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WASHINGTON, March 29 (UPI) -- Global water supplies create an increasing problem for growing population and the agriculture need to feed the additional people.
COLLEGE PARK, Md., March 28 (UPI) -- Easter is a celebration of springtime rebirth -- a good time to enumerate reasons for optimism and the tasks necessary to accomplish America's potential.
WASHINGTON, March 28 (UPI) -- Questions have been asked regarding why Ukraine is spending so much money for lobbying firms in Washington.
Supporters of Plan B flashmob NYC store
NEW YORK {WOMENSENEWS}-- The decision in a lawsuit for unrestricted access to the drug for women under 18, brought by the National Women 's Liberation against the government, is expected any day.
NEW YORK, March 27 (UPI) -- On March 22, 160 New York and New Jersey young professionals took on the challenge of sleeping out one night to raise awareness about homeless youth.
WASHINGTON, March 27 (UPI) -- Ten years ago this month, the United States launched Operation Iraqi Freedom against Saddam Hussein.
It's feminist to care about having healthy weight
{WOMENSENEWS}-- Mainstream culture is so fixated on dieting that many rights activists shun the topic. But when a woman is trying to lose weight, she needs protection from self-hatred and dangerous dieting. She needs feminism.
WASHINGTON, March 26 (UPI) -- Second only to Russia itself, Ukraine is the most important country of the former Soviet Union for U.S. policy in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
HERNDON, Va., March 26 (UPI) -- It is fairly well accepted that President Vladimir Putin's Russia is a democracy in name only as the trial of Sergei Magnitsky demonstrates.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 26 (UPI) -- Seminar on "Covering the Oil & Gas Sector" looks at energy developments an the media in Lebanon.
'States rights' is code for keeping women down
{WOMENSENEWS}-- The term has served as a legal code for racism. Today, historian Doris Weatherford writes that state lawmakers have also long imposed legal restrictions on U.S. women. Now it's the framework for the shrinkage of access to reproductive health care and medical privacy.
COLLEGE PARK, Md., March 25 (UPI) -- Cyprus would be better off to leave the euro than accept the terms of the bailout imposed by the European Union, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank.
Commentary: Obama's Gordian Knot
WASHINGTON, March 25 (UPI) -- On his quick trip to Israel and Jordan, President Obama repaired broken diplomatic relations between Israel and Turkey in exchange for Iranian sanctions.
PARIS, March 25 (UPI) -- Only a fool would deny the ability of the EU to concoct some last-minute rescue for Cyprus that keeps the great euro suspense drama limping wearily onward.
WASHINGTON, March 22 (UPI) -- Joining what is likely to be the world's biggest trade deal can be a mixed blessing.
WASHINGTON, March 21 (UPI) -- North Africa is a huge area that is becoming a safe haven for terror groups. Does the United States need to be involved there?
GOP actions belie conservative principles
COLLEGE PARK, Md., March 21 (UPI) -- Conservative prescriptions do offer the best path to a robust prosperity but voters won’t accept Republican protection of privilege and prejudices.
Women fight Keystone XL from north and south
WASHINGTON {WOMENSENEWS}-- Along the miles of transcontinental pipeline being built to transport oil from the tar sands of Canada, women are fighting the project. One put her body in front of a bulldozer. Another is challenging eminent domain seizure of her family's land.
WASHINGTON, March 20 (UPI) -- As U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Israel, Iran will dominate the agenda but in the United States the economy is still a looming issue.
Lauren Wolfe crowdsources rape, sex assault data
NEW YORK {WOMENSENEWS}-- Women are often assaulted and raped in conflict-ridden countries and Women Under Siege is keeping track. As the project grows and spans more and more countries, its founding director stays busy breaking the silence.
WASHINGTON, March 19 (UPI) -- A former national security adviser says the United States faces its biggest threat since the fear of nuclear war with the Soviet Union: Cyberterrorism and cyberwarfare.
HERNDON, Va., March 19 (UPI) -- It was surprising to observe Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a diehard Islamist, conduct himself as a man of compassion.
[VIDEO] Sexy guys do pin-ups for women's safety
NEW YORK {WOMENSENEWS}-- Male models and others involved with the Hunks4Hope calendar project talk about the need to end domestic violence and help survivors. Footage was taken on March 10, in neighborhoods around New York.
WASHINGTON, March 18 (UPI) -- It isn't often that one gets to report undiluted good news but we now know that the world has achieved the main target of the Millennium Development Goals.
Despite parent leave law, sky did not fall
{WOMENSENEWS}-- The Family Medical Leave Act was passed 20 years ago and despite the hue and cry, the sky did not fall on employers or the economy. It's time to extend these vital protections to more workers and more obligations.
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Beyonce arrives on the red carpet at the Costume Institute Benefit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo