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By Renee Lott, April 24, 2013
France is the ninth country in Europe and fourteenth in the world to legalize gay marriage.
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By Patricia Davis, April 23, 2013
In a week of remarkable events and reversals in Guatemala, the genocide trial of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt came to an abrupt halt on April 18.
By Renee Lott, April 23, 2013
Members of the Seleka rebel movement continue to loot local homes and businesses, instigate violence, and recruit children to their ranks.
By Rob Prince, April 22, 2013
Despite reservations, both Washington and Paris have decided that, when it comes to Tunisia, the horse they are going to ride is the Ennahda party.
By Russ Wellen, April 18, 2013
From the alternative energy that's not so alternative to victory for Iran.
By John Feffer, April 17, 2013
"There was a very peculiar alliance between the punk music scene and the intellectuals, who tried to justify the appearance of this punk music."
By Jennifer Norris, April 16, 2013
Afghan militias created by the United States have been accused of committing serious human rights abuses against local populations.
By Russ Wellen, April 12, 2013
Emphasis, as always, added.
By Inge Fryklund, April 11, 2013
Forget the border--what drives migration?
By Renee Lott, April 10, 2013
Maisara Abu Hamdiyeh is the second Palestinian prisoner in as many months to have died in Israeli custody.
