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Honduras' deposed leftist president, Manuel Zelaya, said on Thursday that democracy in the country was "dead" after lawmakers who backed his ouster in a June coup voted to block his return to power.
A doctor who opposition leaders said witnessed the torture of political prisoners in Iran died from poisoned food, Tehran's public prosecutor said.
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.
Dec. 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.
Dec. 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.
Amnesty International is calling on the Sri Lankan government to permanently release civilians who have been illegally detained in camps since the end of the civil war six months ago.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A decade after NATO airstrikes ended Serbia’s bloody crackdown on its rebellious province, Kosovo told the U.N.’s highest court Tuesday its independence is irreversible and warned that any attempt to cancel it could set off a renewed conflict.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A decade after NATO airstrikes ended Serbia’s bloody crackdown on its rebellious province, Kosovo told the U.N.’s highest court Tuesday its independence is irreversible and warned that any attempt to cancel it could set off a renewed conflict.
A decade after NATO airstrikes ended Serbia's bloody crackdown on its rebellious province, Kosovo told the U.N.'s highest court Tuesday its independence is irreversible and warned that any attempt to cancel it could set off...
A decade after NATO airstrikes ended Serbia's bloody crackdown on its rebellious province, Kosovo told the U.N.'s highest court Tuesday its independence is irreversible and warned that any attempt to cancel it could set off...
A decade after NATO airstrikes ended Serbia's bloody crackdown on its rebellious province, Kosovo told the U.N.'s highest court Tuesday its independence is irreversible and warned that any attempt to cancel it could set off...
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. human rights chief says Switzerland's minaret ban is discriminatory and puts it on a collision course with international law. Navi Pillay stopped short of declaring the Alpine country's ban on the Islamic towers illegal.
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief says Switzerland's minaret ban is discriminatory and puts it on a collision course with international law.
A decade after NATO airstrikes ended Serbia's bloody crackdown on its rebellious province, Kosovo told the U.N.'s highest court Tuesday its independence is irreversible and warned that any attempt to cancel it could set off...
BELGRADE, Serbia, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The International Court of Justice is likely to rule in Serbia's favor that Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence is illegal, a Serbian official says.
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