The five nations bordering the Arctic Ocean -Canada, Denmark, Norway,
Russia and the United States- kick off talks in Greenland in an effort to end
squabbling over ownership of huge tracts of the Arctic seabed ...   more »

Demonstration takes place in Dublin, Ireland, against the use of cluster
bombs as representatives from over a hundred governments release a draft
treaty banning their use, manufacture and stockpiling.

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTE OF THE RED CROSS- ...   more »

An Australian man is posthumously pardoned 86 years after he was hanged for
murder after forensic evidence was found to be flawed. 

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (MAY 27, 2008) NETWORK NINE -
 A man hanged in 1922 ...   more »

A pan-African human rights group has criticised the South African
government's handling of xenophobic attacks in which more than 50 people have
been killed.  

DAKAR, SENEGAL (MAY 26, 2008) REUTERS -
South Africa said on ...   more »