By Simon Marks Lahore, Pakistan 20 September 2007 Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is under fire over his country's human rights record. Western and Pakistani human rights groups accuse the military ruler of tolerating abuses as Pakistan tries to...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 29 August 2007 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting at Olmert's residence in Jerusalem, 28 Aug 2007 Expectations are low for a Middle East peace agreement...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 27 August 2007 An Ethiopian human rights group is demanding that the United States and other international donors monitor the food and financial aid they give to Ethiopia for its impoverished Ogaden region. As Nick Wadhams rep...
By Webb Malcolm Nairobi 22 August 2007 A Ugandan organization that represents the rights of gays, lesbians and bisexuals says they are deprived of their rights by the country's law that makes homosexuality illegal. The comments follow an anti-gay pro...
I believe in figuring out my own way to do things. I believe in the power of numbers. I believe in barbecue. Well, I believe in friendliness. I believe in mankind. This I Believe. For our Monday series, This I Believe, weve been inviting you to contr...
本单元是关于 是对还是错的对话 Michal: You did what? Helen: I had to Michal. I had no choice. Michal: Haven't you got any morals? You know that you're supposed to stick to your friends. Helen: How could I? He cheated. The professor knew. She had me...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 06 July 2007 International human rights activists and lawyers are condemning reports that Somalia's interim government has carried out its first formal executions since the government body was formed with international backing i...
By Sonja Pace London 28 June 2007 A jailed Libyan intelligence officer has won the right to appeal his conviction in the downing of an American airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. A judicial review panel now says he may have been wrongly convi...
By Franz Wild Kinshasa 25 January 2007 Human rights group Amnesty International warned Thursday the Democratic Republic of Congo's army reform threatens its stability. Franz Wild has the details from Kinshasa. Congolese army soldiers use a bicycle to...
电影《断背山》插曲《魔鬼的右手》。妈妈从小就告诉这个失去父亲的孩子,枪是魔鬼的右手,是邪恶的。孩子不听,从13岁起就梦想着拥有自己的一支手枪,妈妈吓得打碎了手中的鸡蛋。孩子长大了,真的有了一支枪,也用它杀了人。被抓的时候还在用妈妈的话给自己辩解:不是...