House Republicans are apparently re-upping their effort this week to neuter the United Nations. It is worth reviewing the number of ways in which the United Nations is advancing American interests around the globe...just this week.
We know that Yemeni security forces have already turned their guns on their own people. And today, thanks to this report in the New York Times, we learn that Yemen's cooperation against al Qaeda has all but ceased.
It would seem that UNOCI has made the fateful decision to interpret its civilian protection mandate to pro-actively target Gbagbo's forces. UPDATE: Video of bombardment in Abidjan surfaces on YouTube.
This is what we know: At least 800 people were killed in communal violence in the town of Duekoue. The ICRC confirms it. And UN and NGO teams are on the ground today exhuming mass graves.
It has now been three weeks since the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Here are the latest facts and figures on the crisis, culled from official sources.