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Birth Control: Latest Collision Between Individual Conscience And Society

President Obama's controversial decision to require Catholic employers to provide free contraceptives to their employees is still reverberating.

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General Assembly demands Syria halt violence without delay

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Digital boards inside the General Assembly display the votes cast by Member States on a draft resolution on Syria.

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Iran Ups The Ante With More Nuclear Moves

Iran has unveiled significant developments on two important components of its nuclear program: the centrifuges used to enrich uranium and the uranium used to fuel a research reactor.

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Calling for end to provocations, Ban says Israel and Palestinians must restore trust

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Palestinian children playing in Khallet Zakariya beside the Israeli settlement of Alon Shvut.

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Somalia: UN and partners insist interim political arrangement must end in August

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Burundi troops serving with African Union troops in Somalia in new positions established in Deynile on the northernmost outskirts of Mogadishu

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Somalia: UN and partners insist interim political arrangement must end in August

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Burundi troops serving with African Union troops in Somalia in new positions established in Deynile on the northernmost outskirts of Mogadishu

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Putin shows he has his own cheer squad

A conspicuous show of support has been made for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

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UN: Russia, China Vetoes Betray Syrian People

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Protesters take part in a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad near Damascus on February 2, 2012.

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World needs to beware getting duped again over Iran

Many of us doubt that Iran is on the way to building a nuclear bomb.

Trying to find the truth is not easy. It was a bit of a one sided conversation since I don't know the inner workings of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN body that monitors nuclear developments.

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ISRAEL-OPT: Key West Bank settlement outpost slated for evacuation

Israel’s High Court of Justice has ordered Israeli settlers in the Migron settlement outpost in the West Bank to leave by 31 March in response to a 2006 petition filed by seven Palestinian landowners and Israeli pressure group Peace Now