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Lawmakers grant Suriname president immunity for murders

April 6, 2012 By Cory Collins

Suriname parliament granted President Desi Brouterse immunity for 1982 murders, raising ire of human rights groups.

Fight continues over highway through Bolivian indigenous preserve

February 16, 2012 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

An indigenous-led government at odds with an indigenous opposition exemplifies one contradiction surfacing during the fight.

Republicans get free ride on racism

January 20, 2012 By Teresa Albano

Republicans have been getting a free ride on racism for much too long, and it's in the interest of all people to stop it.

Who’s afraid of the big bad Wulff?

January 18, 2012 By Victor Grossman

BERLIN - Americans wonder who will be president next January; Germans are still uncertain who will live in Berlin's presidential mansion this February.

Change comes from the bottom up

January 10, 2012 By John Henry

The whole knock on President Obama not living up to his promises ignores that nothing major can be done in the U.S. political system without the support of Congress.