By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 10 June 2008 A former agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation says U.S. interrogators' use of coercive techniques against suspected terrorists has not produced reliable intelligence and may have helped recruit a n...
By Bill Rodgers Washington D.C. 24 January 2008 Human rights and press monitoring groups consider the Middle East and North Africa as regions having the worst record for press freedom in the world. Outright censorship, restrictive laws and intimidati...
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 29 November 2007 One month ahead of general elections in Kenya, a new report claims that government-controlled broadcast media are favoring President Mwai Kibaki in their coverage. As Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, Preside...
By David Gollust State Department 19 September 2007 The U.S. and Iraqi governments are setting up a joint commission to examine the controversial role of private security companies operating in Iraq. The action follows a lethal incident Sunday involv...
By Sean Maroney New York 20 June 2007 In 1967, Israel countered what it saw as a threat of annihilation by its neighbors and defeated three Arab armies in six days. As a result, Israel nearly tripled the terroritory under its control and began an occ...
By Carol Pearson Washington 03 May 2007 A scene of video game violence It is no secret that video games and television programs often depict graphic violence. But now, three new studies show violence causes children, teenagers and young adults to be...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 17 January 2007 watch Deborah Block's report Millions of Iraqis have been displaced by the sectarian violence wracking their country, and many have sought refuge in neighboring countries - severely straining those govern...
By Michael Bowman Washington 24 August 2006 A U.S. congressional committee has issued a report alleging major gaps in U.S. intelligence on Iran's nuclear program and calling for a concerted effort to improve America's information-gathering capabili...
By Craig McCulloch Vancouver 21 June 2006 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says terrorism is among the biggest challenges facing the world's cities. Policy makers, activists and scientists are meeting in Canada for the United Nations sponsored...
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 20 April 2006 As Iran continues to defy the United Nations Security Council by enriching uranium -- a process that could lead to building nuclear weapons -- the internat...