Adam Mynott appears in the following:
Extradition Process Underway for War Crimes Fugitive Ratko Mladic
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Ratko Mladic was seized in Serbia on Thursday after he'd been in hiding for over a decade. The former general has been charged with genocide, he's been held responsible for the massacre of over 7,000 Muslims in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica in 1995 and has evaded justice ever since. The BBC's world affairs correspondent Adam Mynott reports.
Pakistani Neuroscientist Sentenced to 86 Years
Friday, September 24, 2010
In the U.S., she's considered a terrorist. At home in Pakistan, she's a hero. Aafia Siddiqui, an M.I.T.-educated, Pakistani neuroscientist was convicted of attempting to kill American soldiers and F.B.I. agents in a Manhattan Federal District Court on Thursday. The BBC's Adam Mynott reports live from Islamabad.
US Companies Must Disclose Ties to Rebel Mines in Congo
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Deep within the 2,300 page legislation on financial reform that President Obama signed into law last week is a provision that pertains to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The new financial regulation law will require thousands of U.S. companies to disclose whether their products contain minerals from rebel-controlled mines in Congo. Many of these minerals, like tin, tungsten, gold and tantalum end up in our laptops, cell phones and other technologies; and these mines are helping to finance the ongoing conflict in Congo.
Poll: World Likes US Better
Monday, April 19, 2010
A BBC World Service poll has found that the global view of the United States has improved significantly in the last year. More than 29,000 people across the world were asked whether they thought the influence of different countries was either mostly positive or mostly negative. It's the first time in five years that the U.S. has been viewed positively since the poll began in 2005.
The Internet: The Biggest Threat to Endangered Species
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
The biggest threat to endangered species may not be loss of habitat or illegal poaching. Conservationists are concerned that the internet currently poses the biggest single threat to endangered species.
Update from Haiti
Thursday, January 21, 2010
BBC World Affairs Correspondent Adam Mynott spent yesterday in a hospital in Port-au-Prince. He reports on the latest situation on the ground and how food is being distributed throughout the city.
"I think probably too much time has been spent setting up processes, securing sites, and deciding programs, and actually they should have simply dumped some food on the streets and allowed the people who are here, who need it desperately, to get their hands on it"
--Adam Mynott