Samantha Power: A Question of Honor

When Russia sent shells raining down on Georgia, it seemed initially as if Vladimir Putin was savagely pursuing what he saw as Russian national interests. Moscow claimed Georgian aggression against Russian loyalists in South Ossetia and has objected to both Georgia’s bid to join NATO and the Pentagon’s arming and training of the Georgian military

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Bus plunges into Indian river, killing 20

A bus rolled into the fast-flowing Chenab River in northern India, killing at least 20 people, officials said. Authorities were unclear what prompted the gunbattle, but an information ministry spokesman told CNN that several members of the Bangladesh Rifles force apparently staged a rebellion against the head of the force.

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Apparent Bangladeshi mutiny kills one

A gunbattle inside the headquarters of Bangladesh’s border security force in the capital, Dhaka, killed a bystander and wounded seven others Wednesday. Authorities were unclear what prompted the gunbattle, but an information ministry spokesman told CNN that several members of the Bangladesh Rifles force apparently staged a rebellion against the head of the force.

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