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Working in relief and development, they have traveled around the world. But last week three staff members of Atlanta-based CARE USA made a shorter trip --- from their downtown offices [...]

At the bar, a late afternoon crowd was ordering the first pints of the day. But in the dimly lit recesses of Manuel's Tavern on Friday, Gerry Adams was sipping [...]

Berlin --- Checkpoint Charlie is still here. But it's not the forbidding passageway of old for visitors traveling from free West Berlin to the sternly Communist East. Today, it's a [...]

Dresden, Germany Three words sum up the difference between Dresden before German reunification and Dresden today. 'Night and day,' said Peter Hay. Hay, the L.W.C. Lamar professor of law at [...]

Storm threat stirs memories of killer twister A year ago this Sunday, a supercyclone roared ashore in the Indian state of Orissa, leaving 15,000 dead and destroying the lives of [...]

Berlin --- Peggy Olschewski was busily collecting autographs. 'It's a petition against intolerance,' she said, pointing to the billboard-sized petition beside her. 'Hundreds of thousands of people have signed.' Dozens [...]

In his office at Emory University on Friday, James Laney was recalling the first time he met Kim Dae-jung. That was 25 years ago. Kim was a prominent dissident in [...]

Anti-violence rallies planned by Arabs, Jews Members of Atlanta's Jewish and Palestinian communities are taking part in separate rallies this week to denounce the violence in the West Bank and [...]

Jimmy Carter is deeply concerned about the future of some of his neighbors: the people of Latin America and the Caribbean. And, as usual, when the former president is concerned, [...]

Dresden, Germany IIn the ornate Semper Opera House, politicians were making lofty speeches about the 10th anniversary of German reunification. Outside on the cobblestone streets in the center of this [...]

University of Georgia professor Bill Ragland has traveled throughout the Balkans for more than a decade, including frequent visits during the wars that accompanied the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. [...]

Carter buoyed by Korean unity Viewers around the world were moved by the sight of athletes from North Korea and South Korea marching together during the Opening Ceremonies of the [...]

In many ways, the Poland of today is 'a different country' from the one Hubert Tworzecki left in 1981. After 44 years of Communist rule ending with the free elections [...]

French official fights death penalty When Georgia's Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for Alex Williams last month, one of the people who was pleased was France's Atlanta-based consul [...]

The fire that engulfed a giant Moscow TV tower this week was just the latest in 'a string of disasters' that show 'what bad shape Russia's vital technologies are,' a [...]

Athens --- Han Park doesn't advertise the fact, but his work in North Korea is motivated in part by his quietly held Christian beliefs. 'Very much,' Park said. 'I think [...]

Athens --- Across the Pacific in Korea, families divided since the Korean War were reuniting in tearful, heart-tugging scenes being flashed around the world. In his office adjacent to the [...]

If Michael Nentwich's goal is to help Atlanta expand its links to the world, his experience to date should make him well prepared. Born in a German-speaking family in Prague, [...]

He's a German citizen, but Michael Nentwich is also a man of the world. And as he sat in his new Midtown office, he was talking about what makes a [...]

As they do every July, the world's best bicyclists are wending their way through the verdant French countryside in the annual Tour de France. But this year, it seems that [...]

Her name might be Mao, but she is no Maoist. Not even a Marxist, heaven forbid. As she sat in an office tower, gleaming in the sun above her native [...]

Taipei, Taiwan --- If Taipei and Atlanta share some common strengths, they also share common problems. Traffic, for instance. Taipei has a modern public rail system that it began building [...]

Taipei, Taiwan Shhhh. It's a well-kept secret in both places, it seems, but Atlanta and Taipei are Sister Cities. They have been since 1979, and, though the relationship is a [...]

Organization aims to bridge Georgia, Nigerian state For most of its 40 years of independence, Nigeria has known nothing but military regimes, many of them fierce and corrupt. But Africa's [...]

