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Those who have gained a measure of freedom and financial independence see little effort by officials to look out for their future.

Critics call it a Band-Aid, but supporters say the suicide hot line has become a gateway into government services.

The defense secretary said the breach had endangered lives and damaged the ability of others to trust the U.S.

Lawmakers reduced the sentences of hundreds of Kurdish youths, some of them guilty only of attending protests.

The visit, five years after the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister, showed that Syria’s influence over Lebanon was rising again.

Adolf Sauerland, the mayor of Duisburg, has received death threats since 21 people where trampled to death at the Love Parade music festival.

Wildfires burned down several villages in the central part of the country as forests and swamps turned into tinderboxes under a record-breaking heat wave.

Deprived of jobs and government services, people in Baghlan Province are turning to the Taliban for speedy justice and work.

Hundreds of thousands of people were believed to be unable to evacuate to safer ground.

Catherine Ashton, the European Union foreign policy chief, will be missing out on time at the beach to grapple with French irregular verbs.

Military officials did not provide details about the death of the sailor, Petty Officer Third Class Jarod Newlove.

The break significantly weakened the Italian prime minister’s governing majority, raising the prospect of early elections.

There were no injuries, but the explosive damaged buildings and brought panic to the streets of Ashkelon on Friday after more than a year of relative calm.

Soldiers shot a leader of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel Thursday, providing a needed victory to President Felipe Calderón in his war against cartels.

Thet Sambath suggests a one-man Cambodian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Instead of affixing blame, he seeks the healing power of confession.

The founder and early investors in the microlender will reap millions from the share deal, but it was unclear how donors would benefit.

Two United States Embassy employees in Paris were being examined on Friday after handling an envelope, but officials said its contents did not appear to be harmful.

The sentences are the latest indication that Beijing is intensifying its crackdown on any dissent that questions Chinese rule in Xinjiang.

Peter and Christopher Hitchens have never been close, but perhaps nothing separates the brothers more than their views on faith.

A Taliban spokesman said that the insurgent group is scouring classified American military documents posted online by the group WikiLeaks for information to help them find and "punish" Afghan informers.