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Police departments that use "stun" devices like the Taser and other "less lethal weapons" such as pepper spray can expect to see rates of injury among suspects and officers drop dramatically, according to the first federal government-backed analysis of multiple police department arrest records.
During his 20 years on the Chicago City Council, from 1955 to 1975, Leon Despres was called the "conscience of the city." The liberal 5th Ward alderman spent his life fighting for the underdog, waging battles for women's rights, civil rights and workers' rights. When Despres died in May at the age of 101, President Barack Obama issued a statement saying: "Chicago is a richer and stronger city ...
Three Senior Administration Officials On Recent Developments in Honduras Senior Department Official Senior Official Office of the Spokesman Via Teleconference Washington, DC December 3, 2009 OPERATOR: Tim Padgett with Time Magazine , your line is open. QUESTION: My question goes to a statement Arturo Valenzuela just made when he said that the status quo remains unacceptable. But it seems to a ...
On March 4, 2009, the Student Government Association (SGA) was presented with a bill that proposed divesting from companies that profit from the suffering of innocent Palestinian civilians.
During a late November 29 Oval Office meeting with top Pentagon brass, "Obama issued orders to send about 30,000 additional American troops to Afghanistan (over the next six months in) what may be one of the most defining decisions of his presidency."
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It sounds as though President Obama plans to keep us in Afghanistan through most, if not all, of his first term. Is he gambling with his own political future even as he is gambling with our tax dollars and -- more importantly -- our soldiers’ lives?
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The United States must ensure procedures are in place to investigate civilian deaths since more troops are heading to Afghanistan, Amnesty International said.
LIMA, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The deaths of Peruvian protesters as well as police must be addressed as part of an investigation of a deadly June incident, human rights advocates say.
WASHINGTON & BANGKOK----Concerns have again been raised about the Lao Hmong refugee crisis in Thailand. The United Nations, European Parliament, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the Center for Public Policy Analysis and Lao Hmong Human Rights Council have made recent appeals to end the forced repatriation of the refugees.
Amnesty International on Wednesday pushed Sri Lanka to grant full freedom to 130,000 Tamil civilians who have been allowed out of camps where they were detained following the island's ethnic conflict.
The concept of thinking globally and acting locally will become very real Friday night at SoZo Institute of the Arts, 256 E. Beaver Ave.
American Indians may be the original Americans, but they have commanded little attention in Washington over the years, in part because of their small numbers and smaller incomes. Their influence reached a particularly low ebb after the fall of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, convicted in 2006 for bilking tribes of millions in casino profits.
LawFuel.com - 3 December 2009 - International law firm Eversheds is advising Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation on a £500M proposal for a regeneration scheme to transform the heart of Purfleet in the Thames Gateway which has received the “green light” from the Department of Communities and Local Government.
LawFuel.com - Lawyer Newswire - International law firm Eversheds is advising New World China Land on one of the largest secondary offerings this year in Hong Kong.
A Planned Parenthood supporter from Otego joined demonstrators in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to lobby for health care reform and to protect access to abortion that would be banned in the House of Representatives version of legislation. Stuart Anderson said he was in a Senate caucus room where New York's senators echoed Planned Parenthood's opposition to limits in the Stupak-Pitts Amendment ...
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