(The Age) It is only a few months since a civilian government took office in Pakistan after a controversial poll marred by the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and presidential manipulation of the constitution and the judiciary, but the country has once again been thrown into turmoil following the decision by the ruling coalition to impeach President Pervez Musharraf.

(Malaysia Star) Between nuclear bombs and nuclear power generation, serious problems remain for ordinary people everywhere.

(Globe and Mail) In releasing "report cards" on three countries' efforts to protect women and girls from HIV and to care for female AIDS sufferers, activists hoped to shame governments.

(Monterey County Herald) What is more disturbing is that the hoped-for change that the presidential candidates are promising is rapidly eroding into politics as usual. Instead of the kind of serious debate over how to mobilize the nation to deal with an unprecedented set of crises, the candidates are caught in the minutia of who is more patriotic, flip-flops about campaign financing, gun control and flag pins, and who is more supportive of faith-based programs.

(New York Times) President Bush has won support abroad and bipartisan praise at home for his efforts to combat human trafficking, the slavery of our time. But now that work is imperiled by his own Department of Justice.