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.”
A British opposition politician has accused the government and intelligence agencies of colluding in the torture of a British terrorism suspect whose interrogation was “outsourced” to Pakistan.
David Davis, a Conservative MP, said the government had helped set up the torture and abuse of suspect Rangzieb Ahmed at the hands of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence directorate (ISI).
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Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was due to meet U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday just over a week after he was toppled in a coup that has pushed the Central American state into international isolation.
The high-profile meeting with Washington’s top diplomat will shore up support for Zelaya after troops foiled his [...]
Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara died on Monday aged 93. He will be remembered most as the leading architect of America’s involvement in the Vietnam War.
“His age just caught up with him,” his wife Diana told Reuters. “He was not ill. He died peacefully in his sleep.”
McNamara also forged brilliant careers in industry and [...]
Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday praised Russia’s most powerful politician, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, as the two leaders met for the first time, saying there was an excellent opportunity to improve U.S.-Russia relations.
Visibly awkward, the two men exchanged pleasantries at the start of a meeting at Putin’s forest residence outside Moscow overshadowed [...]
A senior Iranian official slammed Monday statements by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden that Israel has a sovereign right to decide what is in its best interest in dealing with Iran’s nuclear ambitions and said Tehran would respond “in a very full-scale and very decisive way” if attacked.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled [...]
Exit polls in Bulgaria indicate the centre-right party led by ex-body guard and Mayor of Sofia Boiko Borisov is heading for a significant victory.
His Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) looks set to take 40% of the vote – more than half that of the ruling Socialist Party.
But the BBC’s Europe correspondent says while [...]
US Vice-President Joe Biden has hinted the administration will not restrain Israel if it decides on military action to remove any Iranian nuclear threat.
Mr Biden told ABC television the US could not “dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot do”.
Mr Biden also said President Obama’s offer of dialogue with Iran remained.
Mr Obama [...]
There is a thread of dishonesty running through the government, says Tory leader.
David Cameron today launched a blistering personal attack on the prime minister, claiming there was a “thread of dishonesty” running through his premiership.
The Conservative leader stopped short of calling Gordon Brown a liar but claimed the prime minister said “black is white” and [...]
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama scoffed at the idea that he should apologize to Iran’s leaders for criticizing their violent crackdown on demonstrators and said Friday it was President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who must answer to his own people.
Standing next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Obama said the United States and Germany share “one voice” in [...]
(CNN) — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday, amid speculation over his whereabouts for the last several days, that he has been engaged in an extramarital affair with an Argentinian woman.
“I’ve been unfaithful to my wife,” the Republican governor told a news conference in Columbia, the state capital. “I developed a relationship with [...]
Troops willing to die to stop Iran unrest, general says
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