Organized crime syndicates are making a killing smuggling tobacco products, and the operations often fly under the radar of customs and law enforcement.
In the last few years Qatar has expanded its role in world affairs through multilateral organizations, international institutions and foreign investment.
Bahrain's Shi'ite majority is fighting an uphill battle against the Sunni ruling family. With a little help from the Sunni citizenry, they could accomplish more.
Tensions have been building for months between the United States and Iran over Iran's nuclear program, raising the threat of a war that neither can afford.
Thousands have demonstrated in recent months against the policies and corruption of Vladimir Putin's regime, a resistance unheard of just a few years ago.
Human rights abuses have plagued Burma over the past five decades of military rule, but the NHRC says that investigating allegations would be premature.
Hillary Clinton saved the best for last in her closing speech at the third annual Women in the World summit at Lincoln Center in New York on March 10th.
Nine years after the Kimberley Process was formed to stop the trade in conflict diamonds and ensure that diamond purchases were not funding violence, the KP has refused to evolve and address the clear links between diamonds, violence and tyranny.
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