World failing to dent heroin trade, U.N. warns updated Wed, October 21, 2009
Afghan opium kills 100,000 people every year worldwide -- more than any other drug -- and the opiate heroin kills five times as many people in NATO countries each year than the eight-year total of NATO troops killed in Afghan combat, the United Nations said Wednesday.
Analysts weigh Obama's global human rights policies updated Wed, October 14, 2009
While President Obama takes plenty of heat over his plans to overhaul domestic policies, critics have also taken aim at his foreign policy approach, particularly as it relates to human rights around the globe.
Myanmar allows Suu Kyi to meet diplomats updated Fri, October 9, 2009
Myanmar's military junta allowed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet Friday with three diplomats -- from the United States, Britain and Australia, according to her spokesman and a government official.
Myanmar allows Suu Kyi to meet diplomats updated Fri, October 9, 2009
Myanmar's military junta allowed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet Friday with three diplomats -- from the United States, Britain and Australia, according to her spokesman and a government official.
Amanpour: Your Views updated Thu, October 8, 2009
Wednesday's program confirmed a much-anticipated show among our viewers. The interview with Sen. Jim Webb, U.N. Envoy Ibrahim Gambari and Dr. Thaung Htun, Representative to the U.N. for Myanmar's government-in-exile proved popular and included many opposing points of view.
Nobel contenders await peace prize decision updated Thu, October 8, 2009
A controversial Colombian senator who has obtained the release of 16 hostages held by Marxist guerrillas is the leading candidate to receive this year's Nobel Peace Prize, which will be announced Friday, said an independent research institute in Norway.
Exiled Myanmar activist backs sanctions updated Wed, October 7, 2009
An activist exiled from Myanmar called for the government to release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and urged the U.S. to continue sanctions against it.
The high stakes of melting Himalayan glaciers updated Mon, October 5, 2009
The glaciers in the Himalayas are receding quicker than those in other parts of the world and could disappear altogether by 2035 according to the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.
The high stakes of melting Himalayan glaciers updated Mon, October 5, 2009
The glaciers in the Himalayas are receding quicker than those in other parts of the world and could disappear altogether by 2035 according to the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.
U.S. Senator to meet Myanmar's prime minister updated Mon, September 28, 2009
Sen. Jim Webb will meet with Myanmar's prime minister Monday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, the Virginia Democrat's office announced.
