Political obstruction and lack of access to affected areas have blocked U.N. efforts to end recruitment of child soldiers in Burma. WASHINGTON--A U.N. panel charged with fighting the recruitment of child soldiers has notably failed to make progress...

Microsoft, that lovable computer company founded by Bill Gates, just secured a patent for auto-beeping out curse words. Like in Arrested Development! So now Microsoft owns the rights to that bleeping noise? What good will that do?

The commander of Nato's anti-piracy patrol due to start soon off Somalia says it will be difficult to defend ships from pirate attacks.

The prospect of Burma transforming into a democratic state from totalitarian rule seems to be diminishing, as the junta gears up to implement their own seven-step roadmap to so called 'disciplined democracy'.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the release of detained Burmese opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners is the key to enhancing the prospects of an all-inclusive, substantive and time-bound dialogue.

The International Tibet Support Network (ITSN) is a global coalition of Tibet-related non-governmental organizations. Its purpose is to maximise the effectiveness of the worldwide Tibet movement, which is dedicated to ending human rights violations..

YANGON, Myanmar: About 100 Buddhist monks in a western Myanmar city staged a peaceful protest march to mark the anniversary of the bloody crackdown last year on pro-democracy demonstrators

During his decade-long crusade, Mr. Gao, a 45-year-old farmer from Heilongjiang Province, had been jailed a dozen times. Two beatings by the police left him with broken bones and shattered his teeth, he said, but did little to temper his drive.

The Dalai Lama was enthroned age 5 in Lhasa Tibet in February 1940. Since then there has been 68 years of unelected rule in which the Tibetan (and since 1959 the Tibetan exile community) has had ONE political and religious leader who cannot be questioned.

FIVE AMERICANS DETAINED AFTER DISPLAY NEAR NATIONAL STADIUM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 20, 2008 The detained activists are Americans Amy Johnson, 33, Sam Corbin, 24, Liza Smith, 31, Jacob Blumenfeld, 26, and Lauren Valle, 21. WHERE ARE THEY????