U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, two of the world’s most recognizable women leaders, pledged on Friday to work together to bring democracy to Suu Kyi’s long isolated and repressive nation. Wrapping up a historic three-day visit to Myanmar, Clinton held hands with Suu Kyi on […]

It’s not so much we are witnessing history unfold, as it is Washington’s hypocrisy unravel before our eyes. Washington is infested with busy-bodies who run from one briefing to the next, one press conference to the next, in a drive to conduct their symphonies of policy and media in a desperate bid to remain relevant. […]

On Friday, violence erupted during the Occupy Melbourne protests when about 400 police evicted demonstrators who had been camping in the city square for nearly a week, reports ABC in Sydney. “Victoria’s Police Minister was forced to defend the behavior of officers after demonstrators called for the state’s ombudsman to investigate 43 alleged cases of […]

In the wake of the wholesale destruction of the Libyan town of Sirte by al-Qaeda affiliated rebels and NATO, the National Transitional Council has announced it captured Moammar Gaddafi, who was supposedly wounded after a NATO attack. AFP provided a photograph that appeared to show him wounded or dead. Reuters reported that the ousted Libyan […]

Mr. Salil Shetty Secretary General Amnesty International London, U.K. Dear Sir: I am writing to you regarding two news reports about Amnesty this past week, your statement on Sri Lanka after meeting with Mr. Rudd in Australia and the other regarding Amnesty in Canada calling for the arrest of President George W. Bush when he […]