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* More floating gas plants set to be deployed on world's oceans * Some plants six times the size of an aircraft carrier * Oil firms, shipbuilders see costs savings and say technology sound * Unions and state govts see threat to jobs and investment...

The outcome of November's presidential election will affect the entire world. Yet until the attack on our consulate in Libya, issues of foreign policy and globalization were nearly absent from the political discourse. There was talk at both parties'...

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The documentary category is where Hollywood wears its conscience on its sleeve, and this Oscar season's nominees have the politically engaged members of the industry buzzing more than usual over the range and variety of topics. Partly, that's because the...

By Jeremi Suri The United Nations is the most frustrating international institution. In its charter, its structure and its leadership, it embodies the idealistic ambition to make the world a better place for everyone. What other institution on this...

WASHINGTON - Despite deep misgivings among administration hard-liners, President Bush decided yesterday to seek a multinational force for Iraq under a United Nations mandate and to call on the world body to play a major role in forming a new Iraqi...

When President Bush declared war on terrorism a year ago and divided the world into "with us or against us," savvy governments around the world seized their chance. Suddenly, nearly every country facing a domestic insurrection, a civil war or just an...

WASHINGTON - In a growing struggle involving power, money and oil, U.S. planning for a postwar Iraq is exposing fresh rifts between the United States and European allies as well as divisions within the Bush administration. British Prime Minister Tony...