HIV Activist Runs for Parliament in Burma Last year authorities in Burma threatened to shut down Phyu Phyu Thin's AIDS clinic in a suburb of Rangoon. More than 40 patients live here in basic conditions. Most are too poor to afford treatment, or have...
Eccentricity, Repression Marked Gadhafi's Rule Colonel Moammar Gadhafi died Wednesday, ending his months-long fight against transitional fighters. To the end, he refused to step down, a stubbornness that reflects his 40-year dictatorship. He was the...
New UN Mission for South Sudan to Emphasize Security, Rule of Law With South Sudan now fully independent, plans are underway to deploy a new United Nations peacekeeping force in the country. The UN Security Council unanimously approved that force las...
The late Boris Nyof is becoming a nonperson. He was president of Akmenistan, a tiny but oil-rich country near Russia. The new president, Ivan Gurba, has banned all media use of Nyofs name. Gurba has removed all the photos, posters, and statues of Nyo...