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The fact of the matter is that the demon of terrorism is one that will practice whatever religion it must to satisfy its craving for violenc…

EXCERPT: An Italian parliamentary commission has approved a draft law that would ban women from wearing veils that cover their faces in publ…

EXCERPT: It passed with only scant notice, as with so many of the rude extremes of American life in a kinetic media age. The bodies of those…

On July 27, 2011, Jan Schakowsky (D – Illinois) spoke in support of HR 440, to provide for the establishment of a special envoy…

I'm not willing to pick cocoa beans or cotton for a dollar a day, so who is? Trafficked boys on the Ivory Coast and factory children in Asia…

Kate CaseJuly 27, 2011

Although they garner little attention from the international community, recent cases of violence directed toward Protestants in the region,…

Graz also urged caution in the use of the term "fundamentalist" to describe the individual alleged to have carried out the attacks, instead…

By Martin Surridge – The former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan occupies a precarious and oft-forgotten spot in Central Asia. Unlike oth…

EXCERPT: A proposal to put Israel on a shortened work week, with Friday a half-day and Sunday a vacation day, may be buried before it gets o…

EXCERPT: Israel’s government is examining a proposal to shift the weekend to the western Saturday and Sunday, a step that may benefit…