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April 25

2010-11-30T13:49:40Z

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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials

2010-09-08T12:57:06Z

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

July 8

The Denver Post on federal government's lawsuit against Arizona over immigration law:

The federal government sued the state of Arizona over its controversial immigration law, arguing that enforcing immigration laws is a fe...

Things to Do on Vacation in New York

2010-10-25T14:41:43Z

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Today in History - Aug. 15

2010-10-13T14:03:24Z

On Aug. 15, 1945, Hirohito announced that Japan had accepted terms of surrender for ending World War II

Today is Saturday, Aug. 15, the 227th day of 2009. There are 138 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Aug. 15, 1945, Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced to his subjects in a prerecorded radio address that Japan had accepted ter...

Buyer Beware

2010-10-26T20:25:35Z

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Ivory Coast

2011-01-02T12:30:25Z

In this Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010, photo, Jordanian peace keepers, patrol on the street in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Some people yell "U.N. out!" as the Jordanian U.N. peacekeepers pass by in their armored personnel carriers, but generally these soldiers don't understand French and so miss the comments yelled at them, although one man honk...

South Sudan Vote

2010-12-28T11:31:27Z

Southern Sudanese men store recently delivered ballot papers, inside a warehouse in Juba, southern Sudan on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. More than 7.3 million ballots have arrived in Southern Sudan for an independence referendum that is likely to create the world's newest country. U.N. official

APTOPIX Ivory Coast

2010-12-24T01:31:06Z

UN forces drive past a billboard for President Laurent Gbagbo in, Ivory Coast, Abidjan Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. The United Nations said Thursday that at least 173 people have been killed and dozens of others have gone missing or been tortured following Ivory Coast's disputed ...

Richardson Koreas

2010-12-23T18:31:25Z

In this Dec. 22, 2010 photo, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson answers questions about his recent trip to North Korea during an interview in his office in Santa Fe, N.M. A former U.S. ambassador to the ...

Switzerland Human Rights Council Ivory Coast

2010-12-23T07:00:28Z

Korean Kyung-Wha Kang, United Nations deputy high Commissioner for Human Rights speaks during the 14th special session on the situation in Ivory Coast of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland