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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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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.
China quake activist jailed for three years
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 1:18 am ET
A Chinese dissident who tried to help victims of last year's Sichuan earthquake was jailed for three years on Monday on charges of illegally possessing state secrets, his wife said, decrying the sentence as "revenge."
Stem cell foes plot next step
Omaha World-Herald - Tue Nov 24, 1:09 am ET
Some opponents of human embryonic stem cell research, foiled in their attempts to change University of Nebraska policy on such research, are looking again to the Legislature.
Zimbabwe women, to receive rights award from Obama, speak out on their country's rights record
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Mon Nov 23, 7:26 pm ET
WASHINGTON - 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.
Questioning Capitalism
The Tech - Tue Nov 24, 2:46 am ET
By Charles Barr Why does anyone still question capitalism as the basic engine for economic growth? From what used to be the Soviet Union to China, capitalism has gained recognition as the best way to achieve broad-based economic success. However, individuals like Alexi Goranov, who wrote an article for the November 20 issue of The Tech (“Capitalism and Functioning Democracy Are At Odds ...
Your letters: November 24, 2009
Ventura County Star - Mon Nov 23, 10:18 pm ET
Right to healthcareWe have the opportunity to change our lives and make them better by passing something that every American should support: the right to healthcare.Every American has the right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. How can we pursue our dreams when we are worrying about if we have healthcare? How can we make our dreams come true when we are scared that our children may not ...
China activist who spoke out on quake gets 3 years
WKBT La Crosse - Mon Nov 23, 10:09 pm ET
A veteran dissident was sentenced to three years in prison after casting a spotlight on poorly built schools that collapsed and killed thousands of childrenduring China's massive earthquake last year - an apparent government...
Experts Say Iran Uses the Death Penalty as a Way to Intimidate Opponents
New York Times - Sun Nov 22, 7:03 pm ET
A flurry of executions and death sentences has raised concern that the government is using judicially sanctioned killing to quell pockets of unrest around the nation.
Why Bishop Tobin is Truly Wrong
National Catholic Reporter - Mon Nov 23, 5:13 pm ET
Bishop Tobin and Congressman Kennedy are engaged in an unseemly public spat. We now know that in 2007, the bishop of Providence told Kennedy that he should refrain from presenting himself for communion because of his pro-choice position on abortion.
Pro-life movement regrouping after stem cell defeat
Lincoln Journal Star - Mon Nov 23, 8:33 pm ET
One of the state's leading pro-life advocates said Monday shehas shifted to regrouping mode following a defeat on embryonic stemcell research at the hands of the University of Nebraska Board ofRegents.
Clifford Chance advises NWS Holdings Limited on sale of interest in Taifook Securities
LawFuel - Mon Nov 23, 6:51 pm ET
Hong Kong- LawFuel.com - Legal Newswire - Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised NWS Holdings Limited on its sale of a controlling interest in Taifook Securities Group Limited to Hai Tong (HK) Financial Holdings Limited for HK$1.82 billion.