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An advocacy group says thousands of New York City children have languished in foster care for years. The group, called Children's Rights, says the problems include Family Court delays; inadequate casework; and a lack of urgency throughout the child welfare system. Commissioner John B. Mattingly says the Administration for Children's Services is working to shorten foster care stays.
Rep. Brad Ellsworth, D-Ind., told a Washington, D.C.-based newspaper this week the prospect that an anti-abortion amendment — offered by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., to the health care reform bill in the House — would not be approved is why he offered his own plan. The 8th District congressman told The Hill he didn't want the House bill to pass without language to ensure no federal funds are used ...
The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution on Thursday urging Israel and the Palestinians to investigate war crimes charges leveled in a controversial U.N. report on the Gaza war.
When Wisconsin Right to Life Says a Speech by the Former Alaska Governor is Closed, They Aren't Kidding
How area members of Congress voted the week ending Nov. 6.
A resolution calling for independent investigations into alleged war crimes committed by Israel and Hamas during last winter's Gaza war was the focus of debate in the U.N. General Assembly.
The Muslim faith is once again in the limelight after a practitioner of it allegedly went on a shooting free at Fort Hood in Texas. But local Muslims worry their religion will take the blame.
VIP Visits • Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Brazil (7-13 November). • Antonio Maria Costa, UNODC Executive Director: Doha (7-10 and 13), Tripoli (10-12), Uganda (14-16).
Beijing's abuses affect many issues the U.S. holds dear. The Israeli government is depriving Palestinians of the right to live in their own homes, in neighborhoods where many have lived for generations.
The winners in the Knoxville City Council races were mostly relentless in campaigning, which is necessary when turnout is fewer than 8,000 voters, as was the case Tuesday. Based on mailings, robotic phone calls and candidate forums, two candidates in particular - Nick Pavlis, who will be the new 1st District council member, and Brenda Palmer, who won the 3rd District seat - never let an ...
A Britain-based human rights group says victims of a toxic waste dump in Ivory Coast may never see the multi-million dollar settlement awarded to them in compensation for the illegal dumping of oil waste around Abidjan in 2006. Amnesty International is accusing a man who claims to represent the victims with trying to shift the compensation money into his own bank account.
International jurist Richard Goldstone offered a spirited defense last night of his bitterly disputed United Nations report on Israel’s invasion of Gaza, reminding a Brandeis University audience that it was the first such UN report to accuse Palestinian fighters as well as Israeli forces of committing war crimes.
You can't see her without buying an advance ticket ($30), but Sarah Palin is in town tonight to speak at a Wisconsin Right to Life event. Speaking of pols, Gov. Jim Doyle will be in Fond du Lac to thank Mercury Marine, its employees and others for not letting the company bail for Oklahoma. A guy who might want to be guv, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, is aiming to raise city property taxes by 4.4 ...
Washington, 6 November (WashingtonTV)—The United Nations General Assembly voted on Thursday to endorse a report accusing Israel and Palestinian militants of war crimes during Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip in late December and January.
A US lawmaker has introduced legislation to end "inhumane and unconstitutional" rules that prevent death row inmates from presenting newly discovered evidence to dispute their guilt.
The Americans were tried in absentia for the seizure of a Muslim cleric from the streets of Milan over six years ago.
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