China issues human rights record of the United States
China issued on Thursday the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2006 in response to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2006 issued by the U.S. Department of State on Tuesday.
US Normalizing Relations with the 'Axis of Evil'
On March 6 2007, North Korea and the US concluded their first set of normalisation talks, which are part of the agreement reached in Beijing last month.
A Truly Frightening Development
Once again, Seymour Hersh has uncovered a remarkable and frightening story about the shadowy netherworld of U.S. military and intelligence operations.
Iraq: Sectarian violence shows no mercy to children
The United Nations and NGOs have strongly condemned the continued apparent targeting of children in Iraq’s bloody sectarian violence.
Interview: UN Decision on Serbian Genocide Doesn't Tell the Whole Story
All three nationalist movements in Bosnia and Herzegovina have practiced the same politics of ethnic cleansing during the war, although not with quite the same results. That is the basic reason why we think that this process of the court has been needless and politically harmful.
Why Cheney? Why Now?
It is difficult to understand why Dick Cheney came to Australia at all. If it was merely to tell Australians that the US-Australia alliance is “rock solid” and that Australian soldiers are brave and “doing a great job”, it was a waste of time. John Howard is always on hand to tell us that at every opportunity. If it was to stiffen Howard’s resolve not to “cut and run” he did not need any persuading on that score.
