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US House backs China quake activists
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WASHINGTON DC, United States-The US House of Representatives on Saturday threw its support behind two Chinese activists put on trial after investigating whether shoddy construction led to children's deaths
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UN steps up assistance to displaced Pakistanis
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The United Nations refugee agency said today it is stepping up aid to people uprooted by military operations in the Pakistani region of South Waziristan, while highlighting the ongoing needs of around
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AFRICOM Funds Humanitarian Assistance Projects
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in the North and Far North regions. On September 14, members of the Defense Attaché Office of the U.S. Embassy in Cameroon traveled to Maroua and Garoua in the Far North and North regions of Cameroon
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Guard arrested for torture in Tijuana prison riots
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TIJUANA, Mexico Mexican police caught a prison official who spent a year on the run from charges of killing a 19-year-old inmate, whose beating death sparked riots that left nearly two dozen dead, including
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Israel: Stop East Jerusalem Home Demolitions
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(Jerusalem) - Israeli authorities in East Jerusalem should immediately stop demolishing Palestinian homes in violation of international law, Human Rights Watch said today. In the week beginning October
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France seeks end to Sri Lanka's emergency laws
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A top human rights envoy from France Saturday asked Sri Lanka to end a state of emergency that was originally declared earlier this year to deal with defeated Tamil separatists.
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Sudan: Reform National Security Law
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by the United Nations Panel of Experts on Sudan reveals continuing human rights violations in Darfur and underscores the urgent need to reform Sudan's repressive national security law, Human Rights Watch
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Three Decades Defending Human Rights
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Human Rights Watch was recently criticized by Robert Bernstein, its founding Board Chair, for its reporting on â??openâ? democratic countries, as well as â??closedâ? countries ruled by repressive regimes.
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Turkey: Bar Entry or Arrest Sudan President
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(New York) â?? Turkey should not allow President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, an accused war criminal, to attend a conference in Istanbul, and should arrest him if he sets foot in Turkey, Human Rights Watch
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Kimberley Process: Zimbabwe Action Mars Credibility
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(Johannesburg) - The credibility of the world's 'blood diamond' monitoring group has been damaged after its failure this week to suspend Zimbabwe despite overwhelming evidence of serious human rights
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Israel Rejects UN War Crimes Resolution
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Israel has responded angrily to a United Nations resolution that accuses the Jewish state of war crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Israel says the United Nations General Assembly is 'completely
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Former NASA official sentenced to probation
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WASHINGTON A former top NASA official was sentenced Friday to three years probation, six months of electronic monitoring and a $2,500 fine for steering contract money to a private client. Courtney Stadd,
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23 from CIA convicted in Italian court
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MILAN In a landmark ruling, an Italian judge on Wednesday convicted a base chief for the Central Intelligence Agency and 22 other American CIA operatives of kidnapping a Muslim cleric from the streets
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Amnesty offer to Tannenbaum victims
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This white flag from the authorities emerged this week after panicked investors, many of whom lost money in the R12.5-billion scheme, were startled to discover that the finger of suspicion rests as much
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Ship carrying arms a war crime says Netanyahu
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran's efforts to smuggle arms to Hezbollah on a cargo ship are a war crime. The Israeli Navy intercepted the ship, the Antiguan vessel Fracop, and seized
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Israeli prime minister says arms shipment a war crime
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran's efforts to smuggle arms to Hezbollah on a cargo ship are a war crime. The Israeli Navy intercepted the ship, the Antiguan vessel Fracop, and seized
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RFK Center To Honor Bono, Jean
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The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights in New York says it plans to present Bono and Wyclef Jean with its 2009 Ripple of Hope Award. The prize is to be presented at the center's annual
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Human Rights Watch: Iran covered up rape of detainees
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An international human rights group said Friday it has d three cases of sexual assault against detainees arrested during Iran's post-election turmoil, including one that was supported by an official report
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