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US Envoy Says Human Rights Talks With China Yield Little

BEIJING -- An American human rights envoy said Thursday that China provided no useful information when probed about specific cases of individuals who have been detained or who disappeared in a major crackdown on dissent in recent months. Hundreds of lawyers, activists, and other intellectuals have been questioned,...

Leaked Files Show Gitmo Inmate Released After Informing on 123 Others

LONDON -- Leaked U.S. military documents reveal that a Guantanamo Bay detainee was freed after informing on 123 other prisoners, despite concerns about the reliability of his evidence, a British newspaper reported Tuesday. The Guardian, The New York Times and El Pais are publishing details of more than 750 leaked U.S....

White House Considering Targeted Sanctions Against Syria

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has begun drawing up targeted sanctions against Syrian President Bashar Assad and his inner circle, officials said Monday, as the White House escalated U.S. condemnation of the increasingly violent crackdown against anti-government protesters in which more than 300 people have been...

United States' Mood Suffering With Economy [VIDEO]

Leaked Files Shed Light on Gitmo Detainees

WASHINGTON -- Secret documents about detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison reveal new information about some of the men that the United States believes to be terrorists, according to reports about the files released by several American and European newspapers. The U.S. government criticized the publication as...

Background on United States

The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district.

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