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Honduran vote to face legitimacy test

CNN - 2 hours 47 minutes ago

Hondurans will answer two questions Sunday when the troubled Central American nation holds elections: Who will win the presidency, and will voters heed calls for a boycott?

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Tajikistan women beaten, abused and raped in the family
Amnesty International - Tue Nov 24, 3:46 am ET
A new Amnesty International report urges the authorities to properly prosecute violence against women and not to dismiss it as a 'private family matter'.
Myanmar must end arrests of activists and continue aid after Cyclone Nargis
Amnesty International - Tue Nov 24, 3:46 am ET
In October, the Myanmar authorities arrested at least 10 political activists and journalists for trying to help survivors of Cyclone Nargis. Their whereabouts is unknown.
USA/Indonesia: Amnesty International Activists Rally for Release of Prisoners of Conscience in Indonesia
Amnesty International - Tue Nov 24, 3:46 am ET
Amnesty International USA will hold a rally on behalf of its "prisoners of conscience" Filep Karma and Yusak Pakage, who are imprisoned in Indonesia. Activists will gather at the Indonesian Embassy on Tuesday, December 1, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. to commemorate the fifth anniversary of their arrest and to demand their immediate and unconditional release.
Inda/USA: Amnesty International Urges Obama to Address Human Rights in India During First State Visit
Amnesty International - Tue Nov 24, 3:45 am ET
Human rights organization says that there must be accountability for past abuses by Prime Minister Singh?s own political party and protection of civilians in the continued military actions against Maoists-Naxalites
China must free activist who defended earthquake victims
Amnesty International - Tue Nov 24, 3:45 am ET
Huang Qi has been sentenced to three years in prison for his work on behalf of families of five primary school pupils who died when school buildings collapsed in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
Abduction and killings of journalists and politicians in the Philippines must be investigated
Amnesty International - Tue Nov 24, 3:45 am ET
At least 21 civilians have been killed in the southern province of Maguindanao. These are the first reported killings linked to national elections to be held in May 2010.
Iran’s Death Penalty Is Seen as a Political Tactic
New York Times - Mon Nov 23, 7:38 am ET
A flurry of executions has raised concern that the government is using judicially sanctioned killing to quell pockets of unrest around the nation.
Madoff Trustee Seeks $22 Million for 5 Months’ Work (Update3)
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 23, 6:41 pm ET
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Irving Picard , the liquidator for Bernard Madoff’s investment advisory business, asked a judge to approve $22.1 million in fees for him and his team with the law firm Baker & Hostetler LLP , for five months of work on the case.
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UPI - Mon Nov 23, 5:03 pm ET
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Press Releases: Meeting of the Advisory Committee on International Law December 11, 2009
U.S. Department of State - Tue Nov 24, 3:27 pm ET
Meeting of the Advisory Committee on International Law December 11, 2009 Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC November 24, 2009 A meeting of the Department of State Advisory Committee on International Law will take place on Friday, December 11, 2009, from 9:15 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m., at the George Washington University Law School (Michael K. Young Faculty Conference Center, 5 th Floor ...
Zimbabwe women, receiving rights award, speak out
Boston Globe - Mon Nov 23, 8:18 pm ET
President Barack Obama is praising a women's organization whose members have been beaten repeatedly by Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (moo-GAH'-bay)'s police force and face trials for challenging the government there. Obama says the women represent a style of grassroots campaign that could change their country.
Group: Give Tajikistani women justice
UPI - Mon Nov 23, 2:34 pm ET
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Authorities in Tajikistan must prosecute violence against women as a criminal offense, Amnesty International said in a report published Monday.
Arroyo directs military to look for gunmen
UPI - Mon Nov 23, 2:29 pm ET
MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo directed the country's military to search for gunmen in the hostage-and-killing in Maguindanao province Monday.
Greenberg Traurig's Dennis Hillier and Glenn Gerena Co-Host Real Estate Industry Forum to Address Repositioning ...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Nov 24, 12:10 pm ET
BOCA RATON, Fla.----Dennis W. Hillier and Glenn A. Gerena, shareholders in the Boca Raton office of the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A., co-hosted with Langan Engineering and Environmental Services "Repositioning Troubled Master Planned Community and Resort Projects," an informative half-day forum.
Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Address Ethical Dilemmas for Human Resources Association of Broward County
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Nov 24, 11:57 am ET
BOCA RATON & FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.----A panel of attorneys from the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, PA, facilitated "Ethical Dilemmas HR Professionals Face in Challenging Economic Times," a recent program hosted by the Human Resources Association of Broward County.