
UN lets all sides claim victory on Korea crisis
UNITED NATIONS - A UN Security Council statement, reflecting weeks of diplomatic wrangling over the March 26 sinking of the South Korean military ship Cheonan, seems to have diffused tensions.

Questions and tensions remain about the Cheonan
UNITED NATIONS - A few years ago, one would have assumed that today, June 15, would be a day of celebration across the Korean peninsula.

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: Senegal, Kyrgyzstan, Israel
French military leaving Senegal, Kyrgyzstan coup impacts Afghanistan, Israel's nukes remain.

World Notes: S. Africa, Spain, E. Timor
No land for South Africa's black women, Spanish workers take a hit, Indonesian impunity still reverberates in East Timor.


