Dalai Lama “If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them. ”
Barack Obama “Those who stand up for justice are always on the right side of history.”
Africa took center stage at the G8 summit on Friday, with rich nations eager to show they will honor past aid pledges and approve a $15 billion farming program to help poor nations feed themselves.
After two days of talks focused on the economic crisis, trade and global warming, the final day of the meeting [...]
Chinese riot police broke up a small demonstration by Uighurs leaving Friday prayers in a Muslim Uighur neighborhood of Urumqi, arresting several who were taken away with hands above their heads.
A crowd of several hundred gathered near the White Mosque along with riot police with submachine guns as armored police vehicles blocked roads around [...]
The two rivals for power in Honduras started a dialogue through a mediator on Thursday, but there was no face-to-face meeting or breakthrough to solve the political crisis sparked by last month’s coup.
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, and the man who replaced him after the June 28 coup, Roberto Micheletti, left behind teams in [...]
Chinese security officials accused four detained staff of Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Ltd of bribery on Friday as Australia sought to avert a diplomatic row centering on the massive iron ore trade.
The Shanghai office of China’s State Security Bureau accused the three local Rio staff and senior Australian executive Stern Hu of bribing Chinese [...]
Israel is ready to withdraw from areas of the Golan Heights, but it will not give up large parts of the occupied territory in any peace deal with Syria, a top aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
National Security Adviser Uzi Arad also said in an interview with Haaretz newspaper published on Friday [...]
The widely condemned trial of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumed on Friday, a week after the country’s military rulers ignored a plea from the United Nations chief to drop security charges against her.
Yangon’s Northern District Court heard testimony from legal expert Khin Moe Moe, Suu Kyi’s one remaining defense witness, legal [...]
Riot police fired in the air to disperse pro-reform demonstrators in central Tehran on Thursday, nearly four weeks after a disputed election triggered mass protests across Iran, a witness said.
Police detained several people among hundreds of protesters who turned up near Tehran University in defiance of a ban on gatherings for the anniversary of [...]
General Motors on Friday prepared to exit bankruptcy with the message that a leaner and meaner automaker ready to win back American consumers and pay back taxpayers has emerged from its failure.
A whirlwind 40-day bankruptcy for GM was expected to conclude with the closing of a deal to sell key operations and core brands, [...]
Egyptian security forces arrested 26 suspected al-Qaeda loyalists on charges of plotting attacks on foreign ships passing through the Suez Canal, the interior ministry said on Thursday, in the latest of a series of clampdowns and evictions on suspected Islamists.
The suspects, 25 Egyptians and a Palestinian, were in contact with the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic Army [...]
The small Australian town of Bundanoon has become the first place in the country, and possibly the world, to ban the sale of bottled water.
Residents of the town southwest of Sydney voted overwhelmingly in favour of the ban on Wednesday night.
Local businesses have agreed to stop selling bottled water and free water fountains will now be installed [...]
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