Asia
Obama’s dangerous Asia “pivot”
January 12, 2012The Obama administration is in the middle of a major shift a "strategic pivot" says the Oval Office, in two regions of the world: Asia and Africa.
Read moreWorld Notes: Colombia, Iraq, South Africa, Cambodia, Romania, Cuba
September 20, 2010Labor killings in Colombia, orphans in Iraq, agribusiness in South Africa, garment workers in Cambodia, health care in Romania and Cuba.
Read moreWorld Notes: India, Iraq, Kenya, Spain, Venezuela, Cuba
September 1, 2010Tribal rights win in India, union repression in Iraq, Kenya controversy, cuts in Spain, education in Venezuela, Cuba's oil.
Read moreRally protests U.S.-backed war in Philippines
August 6, 2010LOS ANGELES - A picket line in front of the Philippine Consulate here last month drew attention to crimes against the Filipino people under the former U.S.-backed president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Read moreThrowing gasoline on the fire in Asia
August 2, 2010The only good thing I can say about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's trip to Asia last month is that it is over.
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