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'The Responsibility to Protect'
Analysis of the international community's willingness and ability to prevent crimes against humanity.
French food in the age of globalization
Snails from Turkey and cornichons from India -- some French feel the global food supply is an assault on their identity....
Protectionism at home and abroad
The EU threatens retaliation over the "Buy American" clause in the economic stimulus package, and British workers protest foreign laborers....
UN Human Rights Council criticized
An investigation of the UN's Human Rights Council -- is it a global promoter of human rights or a cabal of nations protecting their own backs?...
Congo crisis spotlights UN weaknesses
The crisis in eastern Congo has put the dilemma of humanitarian intervention into sharp relief as UN peacekeeping troops struggle to help civilians....
Condoleezza Rice visits India
The U.S. Secretary of State tries to diffuse tensions between India and Pakistan resulting from the Mumbai attacks....
Who trained the Mumbai terrorists
Indian investigators say the Mumbai attackers had months of training by an Islamist group based in Pakistan....
India and Pakistan tensions
Fueled by angry media after the Mumbai attacks, the tension between India and Pakistan is back where it was in 2001....
India after the attacks
Political fallout in the Indian government and reports that one of the gunmen has been captured and interrogated. ...
India and Pakistan
It's still not clear who was behind the attacks in Mumbai, but some in India are quick to blame Pakistan....- Hezbollah declares public support for Assad's ruling Syrian regime
- Palestinian prisoners represent lightning rod issue for both Israelis and Palestinians
- Runners honor Boston in first international marathon in Bethlehem
- Pakistan boosts national pride by breaking world records
- Egyptian-American man sends a message while running last week's Jerusalem marathon
- Palestinian man's death in Israeli jail leads to speculation about third intifada
- Syrian opposition moves conflict closer to Damascus
- Abu Dhabi hospital focuses on patients of the avian kind
- Israeli soccer team trying to get handle on racism among fans
- Palestinian protesters take page from Israeli settlers' book
- Experts see North's hands in reported computer attack on South Korea
- North Korea increases rhetoric, threatens pre-emptive nuclear strike
- Japanese photographers volunteer to help tsunami, earthquake victims find memories
- In China, a new building has a nearby knockoff before its even built
- China's new leadership faces challenges in the new year
- North Korea conducts third nuclear test in challenge to global community
- California professor leading project to get Vietnamese immigrant to tell their own story
- Migrant workers in Thailand in line for a raise -- if they can prove they're legal
- Pakistanis question government's use of bans on cell phones, other tech
- Popularity of 'white weddings' surges in Japan, leads to shortage of officiants
- Mali's last master calligrapher escapes violence in Timbuktu with ancient manuscripts in tow
- Militants in Mali take hostages in Algeria
- Increase of French forces in Mali, hopes to end ongoing crisis
- Tourist trade dries up as Mali struggles with Islamist insurgency
- In Africa, Malians forced to flee, frustrated by lack of progress
- Chips Funga: Kenyans transform term for French fries into slang for one-night stand
- After Libyan revolution, multi-cultural community torn apart
- Women in Sierra Leone face high barriers to participation in politics
- South Africa introduces new currency design, honoring Nelson Mandela
- Next generation of Mali musicians face a country that won't let them perform
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