No Real Justice for the Killing Fields
Reuters reported that a United Nations tribunal has tried and sentenced Kaing Guek Eav, the first Khmer Rouge commander to face charges of...
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England Plans to Decentralize Healthcare
In a speech given in England on July 1, 2008, then-president of the Institute...
Singing With the Spies: Putin’s Image Makers Strike Again
What's next for Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin? A guest appearance as a celebrity...
UN Command Reprimands North Korea Over Truce Violation
An AP report noted that colonels from the United Nations Command (UNC) — the...
Korea Condemns U.S. Naval Exercises With South
AFP news reported on July 22 that a spokesman for the North Korean delegation...
CFR President Richard Haass: Do Less in Afghanistan
Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass has penned a cover story for Newsweek...
Clinton Announces New U.S. Sanctions On North Korea
Speaking at a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
Conference Backs Karzai Plan for Afghan-led Security by 2014
International leaders meeting at a conference held at the Afghan Interior Ministry in Kabul,...
Birthday Fiesta Turns Bloody at Sunday Morning Mexican Shooting
The latest incident of Mexican violence occurred on early Sunday morning, July 18, about...
Iranian Scientist Shahram Amiri: Un-Defector or Kidnapping Victim?
The return of Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri to Iran from CIA custody has news...
Argentina Legalizes Homosexual Marriage
A wave of same-sex couples may be bearing down on the metropolis of Buenos...
Seven Released Cuban Political Prisoners Arrive in Spain
On Tuesday, July 13, the first seven of what is expected to be up...
Karzai Approves Plan for Afghan Defense Forces
AP and the New York Times reported on July 15 that on the previous...
Spy Escape in Cyprus Highlights Russia’s Growing Clout in Mediterranean
The recent easy escape and disappearance of Russian spy "Christopher R. Metsos" may draw...
Freedom Activist Arrested in Venezuela on False Charges
Long-time freedom advocate and former Venezuelan presidential candidate Alejandro Pena Esclusa was arrested on...
Russia Gives New Powers to KGB Successor
The Duma (the lower house of Russia’s legislature) on July 9 passed a bill...
Somali Terrorist Group Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility for Kampala, Uganda Bombings
Somali Islamic militants from al-Shabab have claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attacks at two sites...
Obama Appoints Gen. Mattis for U.S. Central Command
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates recommended Marine Corps General James Mattis July 8 to head the...
French “Psychological Violence” Ban Under Fire
The French parliament voted unanimously June 29 to give final approval to a new...
Cuba Releasing 52 Political Prisoners
Following a meeting on July 7 between Cuban President Raul Castro and Roman Catholic...