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Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:21:52 GMT
At a hearing last week, experts told Congress that VA staff was “intentionally delaying research and treatment for our veterans.â€
At a hearing last week, experts told Congress that VA staff was “intentionally delaying research and treatment for our veterans.†        Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:00:01 -0700
By Richard Albert, Race-Talk contributor Speaking from the heart of the Muslim world in Turkey’s Cankaya Palace in April 2009, President Barack Obama answered the question with the nuance that has come to characterize his public statements: America, he declared, is “a predominantly Christian nation” but “we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation.” The President’s answer [...]   Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:00:00 GMT
Help us push back against TIME Magazine’s distortion of women’s issues in Afghanistan. Tomorrow, TIME Magazine will treat newsstand customers everywhere to one of the most rank propaganda plays of the Afghanistan War. The cover features a woman, Aisha, whose face was mutilated by the Taliban, next to the headline, "What Happens If We Leave Afghanistan." [...] Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:05:00 GMT
Pamela Geller has some crazy ideas, which the corporate media seem content to disseminate uncritically.
Pamela Geller has some crazy ideas, which the corporate media seem content to disseminate uncritically. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:01 -0700
Shrimper Diane Wilson might be going to jail for her high-profile protests against BP. Why is she so sure it’s worth it?
Shrimper Diane Wilson might be going to jail for her high-profile protests against BP. Why is she so sure it’s worth it? Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:01 -0700
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(New York) - Iranian authorities should immediately charge or release the wife and brother-in-law of a prominent lawyer, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should also stop harassing and intimidating Mohammad Mostafaei, who has spent his career defending juveniles and the underprivileged, including many who were sentenced to execution. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:21:56 -0700
(New York) - Government prosecutors in the trial of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim should turn over their evidence to the defense before hearings resume in order to comply with fair trial requirements, Human Rights Watch said today. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:00:01 -0700
(Washington DC) - Six months after President Porfirio Lobo took office, Honduras has made little progress toward addressing the serious human rights abuses since the 2009 coup, Human Rights Watch said today. Threats and attacks against journalists and the political opposition have fostered a climate of intimidation, while impunity for abuses remains the norm. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:16:26 -0700
(Washington, DC) - Countries that have not signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions should join without delay, Human Rights Watch said today. The convention takes effect on August 1, 2010, becoming binding international law. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:52:22 -0700
(Washington, DC) - The Government of Panama should ensure that a thorough and impartial investigation is conducted into possible abuses during violent confrontations between police and strikers from July 8 to 11, 2010, in Bocas del Toro province, Human Rights Watch said today. At least two people died and hundreds were injured. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:51:13 -0700
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:22:48 GMT
The Democratic Republic of the Congo must bring to justice those responsible for the murder a human rights defender five years ago, Amnesty International and Minority Rights Group International said
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Amnesty International has called on the Iranian authorities to release three U.S. nationals who have been detained without charge or trial for a year.
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Amnesty International has condemned the closed trial and conviction of three Uighur website managers on state security charges.
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Amnesty International has urged the Egyptian authorities to drop all charges against two leading human rights activists and a well-known blogger whose trial is expected to conclude in Cairo on Saturday
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Amnesty International has condemned the closed trial and conviction of three Uighur website managers on state security charges
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Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:23:05 GMT
BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - BP said on Friday it could seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by next week as the House of Representatives voted to toughen regulation of offshore energy drilling.
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:33:07 -0400
RHINEBECK, New York (Reuters) - Bill and Hillary Clinton's daughter married her long-time boyfriend in the picturesque New York village of Rhinebeck on Saturday in what has been dubbed America's royal wedding.
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:03:48 -0400
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called ethics charges against Representative Charles Rangel "very troubling" on Friday and said he hoped the lawmaker could end his career "with dignity."
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:59:02 -0400
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's central highlands and a protected marine area in Hawaii, the only habitats of several endangered plant and animal species, have been added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites, the U.N. body said on Saturday.
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:16:09 -0400
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A federal grand jury looking into an explosion that killed 29 workers at a Massey Energy Co coal mine in West Virginia heard testimony this week about possible illegal tampering with a mine safety monitor, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
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