It is hard to imagine what life must be like for Aung San Suu Kyi, locked up inside her Rangoon home, separated from her children, denied visitors, her phone line cut, her mail intercepted. Burma's opposition leader, whose 1990 election victory was...

Since 1926, Bridgestone Firestone has operated a rubber plantation in Liberia where workers are expected to meet an unreasonably high daily production quota or their low wages are halved. As a result, workers have to bring their children to work.

A young, black Los Angeles man named Kevin has come forward to claim paternity of Bristol Palin's unborn child by way of video. Kevin claims that his uncle works on the Alaska pipeline, and he got to know Bristol "quite well" over the summer . . .

Short video on the implications of nuclear weapons. Worth a look to reinforce the case against nuclear arms. Thanks to Pete C. for the heads-up.

Through satellite images of the Amazon region scientists have discovered a settlement made of a complex of ancient towns in which about 50,000 people lived in.

Businessman Fouad al-Zayet has won a high court battle over his £2million blackjack debt.

The use of detention, arrest and imprisonment of large numbers of Tibetans continues to be an integral part of China's effort to suppress opposition to Chinese rule in Tibet. Tibetan political prisoners endure harsh prison conditions, including torture...

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The Dutch town of Bedum hosts a very special 12th-century building that has a tower which beats the record holded by the Pisa's tower.

By David Krieger Europe is heavily armed with nuclear weapons. Both Britain and France possess their own nuclear forces and the United States has a long history of keeping nuclear weapons on European soil.