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Washington Post (blog)How much has the United States been 'standing up against' atrocities in Burma?Washington Post (blog)“The United States, I think, has played a really important role in this period in standing up against atrocities and for democracy and human rights” in Burma. –Samantha Power, U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, Nov. 20, 2013. “Today ...

Washington Post (blog)How much has the United States been 'standing up against' atrocities in Burma?Washington Post (blog)“The United States, I think, has played a really important role in this period in standing up against atrocities and for democracy and human rights” in Burma. –Samantha Power, U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, Nov. 20, 2013. “Today ...

New York TimesUS Struggles to Keep Pace in Delivering Broadband ServiceNew York TimesWASHINGTON — San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States, a progressive and economically vibrant metropolis of 1.4 million people sprawled across south-central Texas. But the speed of its Internet service is no match for the Latvian ...

Foreign Policy (blog)China, the United States, and Great Power DiplomacyForeign Policy (blog)China tried its hand at coercive diplomacy recently when it announced the establishment of an "air defense identification zone" around the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The dispute, along with a similar case over the Spratly Islands ...

CNNUS delegation to Russian Olympics includes gay athletesCNNWashington (CNN) -- The United States' delegation to the upcoming Winter Olympics in Russia won't include a member of President Barack Obama's family or an active Cabinet secretary, but it will include openly gay athletes - a clear jab at Russia's ...

CNNUS Marines poised to enter South SudanCNN(CNN) -- About 150 U.S. Marines are poised to enter turbulent South Sudan to help evacuate Americans and provide security for the U.S. Embassy, if ordered to do so, two U.S. military officials said Monday. The troops are moving from Moron, Spain, to ...

PBS NewsHourCalculating a living wage across the United StatesPBS NewsHour... the calculator -- it covers the entire nation. And watch our latest report: Nearly 20% of low income US households are "underbanked," according to the FDIC. But is providing access to traditional, mainstream financial services the best solution for ...

WND.comRadiation alerts hit US citiesWND.comA private organization that monitors radiation data from network points across the United States issued email alerts today for two Western U.S. cities, Reno, Nev., and St. George, Utah. The alerts came from the the Nuclear Emergency Tracking Center ...

New York TimesUS Suspends Nonlethal Aid to Syria RebelsNew York TimesWASHINGTON — Just a month before a peace conference that will seek an end to the grinding civil war in Syria, the Obama administration's decision to suspend the delivery of nonlethal aid to the moderate opposition demonstrated again the frustrations ...

Center For American ProgressThe Green Industrial Revolution and the United StatesCenter For American ProgressA new green industrial revolution—driven by a variety of concerns and opportunities—is gathering steam across the globe. In some regions, it is spurred by land and water scarcity. In others, it is driven by rising concerns about catastrophic climate ...

NPR (blog)Now Praised By Presidents, Mandela Wasn't Always Admired In The USNPR (blog)As President Obama travels to South Africa for Nelson Mandela's memorial service on Tuesday, it might seem as though Mandela was an eternal object of admiration for U.S. presidents and the American public. But that wasn't the case by a long shot.

Washington Post (blog)Steve Case: Don't let the United States turn into DetroitWashington Post (blog)AOL co-founder Steve Case stressed the need for the United States to remain innovative Tuesday at an event hosted by the Aspen Institute in Washington. “We kind of led on the digital information revolution. We need to lead in the next revolution ...

Business InsiderWhy The US Is Walking Away From The Middle EastBusiness InsiderThis policy change is currently making headlines in Syria where the United States, despite accusations of hypocrisy and strategic blundering, remains skittish about engaging in a conflict that is drawing in almost every other regional player, many of ...

Washington PostKarzai's recalcitrance nudges US 'zero option' for troops closer to realityWashington PostIn January, when U.S. officials first raised the prospect of keeping no troops in Afghanistan after 2014, this “zero option” was broadly seen as a rhetorical bargaining chip the White House was using to nudge along talks over a long-term security ...

Slate Magazine (blog)How the US Media Would Cover Thanksgiving if It Were in Another CountrySlate Magazine (blog)WASHINGTON, D.C., United States—On Wednesday morning, this normally bustling capital city became a ghost town as most of its residents embarked on the long journey to their home villages for an annual festival of family, food, and questionable ...

Foreign Policy (blog)US to Back Privacy Resolution It Knee-CappedForeign Policy (blog)The United States, Great Britain, and its chief intelligence allies, known as the Five Eyes, agreed late Friday to support a Brazilian and German sponsored General Assembly resolution promoting an international right to privacy, but only after ...

Wall Street JournalGerald F. SeibWall Street JournalTheir underlying worry is that the negotiations with Iran represent just the latest evidence that a war-weary U.S. is slowly seeking to close the books on a series of nettlesome long-term problems, allowing Washington to pull back from its longtime ...

Washington PostUS to offer Afghans assurances to remove hurdle in post-2014 dealWashington PostA last-minute hitch in the agreement over a post-2014 U.S. military presence in Afghanistan appeared to have been resolved Tuesday as the United States agreed to put certain assurances in a letter to Afghans that is likely to be signed by President ...

Washington Post (blog)Map: The United States of WatershedsWashington Post (blog)When American settlers moved westward in the 19th century, they went in search of precious gold, furs and land. But today, as the West booms, there's another limited commodity that states need to carefully ration: Water. John Wesley Powell saw this coming.

Washington PostIn Kabul, clinic funded by US military closing because of lack of government ...Washington PostAs the United States' longest war winds down, hundreds of aid projects are being handed over to Afghan ministries, which sometimes lack the capacity or interest to sustain what foreign donors started. The Urgent and Primary Care Clinic in Kabul is a ...

The GuardianUS regulations are hampering Bitcoin's growthThe GuardianIf the United States does not foster a reasonable regulatory environment for Bitcoin, the country might soon lose its head start in what could be the next great technological revolution. That's the message policymakers should hear today and tomorrow ...

New York TimesA Russian GPS Using US Soil Stirs Spy FearsNew York TimesWASHINGTON — In the view of America's spy services, the next potential threat from Russia may not come from a nefarious cyberweapon or secrets gleaned from the files of Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor now in Moscow.

RTTPP draft: United States reasserts its role as a world's schoolyard bullyRTWhile the contents of the proposed trade agreement are certainly interesting, not to say very alarming, it's even more interesting to see how the United States keeps asserting its industry interests over the world under the false flag of “free trade ...

NPRForget The 50 States; The US Is Really 11 Nations, Author SaysNPRFor hundreds of years, this nation has been known as the United States of America. But according to author and journalist Colin Woodard, the country is neither united, nor made up of 50 states. Woodward has studied American voting patterns ...

Major League SoccerReport: Tab Ramos gets new deal as United States U-20 national team coachMajor League SoccerAccording to a report Saturday from ESPN, Ramos has been signed to a new, four-year contract that will see him both stay on as the U-20 coach and take up the role of U.S. Soccer's youth technical director. He will replace Claudio Reyna in the latter ...