{WOMENSENEWS}-- Here's a cheat sheet for the roster of female directors who are likely to make the list of Oscar nominations announced today. One of them is Kathryn Bigelow, whose latest military film is clouded by controversy over its depiction of torture.
{WOMENSENEWS}-- The payroll tax holiday provided a middle-class tax break yet Social Security advocates worried that it represented a hidden threat to the bedrock of older women's retirements and are glad to see it go.
HERNDON, Va., Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Has political correctness encroached on the trial of U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, who is accused of the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings?
{WOMENSENEWS}-- The screams of Damini--as this particular victim is being called-- are breaking the silence of women across castes and class. In demonstrations, India's young people are expressing their pain. The global community needs to hear them.
PARIS, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Europe's course this year will be defined by two elections in major countries: Italy goes to the polls in the last weekend in February and Germany has general election in September.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The vicious campaign to smear Chuck Hagel with an anti-Israel brush and deter U.S. President Barack Obama from nominating him to become the next defense secretary got rolling over year-end holidays.
By ASAF ROMIROWSKY and ANAT BERKO, UPI Outside View Commentator
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- What does it mean when Bashar Assad's regime bombs the Yarmouk -- Syria's largest Palestinian refugee neighborhood? Driving dozens of formerly pro-government Palestinian fighters to defect and join the rebels. All of this begs a closer look at the Palestinians in Syria.
{WOMENSENEWS}-- The suspects face the death penalty in a case that has stirred international outrage and calls for stronger rape laws as more crimes are reported in the new year.
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Forecasters expect the U.S. Labor Department on Friday to report the economy added 155,000 jobs in December -- substantially less than is needed to pull unemployment down to acceptable levels.
HERNDON, Va., Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Usually tight-lipped about targeted assassinations, Israel recently has gone public. Why the sudden openness? The answer may -- or may not -- lie buried in a tomb in the West Bank.
