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President Mahmoud Abbas will not dissolve the Palestinian National Authority, despite his rhetoric suggesting otherwise.

Genocide assumes a targeted assault on a single ethnicity or culture. Assad's crack-down is anything but.

As Hillary Clinton said of the Syria situation, “The endgame…is civil war.”

Despite a stagnating political process and mounting frustration with the long accepted two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, their remains cause for honest, yet cautious, optimism.

Wednesday's shocking violence after a soccer match in Port Saed, Egypt, is tragic but hardly shocking. Until Middle East countries take security seriously, such a horrific event will continue.

Should the government play a role in regulating Americans' consumption of sugar and sugary drinks?

Millennial voters should elect politicians who will promise less in government services, but will be good stewards of the nation’s finances.

German taxpayers must learn to accept the euro zone's quirks, even at the expense of temporary inconvenience.

The controversial Arizona governor got into a tiff with Obama at the airport in Phoenix yesterday, but sparks will really fly when the Supreme Court rules on Arizona's bill this year.

Young Europeans talk about their views of America in the Obama-era and whether Europe still respects the United States.

Sweden is a thriving economy and society based on a government of socialist principles, higher taxes, and healthy regulations.

Pinterest has become a unique internet sensation appealing mostly to women.

A end of year review of the five biggest winners in Africa in 2011, and what they mean for the continent in 2012.

Cellphone bans don't make the road safer, but that isn't stopping the government from jumping on the banning bandwagon.

The elections in Egypt are more of a distraction than a solution to the problem.

Libya should not rush to hold elections before settling fundamental issues of state integrity and security.

Sanctions will hit the Iranian youth harder than they will the regime.

Join the debate: Should the U.S. more actively support Egyptians, Tunisians, and other Arab people in their quest for democracy? If so, how?

Reopening the investigation into crimes committed at Auschwitz will set important precedent into holding lower level and lower-ranking officials accountable for the war crimes they committed.

It is great publicity for a charity when a celebrity gets involved. But sometimes a celebrity can do more harm than good.