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Saudi Arabia: Group Condemns Sentence of 40 Lashes

New York Times - Mon Dec 14, 9:19 pm ET

Amnesty International called on Saudi Arabia on Monday to stay a sentence of 40 lashes against a 75-year-old woman for breaching a sex segregation law.

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Amnesty Urges Saudi Arabia to Halt Lashes for 75-Year-Old Woman
Bloomberg - Tue Dec 15, 1:00 am ET
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Amnesty International urged Saudi Arabia, a Group of 20 member, to stop the flogging and imprisonment of a 75-year-old woman and two younger men found guilty of being in the company of the opposite sex.
Katz to take new job at prominent firm
Queens Chronicle - Mon Dec 14, 5:04 pm ET
Councilwoman Melinda Katz will take a new job at an international law firm upon completing her second term in the City Council. It seems the city’s jobs crisis isn’t hurting defeated Queens pols.
King & Spalding Expands Energy Litigation and International Arbitration Practices Into California
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Dec 14, 10:00 am ET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - 12/14/09) - King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, announced today the expansion of its highly regarded energy litigation and international arbitration practices into California with the arrival of commercial litigation partner Charles C. Correll, Jr. Correll is focusing on energy and construction litigation, international arbitration matters and ...
Community notices
Silver City Sun-News - Sun Dec 13, 12:33 pm ET
The newly established Grant County chapter of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesdayat Barnard Hall, Western New Mexico University campus.
Park Center students hear from international speaker
Osseo-Maple Grove Press - Sun Dec 13, 2:40 am ET
Park 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.
Report from Cairo
Women's eNews - Fri Dec 11, 2:57 pm ET
Women in Muslim Nations Debate Islam's Role read more
Amnesty blasts Iraq over treatment of Iran exiles
Boston Globe - Fri Dec 11, 12:03 pm ET
Amnesty International on Friday warned that Iraq's plans to move an Iranian opposition group to a former desert detention camp in the country's remote south would put them at risk of arbitrary arrest and torture.
African Asylum Seekers Shot at by Egypt's Border Patrol
Time Magazine - Fri Dec 11, 2:18 am ET
Egyptian authorities have cracked down on the increasing number of African asylum seekers crossing into Israel -- including, say refugee rights groups, a policy of shooting those along the border. But those who make it to the Promised Land face hardship
CENTRAL JERSEY: Soldiers From Our Streets
The Messenger-Press - Thu Dec 10, 4:23 pm ET
Editorâs note: This is the first in a series of stories on local veterans of the Afghanistan invasion or the war in Iraq.
CORRECTED: In Mexico's drug war abuses by army rise sharply
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 12:58 pm ET
Complaints of torture, murder and illegal detention by the Mexican army have jumped as soldiers have been dragged into a long, gruesome battle with powerful drug cartels, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
Human rights worst in 20 years -- Amnesty
UPI - Thu Dec 10, 11:18 am ET
LONDON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Iran must allow the United Nations to investigate allegations of human-rights abuses during the post-election unrest, Amnesty International says.
New Release: Past Lives: Tapestry of Webs
Pitchfork - Thu Dec 10, 10:07 am ET
Artist: Past Lives Album: Tapestry of Webs Release Date: February 23 Label: Suicide Squeeze Tracklist : 01 Paralyzer 02 Falling Spikes 03 Past Lives 04 Don't Let the Ashes Fill Your Eyes 05 Deep in the Valley 06 K Hole 07 Hex Takes Hold 08 Vanishing Twin 09 Hospital White 10 At Rest 11 Aerosol Bouquet 12 There is a Light So Bright it Blinds Notes: Debut album from this frantic Seattle indie band ...
New Release: Fyfe Dangerfield: Fly Yellow Moon
Pitchfork - Thu Dec 10, 9:37 am ET
Artist: Fyfe Dangerfield Album: Fly Yellow Moon Release Date: January 18 (UK), February 23 (U.S.) Label: Geffen Tracklist : 01 When You Walk in the Room 02 So Brand New 03 Barricades 04 High on the Tide 05 Faster Than the Setting Sun 06 Livewire 07 Firebird 08 She Needs Me 09 Don't Be Shy 10 Any Direction Notes: Solo debut from the Guillemots frontman . Media: Stream various tracks here .
New Release: Joker: "City Hopper" b/w "Output 1-2"
Pitchfork - Thu Dec 10, 9:07 am ET
Artist: Joker Single: "City Hopper" b/w "Output 1-2" Release Date: January 5 Label: Tectonic Tracklist : 01 City Hopper 02 Output One Output Two Notes: New single from this Rising young dubstep enigma. MEDIA: Hear "City Hopper" here .
State blames Goldstone for stalled peace talks
JTA - Thu Dec 10, 8:36 am ET
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The Goldstone Report drove the Israelis and Palestinians apart, a U.S. State Department official said.