MIANYANG, China — About 80,000 people were evacuated Tuesday from downstream of an unstable earthquake-created dam that is threatening to collapse, and troops rushed to carve a trench to drain the water before it floods the valley.
BANGKOK, May 27 — Burma’s military junta on Tuesday extended the house arrest of Nobel Prize-winning democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi for another year, drawing muted criticism from Western countries focused on aiding survivors of cyclone Nargis.
BEIJING, May 27 — Renewing the U.S.-China human rights dialogue after a six-year cutoff, a senior U.S. official urged the Chinese government Tuesday to improve its rights record as a way to sweeten the atmosphere for the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing.
DUBLIN, May 26 — American activists and global victims of cluster bombs united Monday to demand that governments — particularly the United States — ban the weapons because they kill and maim too many civilians.
PARIS, May 26 — A new report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Monday that Iran continues to thwart efforts to obtain crucial documents that could shed light on the past activities of its nuclear program, but said inspectors have found no evidence that Tehran is currently attempting to…
