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Honduran vote to face legitimacy test

CNN - 1 hour 49 minutes ago

Hondurans will answer two questions Sunday when the troubled Central American nation holds elections: Who will win the presidency, and will voters heed calls for a boycott?

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Your letters: November 24, 2009
Ventura County Star - Mon Nov 23, 10:18 pm ET
Right to healthcareWe have the opportunity to change our lives and make them better by passing something that every American should support: the right to healthcare.Every American has the right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. How can we pursue our dreams when we are worrying about if we have healthcare? How can we make our dreams come true when we are scared that our children may not ...
China activist who spoke out on quake gets 3 years
WKBT La Crosse - Mon Nov 23, 10:09 pm ET
A veteran dissident was sentenced to three years in prison after casting a spotlight on poorly built schools that collapsed and killed thousands of childrenduring China's massive earthquake last year - an apparent government...
Experts Say Iran Uses the Death Penalty as a Way to Intimidate Opponents
New York Times - Sun Nov 22, 7:03 pm ET
A flurry of executions and death sentences has raised concern that the government is using judicially sanctioned killing to quell pockets of unrest around the nation.
Why Bishop Tobin is Truly Wrong
National Catholic Reporter - Mon Nov 23, 5:13 pm ET
Bishop Tobin and Congressman Kennedy are engaged in an unseemly public spat. We now know that in 2007, the bishop of Providence told Kennedy that he should refrain from presenting himself for communion because of his pro-choice position on abortion.
Pro-life movement regrouping after stem cell defeat
Lincoln Journal Star - Mon Nov 23, 8:33 pm ET
One of the state's leading pro-life advocates said Monday shehas shifted to regrouping mode following a defeat on embryonic stemcell research at the hands of the University of Nebraska Board ofRegents.
Clifford Chance advises NWS Holdings Limited on sale of interest in Taifook Securities
LawFuel - Mon Nov 23, 6:51 pm ET
Hong Kong- LawFuel.com - Legal Newswire - Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised NWS Holdings Limited on its sale of a controlling interest in Taifook Securities Group Limited to Hai Tong (HK) Financial Holdings Limited for HK$1.82 billion.
Documentary film festival in Highsmith Grotto featured discussions with UNCA professors
The Blue Banner - Mon Nov 23, 5:41 pm ET
Visualizing human rights is a hard-hitting way to become informed. UNC Asheville’s Amnesty International Student Chapter held its sixth annual Human Rights Film Festival last week fully aware of this powerful method.
Event celebrates Gage's contributions to women's rights
News 10 Now Syracuse - Mon Nov 23, 10:24 am ET
FAYETTEVILLE, N.Y. -- She changed the rights of women across the country and she did it from Central New York. Sunday, Matilda's Harvest was held to honor the work of Matilda Joslyn Gage.
Conviction Of Ben Ali Critic Draws Fire
OfficialWire - Fri Nov 27, 5:57 am ET
Amnesty International Thursday condemned the conviction of a vocal opponent of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Skyline Elementary announces World Children's Award
Carmel Valley Leader - Thu Nov 26, 5:48 pm ET
Skyline student Juliana Reidel opens the ceremony. Children rarely have a say in decisions of international importance except when it comes to name the World's Children's Prize Decade Hero award winner. For this prize, voters are required to be younger than 18. On Friday, this year's winners were announced at hundreds of conferences held around the world, including one at Skyline Elementary ...
CNN anchor speaks to Edina students
Edina Sun-Current - Thu Nov 26, 7:10 am ET
Edina High School students got a visit last Friday from a national anchor for CNN Headline News. He wasn't there to report on anything. Rather, he spoke to students about the investigative reporting he has done on underage sex slavery and human trafficking in Indonesia.
Ankara At Odds With U.N. Over Kurds
OfficialWire - Thu Nov 26, 4:58 am ET
Ankara will not abide by international law when considering the return of Kurds from refugee camps in northern Iran, interior officials said.
Human rights groups: No in-game war crimes
CNET - Tue Nov 24, 4:09 pm ET
Report from two Swiss human rights organizations says too many video games let gamers engage in activities that would be illegal in real life. And they want it to stop.
U.S. must stand for freedom and democracy, says Condoleezza Rice at Beth El Synagogue speech in St. Louis Park
Minnetonka Sun-Sailor - Wed Nov 25, 2:32 am ET
A speech by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at Beth El Synagogue brought out people with a wide variety of political views, both inside and outside the facility.
China sentences activist to 3 years
Los Angeles Times - Tue Nov 24, 3:24 am ET
Huang Qi was investigating the role shoddy school construction may have played in the deaths of thousands of children in the Sichuan quake last year. An activist who was investigating the role shoddy school construction played in the deaths of more than 5,000 children in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake was given a three-year prison sentence Monday on charges of possessing state secrets.