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One of the key players in Palestinian politics and therefore in any future peace talks with Israel has spoken to CNN from his Israeli prison cell. Marwan Barghouti is serving five life sentences following his conviction in an Israeli court on murder and other charges related to his role in planning attacks on Israelis during the second Intifada.
The international law firm Clifford Chance advised CEREP Libri GmbH, a company belonging to the Carlyle Group, on the sale of an office and commercial building in the Hamburg city centre.
Amnesty International called on the Philippine government Tuesday to end martial law soon in a southern province, where troops cracked down on a powerful clan and its armed supporters blamed for the massacre of 57 people.
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.
A 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.
In the midst of the confusing battle over health care and questions as to whether the economic recovery plan is actually working, President Barack Obama has the opportunity to claim a critical and unambiguous victory for working Americans: the World Trade Organization has ruled that the European Union’s multibillion-dollar subsidy program to aerospace giant EADS violates international law ...
December 07, 2009 FORSYTH COUNTY - An international law enforcement accreditation commission has decided the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office should be an example to others looking for the best practices in the field.
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SHARIFF AGUAK, Philippines (AP) - Amnesty International called on the Philippine government Tuesday to revoke martial law in a southern province, where troops cracked down on a powerful clan and its armed supporters blamed for the massacre of 57 people.
Extremist Threat to Women Increasing, Government Failing to Protect By Rachel Reid (New York) - Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, women and...
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JAKARTA, Indonesia — In several cities across West Papua, Indonesia's last frontier of separatist instability, hundreds of demonstrators raised the Morning Star independence flag Tuesday in protest of what they say is more than 40 years of colonial occupation by Indonesia.
The Los Altos High School Amnesty International club is presenting a special speaker event Monday evening to kick off a week of human rights awareness. by Kelsey Mesher
The Pittsburgh chapter of Amnesty International will host its 23rd annual "Write-a-thon" Thursday, inviting local residents to gather in Shadyside and pen letters protesting detentions and imprisonments around the world.
The Pittsburgh chapter of Amnesty International will host its 23rd annual "Write-a-thon" Thursday, inviting local residents to gather in Shadyside and pen letters protesting detentions and imprisonments around the world.
by Jon Boone in Kabul The already dire plight of women in Afghanistan risks deteriorating further as the US and its allies take steps to turn around the war against the Taliban, according to a report by Human Rights Watch today. read more
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