Politics

04/19/2013, 23:49 Time
USPA News

UN peacekeeper shot dead in Darfur

USPA News - A United Nations (UN) peacekeeper was shot dead on Friday in Sudan, officials said. In a statement, the African...

04/16/2013, 12:00 Time
USPA News

UN leaders call for urgent political solution to Syrian crisis

USPA News - The heads of five United Nations (UN) agencies on Monday called for an urgent political solution to Syria`s pro...

04/12/2013, 01:27 Time
USPA News

Egypt: At least 7 killed in Muslim-Christian sectarian violence

USPA News - At least seven people have been killed after sectarian violence between Muslims and Christians broke out in nor...

04/08/2013, 01:43 Time
Roberto Orru

CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AND COLOMBIAN JUSTICE: ARE THEY ON THE SAME SIDE?

Human rights and (versus?) politics

USPA NEWS - Everybody seems to care about childhood and youth in general...but how concrete this interest really is? In Col...

04/06/2013, 06:00 Time
USPA News

U.S. unemployment rate at 7.6 percent in March, only adds 88,000 jobs

USPA News - The United States unemployment rate slightly decreased to 7.6 percent for the month of March, the U.S. Labor De...

04/06/2013, 06:00 Time
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Indonesia: 8 illegal immigrants killed at detention center clash

USPA News - At least eight Burmese illegal immigrants were killed on Friday after a clash broke out in Indonesia`s Sumatra ...

04/03/2013, 21:12 Time
USPA News

Uruguayan senators approve bill to legalize gay marriage

USPA News - The Uruguay Senate on Tuesday approved a bill which would legalize same-sex marriage in the country, and the bi...

04/03/2013, 06:00 Time
USPA News

UN adopts landmark treaty regulating global arms trade

USPA News - The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to approve a global arms trade treaty that ...

04/02/2013, 17:35 Time
USPA News

Former Liberian President Moses Blah dead at 65

USPA News - Moses Blah, who served as Liberia`s president for about two months after leader Charles Taylor stepped down to ...

04/02/2013, 14:10 Time
M. SCOTT BOWLING

Prince Georges County School System power struggle leaves students forgotten

Baker and School Board fight for Power

USPA NEWS - While test scores in the states second largest school district remain among the lowest in the region, Prince Ge...

03/30/2013, 02:16 Time
Helena Sanchez

Education in Latin America

A matter of politics

USPA NEWS - Three teachers from Brazil, Chile and Argentina have concluded that, due to the governments their countries hav...

03/28/2013, 05:00 Time
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UN probe into chemical weapons use in Syria to begin within days 3

USPA News - Swedish scientist Ake Sellstrom, the newly-appointed head of a fact-finding mission to investigate allegations ...

03/26/2013, 23:58 Time
USPA News

N. Korea puts artillery forces targeting U.S. bases at highest alert

USPA News - North Korea said Tuesday it has put its artillery and rocket forces at their highest alert after nuclear-capabl...

03/25/2013, 03:05 Time
USPA News

No sign of foul play in death of exiled Russian tycoon Berezovsky

USPA News - Officers investigating the death of self-exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky have so far found no evidence t...

03/23/2013, 21:10 Time
M. SCOTT BOWLING

Same Sex Marriage front and center in our nations highest court

What is at stake and what does it mean?

USPA NEWS - As the United States Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of same sex marriage this week, Justices wil...

03/19/2013, 03:20 Time
USPA News

At least 16 killed in southern Brazil landslide

USPA News - The death toll rose to sixteen after heavy rainfall caused a deadly landslide in southern Brazil, local authori...

03/14/2013, 19:34 Time
USPA News

Saudi Arabia executes 7 men by firing squad

USPA News - Seven Saudi men were executed Wednesday after being convicted of carrying out an armed robbery and breaking int...

03/08/2013, 23:47 Time
USPA News

U.S. unemployment rate falls to 7.7 percent, lowest since 2008

USPA News - Employers in the United States added 236,000 workers to their payrolls in the month of February, significantly ...

03/08/2013, 12:55 Time
M SCOTT BOWLING

MEETING THE PEOPLE

Laura Neuman: one-on-one with residents

USPA NEWS - With the warm smile and humbleness that seems to define County Executive Laura Neuman, she met with residents o...

03/07/2013, 12:39 Time
Simone Mayer / europarl

EU and member states must step up food chain checks

Food safety

USPA NEWS - The "horse burger" consumer confidence crisis highlights the EU member states' failure to enforce EU laws on fo...

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