New York Times Global Edition April 24, 2009 Top officials at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund pledged Thursday to increase their lending to poor countries, warning that the global financial crisis was far from over. more
New York Times April 24, 2009 Sounding slightly less terrified than they have at any time in the last six months, finance ministers from the United States and other wealthy nations said Friday that they saw “signs of stabilization” in the global economic crisis. more
Financial Times April 23, 2009 The US and the European Commission on Thursday hailed a breakthrough between Turkey and Armenia that could end one of the most intractable disputes left from the collapse of the Soviet Union, but also called for sustained political effort to break the deadlock. more
Cohen Group April 23, 2009 Recent events confirm that we’re living in a new world of disorder. North Korea tested a missile that could reach the U.S., and is threatening to resume its nuclear-weapons program; the Taliban is using drug money to destabilize Afghanistan and turn that country back into a terrorist safe haven; the […]
Washington Post April 22, 2009 European prosecutors are likely to investigate CIA and Bush administration officials on suspicion of violating an international ban on torture if they are not held legally accountable at home, according to U.N. officials and human rights lawyers. more