Politics May 15 Roh Muh-hyun: Profile of the South Korean Leader Following a campaign focused on ending labor conflicts, bridging regional rivalries and working with North Korea, Roh Muh-hyun was elected president of the Republic of Korea in December 2002.
World May 09 U.S. Draft Resolution on Iraq U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte introduced this resolution outlining the plans for postwar Iraq to the U.N. Security Council. It calls for phasing out the U.N. Oil for Food program and replacing it with a program administered by the U.S. and…
Politics Apr 29 Supreme Court Allows Criminal Immigrants’ Detention The United States Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that legal immigrants who have committed serious crimes and already served their sentences can be detained in prison without bail while awaiting their deportation hearings.
World Apr 17 U.N. Rejects Bid to Censure Russia on Alleged Chechnya Abuses The United Nations Human Rights Commission rejected Wednesday the latest bid by the European Union to formally censure Russia for alleged human rights violations in the war-torn republic of Chechnya.
Politics Apr 11 Putin, Chirac, Schroeder Discuss Post-Saddam Iraq The leaders of France, Germany and Russia, all of whom have publicly opposed the war in Iraq, said Friday that Washington should give the United Nations a leading role in the governance of post-war Iraq.
Politics Apr 07 Supreme Court Upholds Cross Burning Ban The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday to uphold a state law banning cross burning carried out with the intent to intimidate, ruling that the act is an instrument of terror and not a form of expression protected by the First…
Politics Apr 01 Supreme Court Tackles Debate Over Affirmative Action The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in two highly anticipated University of Michigan affirmative action cases that may prove to be the most important civil rights debate before the high court in decades.
Nation Mar 31 Gregg Ramshaw’s Dispatches from Qatar: March 31 NewsHour producer Gregg Ramshaw, dispatched to Qatar to report from U.S. Central Command, describes the media's ongoing battle to squeeze out new information from the daily CentCom press briefings.
Nation Mar 20 Gregg Ramshaw’s Dispatches from Qatar: March 20 NewsHour producer Gregg Ramshaw, on assignment to cover military operations in the Gulf, describes the media scene at the U.S. Central Command headquarters in Doha on the first day of strikes against Iraq.
World Mar 19 France, Germany, Russia Decry U.S. Attack Plans Representatives from France, Germany and Russia denounced U.S. plans to attack Iraq and unseat Saddam Hussein during a United Nations Security Council session Wednesday.