He is the omnipotent ruler of Kazakhstan. She is the woman tipped to succeed him. But a bitter and bizarre power struggle involving allegations of kidnapping has thrown the family - and the country - into turmoil. By Anne Penketh Published: 30 May 2007...

Michael Shank | May 16, 2007 Editor: John Feffer Foreign Policy In Focus www.fpif.org Noam Chomsky is a noted linguist, author, and foreign policy expert. On April 26, Michael Shank interviewed him about the conflict between Congress and the U.S. president...

A prosecutor apparently targeted for firing had supported Native American voters' rights. By Tom Hamburger, Times Staff Writer May 31, 2007 TOM HEFFELFINGER click to enlarge Related Stories - Probe of Justice Department hiring expands WASHINGTON — For...

Humans Unlikely to Be Harmed By Rick Weiss Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, May 31, 2007; A03 An Ohio company has long been adding the industrial toxin melamine to animal feed ingredients, and those feeds have been eaten by livestock and fish meant...

By Hannah Goff BBC News education reporter Ms Hunt urged UCU members to reject the boycott motion Academics have backed calls for a wide-ranging debate on a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. The University and College Union (UCU) was urged, at...

Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's north-west frontier province, is a depressing place to visit at the moment. Islamic militancy and violence are spilling over the border from Afghanistan. Suicide bombings used to be unknown in Peshawar. But there have...

It was set up in the heart of Copenhagen as an antidote to the selfish society. But Europe's most famous commune is under threat from a right-wing government determined to 'normalise' this relic of the 1970s. Cahal Milmo reports from Christiania Published:...

By Madeline Chambers and Sue Pleming POTSDAM, Germany (Reuters) - Russia warned other world powers on Wednesday not to decide the fate of Kosovo on their own, saying only talks between Belgrade and Pristina could solve a row over independence for the...

ACLU: Firm Flew Terrorist Suspects Associated Press Thursday, May 31, 2007; Page A09 NEW YORK, May 30 -- The American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday that it is suing Jeppesen Dataplan, claiming the subsidiary of Boeing secretly flew three of the...

Distorting the Venezuelan media story 5/25/07 The story is framed in U.S. news media as a simple matter of censorship: Prominent Venezuelan TV station RCTV is being silenced by the authoritarian government of President Hugo Chávez, who is punishing the...