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Iran: Prevent Woman’s Execution for Adultery 0
Post Views: 7 Judiciary Should End Stoning as a Punishment and Halt All Executions (London) – The Iranian judiciary should halt plans to execute a woman convicted of adultery, Human Rights Watch said today. Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43 year-old
Read MoreGermany: Accepting Guantanamo Detainees a Positive Step 0
Post Views: 8 Resettling Those No Longer Considered a Threat Helps Advance Effort to Close the Prison (Berlin) – The German government’s decision on July 7, 2010, to accept two Guantanamo Baydetainees for resettlement is an important step in closing
Read MoreUS: Most Rape Kits Never Tested in Illinois 0
Post Views: 8 One of the Illinois State Police Labs in Springfield that will test Illinois’s rape kits. While the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act of 2010 is a significant step forward and provides a potential reform model for other
Read MoreForgotten Casualties of the Recession 0
Post Views: 9 Child Poverty in the Age of Neoliberalism Consistently ignored in reporting on the economic crisis is the dramatic toll it’s taking on America’s children. The prevalence of poverty has expanded dramatically in light of growing unemployment, accompanied
Read MoreTerrorista Chávez Abarca confesó ser contratado por Posada Carriles para desestabilizar a Venezuela 0
Post Views: 3 El terrorista sostuvo que le pagarían lo que él pidiera por el trabajo de desestabilización (Foto TeleSUR) Reveló que recibía directrices del terrorista Posada Carriles para iniciar un proceso de desestabilización en las elecciones parlamentarias venezolanas /
Read MoreCIA, Pakistan’s ISI Engage in Fierce but Quiet Battle 0
Post Views: 17 US Complains to Pakistan Over Apparent ‘Double Agent’ Attempt Though publicly both sides insist their relationship is solid and indispensable, ties between the CIA and Pakistan’s powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Agency seem to be suffering in the
Read MoreRed Flags for the Economy 0
Post Views: 7 Warning Signs From the Bond Market Bonds are signaling that the recovery is in trouble. The yield on the 10-year Treasury (2.97 percent) has fallen to levels not seen since the peak of the crisis while
Read MoreRachid Bouchareb: my film about the 7/7 London bombings 0
Post Views: 8 The shoot should have been a disaster. The male lead was dying and wore an oxygen mask between takes. The female lead was struggling with a language she’d speed-learned over four weeks, and could barely communicate with
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The razor and the damage done: female genital mutilation in Kurdish Iraq
Post Views: 10 The old Kurdish midwife’s hands trembled alongside a bowl that she positions to catch dripping blood. She picked up a razor blade and sliced through a corner of paper, mimicking the ritual cut she has performed at
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Biden Demands Net No Progress on Iraq Govt
Post Views: 4 No Proposals Made for Next Coalition Govt Though it comes as little surprise given the past four months of political fighting, Vice President Joe Biden’s Iraq visit has come to an end, and his demand for a
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