Human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson tells Guy Rundle that the Australian government should stand up for WikiLeaks' spokesperson Julian Assange.
Pope Benedict XVI will arrive in Britain this week well aware that the Catholic church's reputation has again been badly tarnished by priest sex scandals. Victims are calling for an official apology from the top, but how much does Benedict really know? BBC's Panorama investigates.
It's a grisly tale. A lampshade bought at a garage sale after Hurricane Katrina was apparently made from the human skin of Jewish people killed in a Nazi concentration camp. Mark Jacobson goes through a Holocaust investigation.
The split of Sudan into two different states is inevitable, says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. But should the US encourage the divisions? Atlantic Wire examines the different coverage.
The recent GFC came out of the blue for most, so how does a consensus future look like at the moment? Right now most pundits agree were heading for a population explosion and major economic growth in developing countries, writes Mark Thirlwell
WikiLeaks' frontman Julian Assange has told Crikey that he still has has not been informed of alleged "new information" that the prosecution service claims led to the reopening of rape investigations.
The planet now has over 20 cities with a population of 10 million. Check out Global Post's five part series on Dhaka, Bangladesh, the fastest growing city in the world. With urbanisation comes poverty, slums and pollution.
Birgitta Jónsdóttir, the Icelandic MP who caused a stir this week by discussing the r-pe investigation against Julian Assange, claims she was misquoted, writes Luke Miller.
A photo of toddlers with their faces covered in flies, lying on a rug in a makeshift camp has become the "human face" of the Pakistan floods. The Guardian tracks down Reza Khan, the two-year-old drinking from a insect-covered bottle.
Yesterday President Obama announced and end to one of the costliest wars America has ever committed to. Crikey intern Jeremy Venosta examines what the pundits are saying.
