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Forging a Four-Sided Afghan Deal

The Afghanistan war strategy review released December 16 hews to President Barack Obama's pledge of last year and aims to begin "a responsible" drawdown of U.S. troops from the country in July 2011. However, a negotiated s...

Federal Court Orders First-Ever Destruction of a GMO Crop

Today Federal District Judge Jeffrey S. White issued a preliminary injunction ordering the immediate destruction of hundreds of acres of genetically engineered (GE) sugar beet seedlings planted in September after finding t...

A Defining Moment for EPA and America's Health

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Haiti: Ban appeals for more funds to fight cholera, sets up panel to probe its origins

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MINUSTAH peacekeepers carry containers of water into the town of Grande Saline, Haiti