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April 3, 2009

Iran Top Threat to Israel: Netanyahu

JERUSALEM ~ Israeli prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu alluded to an eventual nuclear-armed Iran on Tuesday as the biggest threat to – Read More...
April 3, 2009

US Abandons ‘War on Terror’

THE HAGUE ~ The new US administration of Barack Obama has discreetly abandoned the expression “war on terror” adopted by – Read More...
April 3, 2009

Analysis: North Korea Set as Obama’s First Foreign Crisis

WASHINGTON ~ North Korea’s expected rocket launch is set to confront US President Barack Obama with his first major foreign – Read More...
March 27, 2009

Myanmar Breaks Own Law Holding Suu Kyi: UN Panel

WASHINGTON ~ A UN panel has urged the release of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi, saying the junta violated not – Read More...
March 27, 2009

Nearly 2,400 Executed in 2008, but Amnesty Sees Progress

LONDON ~ Almost 2,400 people were executed last year, including more than 1,700 in China alone, but the world moved – Read More...
March 27, 2009

Under Obama, US Drops Hostility to ICC: Experts

WASHINGTON ~ President Barack Obama’s administration has dropped outright US hostility toward the world’s first permanent war crimes court, but – Read More...
March 27, 2009

Singapore to Tighten Protest Laws

SINGAPORE ~ Singapore moved this week to tighten laws against outdoor protests eight months before the city-state hosts a summit – Read More...
March 27, 2009

Scandal Turns Tide on Obama’s Age of Innocence

WASHINGTON ~ In the wake of the first major scandal of his term, US President Barack Obama remains as popular – Read More...
March 20, 2009

Six Years On, Iraq Still Living Dangerously

BAGHDAD ~ The end of war and occupation is in sight, six years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, but – Read More...
March 20, 2009

Red Cross Report Renews Call for Probe of Bush Era

WASHINGTON ~ A leaked Red Cross report on CIA “torture” of detainees offers fresh ammunition to demands that officials from – Read More...