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US envoy to visit Sri Lanka

AFP - 2 hours 16 minutes ago

A senior US envoy will head to Sri Lanka next week to encourage post-war reconciliation, days after the island nation allowed Tamil civilians to leave detention camps, officials said Friday.

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Refugees leave camps in Sri Lanka, but remain stranded
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 2, 8:31 am ET
Colombo – Thousands of people have started leaving refugee camps in northern Sri Lanka, six months after the civil war with the Tamil rebels ended, but remain stranded without any means of getting home, aid workers in the area said Wednesday. Since t...
Scottsdale Police Department earns reaccreditation
The Arizona Republic - Tue Dec 1, 7:09 pm ET
The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc., an international law enforcement organization, has reaccredited the Scottsdale Police Department.
Sarah Palin as a Leader for the Christian Right
US News & World Report - Tue Dec 1, 2:22 pm ET
The former governor's book brims with testimony of her Christian faith.
Women’s Rights Remain a Major Concern in Afghanistan, Activists Say
Kansas City InfoZine - Wed Dec 2, 6:57 am ET
By Emily Mullin - As President Obama prepared to send more soldiers to Afghanistan, two groups of women offered differing views about the best course of action to protect women’s rights.
Dems Let Sparks Fly Over Health Care, Abortion
WCVB Boston - Tue Dec 1, 7:30 pm ET
With only a week to go before Massachusetts voters head to the polls, the four Democratic Senate candidates sparred in a televised debate at WCVB-TV.
Best Lawyers selects 5 Greenberg Traurig attorneys as 2010 'Lawyers of the Year'
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 2, 9:00 am ET
MIAMI----The Best Lawyers in America, the oldest legal industry peer-review publication, has named five “Lawyers of the Year” from among the shareholders in the South Florida offices of international law firm Greenberg Traurig, PA.
International court to review Kosovo independence
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 30, 11:23 pm ET
The legality of Kosovo's secession from Serbia takes centre stage on Tuesday as the International Court of Justice opens hearings into Pristina's controversial decision to break away.
Int'l Court of Justice hears Kosovo case
UPI - Tue Dec 1, 10:28 am ET
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The International Court of Justice Tuesday began hearings in The Hague on the legality of Kosovo's February declaration of independence from Serbia.
America is funding oppression
The State Hornet - Wed Dec 2, 3:34 am ET
The Holocaust was undoubtedly one of the great atrocities of humanity. There will never be so profound a difference between anyone to warrant the discrimination of an entire people.
Minaret Ban Challenges Tolerant Swiss Image
Time Magazine - Mon Nov 30, 1:33 pm ET
Voters in Switzerland have approved a measure banning the construction of minarets on mosques. Opponents fear it could provoke a violent reaction in the Muslim world
Letter to the Editor: Minaret ban in Switzerland is unjust toward Muslims
The Michigan Daily - Tue Dec 1, 11:54 pm ET
On Sunday, to my horror, I discovered that Swiss voters had decided to ban all future construction of Minarets. Minarets are towers traditionally used to call Muslims to prayer five times a day. The initial referendum passed by over 57 percent. Given the Swiss system, due to the margin by which it passed, the ban is now part of the Swiss Constitution.
Huckabee: Clemmons isn't same person
WLFI Lafayette - Tue Dec 1, 11:41 pm ET
Huckabee has been under scrutiny after a man shot and killed four cops in a coffee shop in Seattle. Maurice Clemmons, the suspect, was facing a lifetime in prison in Arkansas when Huckabee was governor. Huckabee shortened Clemmons' sentence.
Serbia Questions Kosovo's Independence At UN Court
INO News - Tue Dec 1, 5:25 pm ET
(RTTNews) - The hearings on Serbia's challenge to Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence began at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday, with Serbia arguing that Kosovo's independence declaration was not in accordance with international law.
Serbia at hearing: Kosovo's independence illegal
Boston Globe - Tue Dec 1, 6:18 am ET
Serbia argued to the World Court on Tuesday that Kosovo's declaration of independence was an unlawful challenge to the international legal order that tore at the very fabric of Serb national identity.
Jennifer Parser Joins Poyner Spruill LLP
dBusinessNews.com - Tue Dec 1, 1:45 pm ET
Poyner Spruill LLP announced today that Jennifer Parser has become "of counsel" in its Raleigh office. Parser will practice in the areas of immigration law, employment and international law.