HUMAN RIGHTS

President Hu Jintao on Thursday will try to persuade often hostile U.S. lawmakers that China is a threat-free engine of growth, after a White House summit sought to narrow rifts between the world's top two economies.

President Barack Obama urged Chinese President Hu Jintao to let the value of China's yuan currency rise and delivered a strong message on U.S. concerns over Beijing's human rights record at a summit on Wednesday.

President Barack Obama pressed Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday to let the value of China's currency rise and delivered a stern message on U.S. concerns over Beijing's human rights record.

Chinese President Hu Jintao, asked a second time about human rights at a Washington news conference, said a lot still needs to be done in China on rights while insisting enormous progress has been made.

Hundreds of protesters demonstrated in the Tunisian capital on Wednesday to demand the dismissal from the new coalition government of ministers associated with ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

House speaker, John A. Boehner declined an invitation to attend tonight’s official state dinner at the White House in honor of Chinese President Hu Jintao.

U.S. President Barack Obama came under increasing pressure on Tuesday to publicly speak out against Beijing's harsh treatment of political and religious dissidents during a state visit this week by Chinese President Hu Jintao.

Rights groups on Monday demanded Haiti arrest former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier for crimes against humanity after his surprise return from 25 years in exile, which strained an edgy political atmosphere in the volatile Caribbean state.

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, D-NY, is greeting Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to the U.S. this week with a promise of legislation to impose tariffs on Chinese goods to combat China’s alleged currency manipulation.

For the first time since overthrown by a popular uprising in 1986, expatriated former dictator of Haiti, Jean-Claude Duvalier, on Sunday unexpectedly returned to his Caribbean homeland. Duvalier's stunning arrival was as mysterious as it was unexpected.

As the United States observes the 25th Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, world has immemorial incidences of non-violence movements to look back to, which curbed exploitation and discrimination on the basis of race, caste, color, creed and more, prevalent in the then civil societies.

As President Barack Obama vowed to loosen the travel restrictions on US citizens for traveling to Cuba, his decision has drawn criticism from Cuban-American senators.

U.S.-China relations are at a critical juncture and a summit between their leaders next week must produce real action, on real issues such as trade, climate change and North Korean nuclear proliferation, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday.

U.S.-China relations are at a critical juncture and a summit between their leaders next week must produce real action, on real issues such as trade, climate change and North Korean nuclear proliferation, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday.

Bloody post-election deadlock in Ivory Coast washed into the halls of West Africa's central bank on Friday, where rival presidents see control of state funds as a key to victory in a battle that has cost hundreds of lives.

Tunisian President Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali stepped aside on Friday after failing to quell the worst anti-government unrest in his two decades in power.

China will not bow to foreign demand for faster gains in the yuan and will stick to its gradualist approach in currency reform, senior officials said on Friday, indicating Chinese President Hu Jintao may push back if President Barack Obama presses him on the issue next week.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates' call for China's military to communicate better with its civilian leaders underscores the policy disconnect in Beijing and raises questions over who really wields control in China.

The United Nations' human rights chief raised the alarm on Thursday over a suspected third mass grave in Ivory Coast, as tensions remained high in the main city Abidjan after deadly clashes between rival camps.

At least five people suffered gunshot wounds in clashes with police in the centre of Tunisia's capital on Wednesday in a sharp escalation of the worst unrest in decades.

The United Nations' human rights chief raised the alarm on Thursday over a suspected third mass grave in Ivory Coast, as tensions remained high in the main city Abidjan after deadly clashes between rival camps.