhat grotesque. In Syria for example, the number of dead in the chemical weapons attack has been disputed, with numbers ranging from 400 to 1,400 casualties,...
photo: UN / Ryan Brown
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends a meeting of the high level panal on girls and womens education for impowerment and gender equality at UNESCO HQ. with DG of UNESCO Ms. Irina Bokova
PARIS - Irina Bokova has been nominated by UNESCO's executive board as the agency's director-general - all but ensuring her another four-year term. The 61-year-old Bulgarian former career diplomat was selected Friday over Rachad Farah of Djibouti and...
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe