Michael Jackson has died today. Although he had his detractors, he was also a true hero to millions. But was he an eco hero?

This map generator allows you to choose a category (nuclear power production, ecological footprint, etc.) and it generates a map that makes countries bigger or smaller relative to their ranking in that category. Very cool tool, take a quick look.

For human rights groups, the jury is still out on Skunk. They object to the arbitrary way in which innocent bystanders can be soaked with the stuff - having to suffer for days afterwards.

Lavish celebrations costing maybe 10 million dollars to mark the king's 40th birthday have been condemned in a kingdom where seven in ten live in abject poverty. The king rules by decree, political parties are banned.

Witchcraft remains a capital offense, most often used to ensnare the innocent and socially undesirable, who are then tortured to give "confessions" and sentenced to death in parts of the world even today.

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Vann Nath is one of seven survivors of Cambodia's Tuol Sleng torture chambers, and escaped when Pol Pot's "killing fields" regime suddenly collapsed in 1979. Vann Nath is also an artist, and painted graphic pictures of communist Khme

This month, President Bush visited the Israeli-occupied West Bank towns of Bethlehem and Ramallah and declared that the occupation must end. These were no doubt welcome words to Palestinians and Israelis alike. They provide hope for peace; for without occ