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Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, center, looks on as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Bangladesh Foreign Minster Dipu Moni exchange signed agreements in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, May 5, 2012. While in Bangladesh, Clinton pressed tolerance, democracy and development in one of the world's most impoverished nations that is now in the throes of political turmoil. Pic: AP

Politician’s disappearance fuels Bangladesh crisis

By AP News Wed, May 09, 2012 3:20PM UTC View Comments

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The night watchman was dozing in a wooden chair just after midnight on a deserted Bangladeshi street when he was startled by a scream. A group of men were pulling two people from a car and forcing them into a black microbus; “The two guys were shouting, ‘Save us,’” before the...

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Analysis: Chen deal a face-saver for US and China

By AP News Sat, May 05, 2012 3:37PM UTC View Comments

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, speaks with China's President Hu Jintao, right, during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, May 4, 2012. Pic: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — A tentative deal to allow activist Chinese lawyer Chen Guangcheng to study in the United States serves as a face-saving measure for all involved: Washington can say it safeguarded human rights, Beijing can point to its cooperative diplomacy and Chen gets a new start in America. After a week of hectic back-and-forth...

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Blindsided in Beijing

By Sunil Adam Sat, May 05, 2012 7:23AM UTC View Comments

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Burma sanctions: to keep, or not to keep?

By Francis Wade Thu, Apr 05, 2012 2:04PM UTC View Comments

Following last week’s resounding by-election win for Burma’s opposition, the expected re-engineering of international policy towards the country is already underway. The US has announced it will soon appoint an ambassador and relax sanctions (a presidential waiver on ‘national security grounds’ meant the decision did not need Congressional backing), while the EU looks set to...

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NKorea says it will halt some nuclear activities

By AP News Thu, Mar 01, 2012 11:17AM UTC View Comments

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton calls North Korea's agreement to suspend nuclear activities and accept a moratorium on testing "a modest step" in the right direction, as she testified on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday. Pic: AP.

WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea raised hopes Wednesday for a major easing in nuclear tensions under its youthful new leader, agreeing to suspend uranium enrichment at a major facility and refrain from missile and nuclear tests in exchange for a mountain of critically needed U.S. food aid. It was only a preliminary step but a...

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