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September 24, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama joins other world leaders at the United Nations on Monday after defending his foreign…
September 18, 2012
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - President Barack Obama declared Tuesday night the occupant of the White House must 'work for…
September 12, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats say it's no time for Mitt Romney to be taking potshots at President Barack Obama's foreign…
August 3, 2012
BEIRUT (AP) - Kofi Annan announced his resignation Thursday as peace envoy to Syria and issued a blistering critique of…
August 1, 2012
OPINION - At least one of Romney’s Olympic style gaffes may in fact pay some political dividends in the U.S.…
June 21, 2012
(AP) - To hip hop and fashion mogul Russell Simmons, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is like 'a rap beef' that can…
May 25, 2012
JERUSALEM (AP) - Recent rapes blamed on African migrants have ignited a political and emotional backlash against their ballooning numbers,…
May 22, 2012
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) -- Supermodel Naomi Campbell celebrated her 42nd birthday on Tuesday with a trip to the birthplace…
April 25, 2012
Kanye West is teaming up with his fellow 'emo rapper' Kid Cudi for a music video shoot in the Middle…
April 23, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says atrocities against peoples across the globe begin with daily ignorance and intolerance and…
March 21, 2012
GENEVA (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he is working to lead a delegation of religious figures to Syria…
March 13, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is getting another dose of the reality of his job: the out-of-his-control events that…
March 7, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Amid fresh concerns over the safety of American forces, President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the accidental…
February 14, 2012
An effort to ban hip-hop music in Pakistani schools has instead turned into a lesson in tolerance in a nation…
October 24, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The African Union's Peace and Security Council called for the National Transitional Council of Libya to protect…
October 20, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Thursday cast the demise of Muammar Gadhafi as a momentous opportunity for Libya…
October 20, 2011
OPINION - In many sub-Saharan countries, authoritarian regimes know how to appease their people -- sometimes a whiff of democracy…
October 20, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - White House officials are monitoring reports that Muammar Gadhafi has been captured in Libya, but are unable…
September 15, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - In the Arab world. Arabian rappers are using tales of turmoil from the streets to send an…
August 23, 2011
OPINION - Gadhafi must now face a reality Africans have been clamoring about for the past fifteen years: that he…