Activist now wants to leave China A blind activist said Wednesday that U.S. officials told him that Chinese authorities would have beaten his wife to death had he not left the American Embassy, where he sought sanctuary after fleeing persecution by local officials in his rural town.May 2, 2012
Rochester soldier killed in Afghanistan Family and friends are mourning the death of Nicholas Dickhut, 23, of Rochester, who was killed in a firefight in Afghanistan Sunday.April 30, 2012
Al-Qaida still plots payback, a year after bin Laden was killed A year after the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida is hobbled and hunted, too busy surviving for the moment to carry out another Sept. 11-style attack on U.S. soil. But the terrorist network dreams still of payback.April 30, 2012
Rights group: US asylum likely for China dissident U.S. and Chinese officials are ironing out a deal to secure American asylum for a blind Chinese legal activist who fled house arrest, with an agreement likely before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives this week, a U.S. rights campaigner said Monday.The Daily Circuit, April 30, 2012
BBC World Have Your Say: Charles Taylor convicted of war crimes Listen to BBC World Have Your Say, broadcasting from Sierra Leone on the morning when former Liberian president Charles Taylor has been convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity. He's the first head of state convicted by an international court since Nuremberg. Hear analysis from the BBC World Service.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, April 26, 2012
Taylor guilty in 'blood diamonds' trial In a historic ruling, an international court convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Thursday of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity.April 26, 2012
Photos revealed of US troops posing with corpses The White House and the Pentagon voiced regrets Wednesday for newly published photographs that purport to show U.S. troops posing with the bodies of dead insurgents in Afghanistan, with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta calling them a violation of America's "core values."The Daily Circuit, April 18, 2012
Pentagon condemns photos of troops posed over enemy corpses U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta was among those who rushed to condemn newly published photographs purporting to show U.S. troops posing with the bodies of dead insurgents in Afghanistan. The Army said an investigation is under way.April 18, 2012