Britain is to propose a UN arms embargo on Burma, but is facing an uphill struggle as the world once again divides on how to deal with a dictatorial and repressive regime. Some governments will press for more pressure on Burma through increased sanctions

As Britain's NHS has become slagged off by Fox ,Republicans and some Democrats,British people have rushed to defend our universal system,pointing out that it is open to all-and that we wouldn't wish to swap it for a US style system.

The mayor of Nagasaki called for a global ban on nuclear arms at a ceremony marking the 64th anniversary of the devastating U.S. attack on the Japanese city that killed about 74,000 people.

(CNN) -- Scores of protesters gathered outside a Sudanese courtroom Tuesday as the trial of a woman who faces 40 lashes for wearing clothes deemed indecent was postponed. Lubna al-Hussein

LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The Dalai Lama said Tuesday that an estimated 4,000 people who were imprisoned during anti-Chinese riots in Tibet last year remain in custody, and he called for an international investigation of the violence. CONTINUED>

An angry Khartoum journalist who works for the UN in Sudan started a campaign against shariah law by elevating a local police matter into an international embarrassment: She's invited the world to witness her judicial flogging. Where are the feminists?

The Obama administration is working on a new approach that may soften some sanctions against the Sudan government. Obama's UN ambassador, Susan Rice, who helped draft the sanctions, argues for a tougher stance, declaring that genocide continues in Darfur.

MICHAEL JACKSON was killed by a shot of Demerol administered by an aide while Dr. Murray slept, according to a news report by The Sun, a UK media source. The Demerol was reportedly administered too soon after Dr. Murray had administered Propofol. See a

Please visit the site,and read about how these employees have organised a sit in,in response to imminent redundancy..at the hands of a profit-making wind turbine manufacturer.Britain needs clean energy and jobs..so what will the government do?

Theres been no official statement on the cause of a passenger plane crash in northwest Iran, but speculation is it was too old and badly maintained, said Hrach Mkrtchyan, a journalist from the Armenian capital Yerevan.