U.N. censures Bush Administration for waterboarding

By Andreas Sandre von Warburg

The United Nations has once again publicly criticized the White House for defending the use of waterboarding, an interrogation method often described as a form of torture.

Manfred Nowak, UN Special Rapporteur on torure, says the interrogation technique – where water is poured over a suspect to simulate drowning – is “absolutely unacceptable under international human rights law.”

U.N. gathering to address climate change

Source: AP/Google | by Edith Lederer

The U.N. General Assembly is bringing together business leaders, activists and government officials for a debate on climate change starting Monday — an effort to keep up the momentum for a new treaty by 2009 to fight global warming.