A raging debate is underway across the country, in Congress, and between the incoming Obama and outgoing Bush administrations on the fate of the US auto industry.

US president-elect Barack Obama, reiterated his vow to close the prison located at the Guantanamo military base in southeastern Cuba, a territory that is illegally occupied by Washington.

In a last minute move, the Bush administration this week the finalization of two major changes to federation regulations that will harm women and working families, labor leaders and women's health activists stated.

Critics argue that for over a decade, the United States has been striving to create commercial inroads into Latin America by way of bilateral free trade agreements that benefit US economic interests to the detriment of those of Latin America.

Bush seemed happy to have Lula sitting to his right during dinner on Friday. On the other hand, Hu Jintao, whom he respects for the enormous market in his country, the capacity to produce consumer goods at low cost and the volume of his reserves in US dollars and bonds was sitting to his left.

The simple answer is that driving in a relatively fuel efficient car (25-30 miles per gallon) usually generates fewer greenhouse gas emissions than flying.

President Bush’s attack on Iraq has made daily life there “unbearable” for most people, two prominent American financial authorities write.

The United Nations Charter was negotiated by 50 governments and opened for signature in June 1945. Article 26 of the Charter offers evidence of assumptions made about this new institution and how nations united and working together could actually prevent conflict and deliver peace and security.

From my seat in the upper reaches of Shea Stadium, I never felt a drop of rain. The small cadre of friends I was with on October 13, 1982 couldn’t afford to buy the good seats either, so we’d plunked down $16 each to sit up in the nosebleeds, just under the stadium’s partial overhang.

About 700 Atlantans gathered for a candlelight vigil in Atlanta’s Midtown on Saturday, November 15, 2008, to express their support for same-sex marriage and their displeasure with the recent passage of Proposition 8 by a majority of voters in California.

Jane Guskin and David L. Wilson have written an important book on immigrants and immigration policy. Though short, The Politics of Immigration packs quit a punch.

Fears are growing in the northern province of Ninevah, about 400km north of Baghdad, of a possible radiation leak and contamination from a former nuclear plant.

Eco-villages are essentially designed communities intending to be socially, economically and ecologically sustainable.

As expected, Barack Obama's electoral win has raised new questions all over the world given the United States of America's place in the current system of international relations.

ATLANTA - With numerous statewide initiatives on the ballot in Georgia and in other states on November 04, 2008, the following is a review of the outcomes of these initiatives:

After the cult success of “The Motorcycle Diaries” and an endless assortment of products brandishing the image of iconic revolutionary Che Guevara, what possible biography of the man can live up to his celebrity?

Mexican Sergio Pitol, the 2005 Miguel de Cervantes Literature Prize winner, next week will receive a tribute from Havana’s Casa de las Américas cultural institution, where the author will read some of his stories.

The Canadian Labour Congress says it's time the federal government took steps to ensure that job losses in the manufacturing and forestry sectors aren't accelerated by the recent worldwide economic slump.

Published as part of a series of books celebrating great revolutionaries, Toussaint L'Ouverture is a selection of notes, letters and memoirs written during the Haitian struggle against slavery and colonialism.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung emphasized the dire need to boost exports and narrow the trade deficit to halt a slowdown of the national economy, which is being increasingly affected by the global financial crisis and the world-wide economic recession trend.