News stories by George Gao, page 2

WASHINGTON, Apr 16 (IPS) - Former U.S. Republican Congressman Asa Hutchinson hopes his country can redeem itself after torturing an unknown but certainly large number of detainees.

NEW YORK, Apr 16 (IPS) - Over one million kgs of nuclear waste sit in limbo on the banks of the Hudson River, in dry cask storage units and spent fuel pools just 60 kms north of New York City, according to environmental organisations.  

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 02 (IPS) - For many in the international community, the iconic sculpture outside the U.N. Visitors' Centre appears more prominent today, as the majority of member states tightened its knot by adopting the first ever Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 28 (IPS) - Viktor Bout earned a few monikers in his heyday: "Merchant of Death", "Sanctions Buster" and "Lord of War". He's the poster boy for illicit arms brokers – a guild of shadowy intermediaries who link arms suppliers to their end users.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Mar 19 (IPS) - A spate of legal battles in the southern state of Louisiana has shed new light on the unfair recruitment and employment practices of Filipino guest workers at several companies in the United States.

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 18 (IPS) - In her opening speech for the world's largest conference on ending violence against women and girls, Michelle Bachelet summoned the spirit of 15-year old Malala Yousafzai, who's skull was shattered on Oct. 9, 2012 by a Taliban bullet.

NEW YORK, Mar 08 (IPS) - Peter "Pete" Seeger is a 93-year old U.S. folk legend who resides in Wappinger Falls in southern New York. He can be spotted occasionally on the traffic-heavy Route 9, flanked by world peace signs and armed with a banjo.

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 04 (IPS) - The U.N. has opened up public platforms to engage the world on how best to replace the expiring Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and frame a new development agenda, post-2015.

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) - Some of the most harrowing cases of gender-based violence Kathryn Bolkovac came across while working as a U.N. human rights investigator in Bosnia involved a perpetrator dubbed "the Doctor" by the women and girls he abused.

NEW YORK, Feb 18 (IPS) - The "Spirit of America" is one of 10 ferries that carry passengers from Manhattan to Staten Island. Its keel – which lies on the bottom of the boat and carves through the waters of New York Harbour– was built with steel from the collapsed Twin Towers.