Mishkat al-Moumin fought for human rights under Saddam Hussein, and survived assassination attempts as Minister of the Environment in Iraq's interim government. She talks to Bob Webb.

Margaret Jackson was in on the birth of European unity. She talks to Michael Smith.

Why is Bolivia’s controversial new President so popular in his country? Andrea Cabrera Luna explains.

We’ve got to inspire people to believe that their efforts at relationships locally can transform the world.

It is crucial for Japan's leader to win the trust of her neighbours. Prime Minister Kishi visited nine Asian- Pacific nations in 1957 to apologise for Japan's actions during the War.

Edward Peters accompanies Rajmohan and Usha Gandhi on a speaking tour of Britain.

We will not win the war on terrorism unless we do something to win the war on poverty. It is in our enlightened self-interest to enhance trade, to build a safer world, to decrease the displacement that people feel.

Though apologies have an important place in healing national and international relations, it is often difficult to know when they are appropriate.

‘The Lebanese people have been making peace with themselves,’ Muhieddine Chehab, Mayor of the business district of Beirut, told The Washington Post.

The damage was done when politicians started believing the cases they had made.