China urges India seat on UN Security Council
Behind the ceremony, Indo-China relations remain strong.
World Notes: Europe, Iraq, Nepal, Costa Rica, Nigeria, Cuba
Joblessness up in Europe, displaced in Iraq, politics in Nepal, union-busting in Costa Rica, women appeal re Cuban 5.
Vote shows Colombia in political rut
Presidential elections May 30 in Colombia ended up unexpectedly - apparently - but perhaps there's more to it.
Japan’s prime minister resigns over U.S. base on Okinawa
The prime minister of Japan resigns because of solid opposition throughout Japan to relocating a U.S. military base on Okinawa.
Germany, Afghanistan, Gaza
On the first such occasion in German history, President Horst Koehler, only a year into his second term, told a sudden press conference Monday that he was immediately resigning.
Honduras coup reverberations continue
Four months after a new president, Porfirio Lobo of the right-wing National Party, took power, killings continue and he has still not achieved full legitimacy in Latin America.
Iran, Brazil, Turkey and the ghost of Lord Palmerston
Recent events bring to mind what Britain's Lord Palmerston said in the 1800s: "England has no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, only permanent interests."
Unholy alliance: Israel, apartheid South Africa and nukes
Sasha Polakow-Suransky's book "Unspoken Alliance: Israel's Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa" has ripped the lid off the secret world of unholy alliances and weapons of mass destruction.
Tensions and rhetoric rise after sinking of South Korean ship
UNITED NATIONS-The turmoil that has swept Korea after the tragic March 26 sinking of the Cheonan, a South Korean naval ship, and the subsequent death of 46 sailors has left the peninsula closer to the war than it has been for decades.
World Notes: Cuba, Romania, Bolivia, Palestine, Kenya, India
Updates on Cuba, Romania, Bolivia, Palestine, Kenya, India.