Hopes have been raised only to be dashed before. But when historians start assessing the most important world stories of the year 2000, the odds are strong that the summit [...]

Kosovars visit, thank NATO, seek more help A year ago this week, the United Nations and a multinational peacekeeping force began trying to restore order in Kosovo, the troubled province [...]

Beijing --- It's . . . Beijing. No, not exactly. No one from the International Olympic Committee has said that. Not yet, anyway, but Li Jian has a vision. He [...]

When Beijing lost its bid for the 2000 Olympic Games, Meng Jing Shan recalls, some people cried. Meng says he, too, was 'really disappointed.' 'People like me think (hosting the [...]

Beijing Chairman Mao and the giant panda. Both are icons of China. And it should come as no surprise that the tourists from the hinterlands flocking into Beijing these days [...]

Beijing --- In Taiwan on Saturday, Chen Shui-bian will deliver his inaugural address as president of the Republic of China. Zhu Weidong won't be there. But, across the Taiwan Strait [...]

Taipei, Taiwan He arrived in Taiwan just days before the presidential election. But it wasn't politics that brought Fred Chiou back to his homeland after living in Atlanta for 15 [...]

Shen Ji-ru couldn't help chuckling at the irony. As he sipped tea in his office in China's capital one recent day, the economist was musing about what struck him as [...]

Carter to lead vote monitors in Venezuela Former President Jimmy Carter will lead an international delegation monitoring elections May 28 in Venezuela. The Carter Center has had a continuous presence [...]

A call for a 'sovereign and independent Republic of Taiwan' is the first statement in the platform of the island's Democratic Progressive Party. On May 20, Taiwan will inaugurate a [...]

Taiwan vice president speaks her mind, on any subject Most newly elected officials enjoy a political honeymoon for a time. Not Annette Lu. Honeymoons aren't her style. Schooled in law [...]

Keith Graham Atlanta? Rita Wuebbeler had no idea where it was when a German work-study program suggested she should spend a couple of years here. Fortunately, a friend from her [...]

Rita Wuebbeler likes the can-do spirit in Atlanta that makes a woman from Germany believe it's possible to start her own business. She likes the sunny climate, so different from [...]

Keith Graham Mike Godfrey was living in Guatemala when NATO air strikes against Yugoslavia began a year ago. He watched the subsequent news reports about the conflict intently because he [...]

Keith Graham South Korea's President Kim Dae-jung describes his new, less confrontational approach toward North Korea as an 'engagement policy.' Atlanta's John Endicott seems to have an engagement policy of [...]

Keith Graham, Don Melvin The Good Friday peace agreement he brokered has hit hard times. But no one underestimates the efforts of U.S. negotiator George Mitchell in trying to forge [...]

Keith Graham The future on the divided Korean Peninsula can be a peaceful one, a South Korean official said during a visit to Atlanta this week. Lee See-young, South Korea's [...]

Keith Graham It wasn't an easy decision for the Clinton administration. And former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto could understand why. As a believer in democracy, Bhutto was not surprised [...]

Don Melvin, Keith Graham Liberty is alive, well in Nigeria, official says The new Nigerian consul general in Atlanta has a message for Americans: Democracy in Nigeria is now secure. [...]

Keith Graham, Don Melvin When Jimmy Carter lost his campaign for re-election 20 years ago, many people blamed foreign events. OPEC had jacked up the price of oil, resulting in [...]

Keith Graham The day he left for Kosovo the power was off at Peter Bell's house. Being at home with no heat during an ice storm was just a preface [...]

Keith Graham Rajmohan Gandhi is an influential political commentator in his own right. He's also the grandson of the man who led India to independence, Mohandas Gandhi, the mahatma who [...]

Don Melvin, Keith Graham On a trip this week to the war-ravaged Yugoslav province of Kosovo, Peter Bell, president of Atlanta-based CARE USA, witnessed the progress that has been made [...]