Probe Examines Security in Navy Yard Rampage Authorities are questioning how a U.S. military contractor with a history of violence and mental problems could have gotten clearance to enter a Navy base in Washington where he killed 12 people Monday before police shot him dead. ...
Syrian Activists Decry Focus on Chemical Weapons As the international community acts to neutralize Syria's chemical weapons capabilities, some in the Syrian opposition say the brutality of the conventional war is being ignored. ...
Iran not after nuclear weapons: Ayatollah Khamenei Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has reiterated Iran's opposition to the possession of nuclear weapons based on the beliefs of the Iranian nation. ...
Burma Signs New Nuclear Deal With IAEA Burma and the U.N. nuclear agency have signed an agreement that will give international inspectors wider access to Burmese facilities.
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'Unspeakable atrocities' reported by UN-mandated human rights inquiry on DPR Korea The head of the United Nations-appointed inquiry into human rights violations in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) reported today that testimony heard so far by his team pointed to widespread and serious abuses, including abductions and torture, as well as "unspeakable atrocities" in detention camps. ...
South Korean Military Defends Shooting of Defector South Korea's Ministry of Defense officially acknowledged the killing of a South Korean citizen as he was trying to cross a river to North Korea, apparently to defect. ...