US envoy to visit Sri Lanka
AFP - 2 hours 15 minutes agoA senior US envoy will head to Sri Lanka next week to encourage post-war reconciliation, days after the island nation allowed Tamil civilians to leave detention camps, officials said Friday.
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Letter to the Editor: Minaret ban in Switzerland is unjust toward Muslims
The Michigan Daily - Tue Dec 1, 11:54 pm ETOn Sunday, to my horror, I discovered that Swiss voters had decided to ban all future construction of Minarets. Minarets are towers traditionally used to call Muslims to prayer five times a day. The initial referendum passed by over 57 percent. Given the Swiss system, due to the margin by which it passed, the ban is now part of the Swiss Constitution.
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Huckabee: Clemmons isn't same person
WLFI Lafayette - Tue Dec 1, 11:41 pm ETHuckabee has been under scrutiny after a man shot and killed four cops in a coffee shop in Seattle. Maurice Clemmons, the suspect, was facing a lifetime in prison in Arkansas when Huckabee was governor. Huckabee shortened Clemmons' sentence.
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Serbia Questions Kosovo's Independence At UN Court
INO News - Tue Dec 1, 5:25 pm ET(RTTNews) - The hearings on Serbia's challenge to Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence began at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday, with Serbia arguing that Kosovo's independence declaration was not in accordance with international law.
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Serbia at hearing: Kosovo's independence illegal
Boston Globe - Tue Dec 1, 6:18 am ETSerbia argued to the World Court on Tuesday that Kosovo's declaration of independence was an unlawful challenge to the international legal order that tore at the very fabric of Serb national identity.
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Jennifer Parser Joins Poyner Spruill LLP
dBusinessNews.com - Tue Dec 1, 1:45 pm ETPoyner Spruill LLP announced today that Jennifer Parser has become "of counsel" in its Raleigh office. Parser will practice in the areas of immigration law, employment and international law.
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Susan Blumenthal, M.D.: World AIDS Day: Women's Rights And AIDS
The Huffington Post - Tue Dec 1, 1:16 pm ETWhile HIV originally affected men in the 1980s, the lack of prevention efforts for women has resulted in a startling development: there are now more women than men living with HIV/AIDS.
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Kosovo confident ahead of UN court hearing
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 30, 11:32 am ETA day before the world's highest court begins deliberating the legality of Kosovo's split from Serbia last year, their leaders clashed Monday over the Western-backed statehood that has shaken the Balkans.
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Swiss Ban Building of Minarets on Mosques
New York Times - Mon Nov 30, 10:23 am ETSwitzerland’s political right scored a surprising win, denting the nation’s image as a bastion of tolerance.
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Kosovo Asserts Independence in UN Court
KFWB News 980 Los Angeles - Tue Dec 1, 2:17 pm ETA decade after NATO airstrikes ended Serbia's bloody crackdown on its rebellious province, Kosovo warns that any attempt to cancel its sovereignty could set off a renewed conflict.
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Peru Awajun chief says killings investigations begin with bias
Indian Country Today - Fri Dec 4, 2:00 pm ETLIMA, Peru – One of the top Native leaders in Peru, co-chief of the 70,000-member Awajun Tribe which took the brunt of the damage in the deadly June clashes against police, said the investigations into the death of 33 people appears headed in the wrong direction, but Natives still hope for a fair result.
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Therese Casgrain Volunteer Award Recipients Honoured on International Volunteer Day
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Dec 4, 12:00 pm ETOTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 12/04/09) - Two of Canada's dedicated volunteers were recognized today as the Honourable Marjory LeBreton, Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister of State (Seniors), honoured Ms. Wendy M. Cecil, recipient of the Therese Casgrain Volunteer Award in the lifelong commitment category, and Mr. Gerjon (Gary) Kalaci, the first-ever recipient of the Award in ...
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Right to Life group backs Far Rock mom
YourNabe.com - Fri Dec 4, 2:01 am ETA Far Rockaway woman whose Ozone Park daughter and her unborn grandson were murdered went to Albany last week where she picked up the support of the state Right to Life Committeefor a bill that would treat killing a pregnant woman as two separate murders.
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Prosecutor Gives 4th Cause Of Doc's Death
OfficialWire - Thu Dec 3, 12:26 pm ETA doctor who opposition leaders said witnessed the torture of political prisoners in Iran died from poisoned food, Tehran's public prosecutor said.
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Park Center students have the ear of women's rights leader
New Hope - Golden Valley Sun-Post - Thu Dec 3, 2:27 am ETPark Center High School students added to their knowledge of international affairs by speaking with a women's rights leader from Afghanistan Nov. 13. The students, IB Diploma candidates, participated in a video conference with Suraya Pakzad.
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Sri Lanka Must Aid Refugees Leaving Camps, UN Says (Update1)
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 2, 1:38 am ETDec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka must ensure that Tamil war refugees receive assistance now they are allowed to leave transit camps where they were held since the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam were defeated in May, the United Nations and human rights groups said.
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Indonesia: Drop Censorship of Critical Film
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US: Landmine Review Should Lead to Ban
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Saudi Arabia/Yemen: Protect Civilians in Conflict with Rebels
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Switzerland: Minaret Ban Violates Rights
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Israel: End Arbitrary Detention of Rights Activist
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Uganda: Ensure Accountability for Election Violence
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China: Liu Xiaobo’s Release Hinges on International Action
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Kyrgyzstan: Allow Rights Monitors into Country
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