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1. New Interactive Map Shows Languages Spoken in America
09 August 2013 12:11pm | US State Department
The U.S. Census Bureau released an interactive, online map August 6 pinpointing the wide array of languages spoken in homes across the United States, along with a detailed report on rates of English proficiency and the growing number of speakers of other ..... More >>
2. Eid ul Fitr Message - Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at NZ
09 August 2013 1:57pm | Ahmadiyya Jamaat
By the Grace of Allah, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at New Zealand will be celebrating their Eid ul Fitr tomorrow Friday, 09 August 2013. .. More >>
3. India: Midday Meal Scheme Must Continue Despite Bihar
09 August 2013 2:40pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Despite claiming to be a champion of the poor, the Government of India has in recent years expressed an increased interest in introducing cash transfers instead of subsidized food. In this context, the midday meal disaster in Bihar the 16th of July, where ..... More >>
4. Pacific Network Identifies Cause of Diarrhoea Outbreak
26 July 2013 5:51pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The pathogen causing the diarrhoea outbreak currently affecting Kiribati has been identified by Mataika House Laboratory in Fiji yesterday. It is a rotavirus. .. More >>
5. U Gambira Sheds Light On Schapelle Corby Scandal
07 August 2013 2:02pm | expendable.tv
U Gambira, the leader of the 2007 Saffron Revolution in Burma, has called for the immediate release of Australian woman Schapelle Corby, from Kerobokan Prison in Bali, Indonesia... More >>
6. Historic WW1 Kiwi Military Records Now Available Online
20 April 2011 5:24pm | Ancestry.com.au
Ancestry.com.au releases over 40 million historic military collections, free to search for a limited time this ANZAC Day Weekend .. More >>
7. China's Commitment to Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
09 August 2013 12:24pm | CTBTO Preparatory Commission
The Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), Lassina Zerbo, met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his trip to China this week. Wang congratulated Zerbo on his assumption ..... More >>
8. Australia May Contain World's Next Major Oil Find
23 July 2013 4:10pm | Oilprice.com
Australia's massive mineral exports allowed it to weather the global recession, which began in 2008, quite nicely. .. More >>
9. Pakistan: Children with small heads exploited for beggary
06 May 2011 11:28am | Asian Human Rights Commission
No one knows about the reality and sad saga of these greenish veiled and shaved head individuals carried by their masters with a chain about their necks to get the sympathies of the masses for the sake of begging. .. More >>
10. Myanmar: UN to assess human rights situation countrywide
08 August 2013 5:18pm | OHCHR
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, will undertake an official visit to the country from 11 to 21 August 2013. It will include visits to Rakhine State, Kachin State, Shan State, Chin State ..... More >>
11. UN High Commisioner Dismayed By Resumption of Death Penalty
10 August 2013 1:08pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
We are dismayed by the resumption of the death penalty by Viet Nam, with the execution of a 27-year-old man by lethal injection in Hanoi on August 6. Some 18 months after the last execution is reported to have taken place, this resumption represents a ..... More >>
12. Indymedia: 1000s Women Murdered For Snuff Movies
13 December 2004 10:46am | Indymedia
Claims have surfaced on Indymedia that thousands of women and young children have been murdered in Latin America. The writer claims the murders have been recorded for a thriving snuff movie industry worth millions... More >>
13. Sri Lanka: Horrible Military Crimes At Rathupaswala
07 August 2013 4:15pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The horrible military killings at Ratupaswala are nothing but mean and horrible killings. Nothing in the military terminology or strategic manuals could ever justify the horrible acts that happened at Rathupaswala. If there is some decency left in the military ..... More >>
14. Obama, Greek Prime Minister Samaras After Their Meeting
09 August 2013 12:12pm | US State Department
THE PRESIDENT: I want to welcome Prime Minister Samaras and his delegation to the Oval Office and the United States. It goes without saying that the friendship, the bonds between the United States and Greece are as deep and as broad as any relations ..... More >>
15. UK & Canada to Protest Mugabe's UN Tourism Summit
09 August 2013 12:40pm | UN Watch
The non-governmental advocacy group UN Watch welcomed reports that Britain and Canada will not be sending any representatives to a global UN tourism conference being hosted by Zimbabwe later this month... More >>
16. Statement on Eid Al-Fitr and Steadfastness Until Victory
09 August 2013 2:53pm | Anti-Coup Pro-Democracy National Alliance
Anti-Coup Alliance Statement on Eid Al-Fitr and Steadfastness Until Victory The pro-legitimacy, pro-democracy coalition in Egypt vows to stand steadfast with the masses of Egyptian people, until they defeat the coup and reinstate the President ..... More >>
17. Pakistan: A Young Woman Stoned to Death For Having a Cell Ph
12 July 2013 3:10pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Pakistan: A Young Woman Stoned to Death For Having a Cell Phone After Ruling By a Panchayat .. More >>
18. Jihad to convert Hindu girls to Islam rages on
20 July 2013 2:05pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Jihad to convert Hindu girls is continued unabated under the indifferent attitude of Pakistani authorities. In recent months, seven Hindu girls have been targeted in the conversion to Islam campaign. Of the seven, five have been abducted and converted ..... More >>
19. Peace Hopes Rise For West Papua
06 August 2013 3:54pm | Anne Noonan
PAPUA New Guinea has now launched an initiative aimed at defusing the standoff over West Papua, raising hopes of a breakthrough in one of the most intractable rows in the Asia-Pacific region... More >>
20. Indonesia Rupiah 'Dive' Saves Aussies Bali Holiday
07 August 2013 4:19pm | Indonesia Institute
As the Australian dollar continues to 'head south' many Australians are now, once again looking north; to Bali where, thanks to the rapid fall in the Indonesia rupiah over the past few months, holidays are still 'amazing value' according to an Australian ..... More >>
21. UN Concerned About Bahrain's Toughened Anti-Terrorism Law
07 August 2013 4:34pm | UN News
The United Nations human rights office today said it is concerned about a recommendation to toughen punishments in Bahrain, including revoking the citizenship of anyone convicted of terrorist offenses. .. More >>
22. All Out Escalates Campaign Against Russia Anti-Gay Crackdown
09 August 2013 2:05pm | All Out
All Out Escalates Global Campaign Against Anti-Gay Crackdown In Russia; Delivers Petition to Meeting of Russia Foreign Minister and UN Head .. More >>
23. Images: World's Biggest Bomb (10 Tonnes) Tested
12 March 2003 2:26pm | US Department of Defence
U.S. Air Force images of the MOAB - "Mother Of All Bombs" - being prepared for testing... More >>
24. US Army Patents Illegal WMD Delivery System
13 May 2003 3:04pm | The Sunshine Project
Austin and Hamburg (8 May 2003) - The United States Army has developed and patented a new grenade that it says can be used to wage biowarfare. This is in violation of the Biological Weapons Convention, which explicitly prohibits development of bioweapons ..... More >>
25. monk leads mob violence at Maligawatta
04 March 2013 6:48pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Swarnavahini reported a raid on a house maintained at a high rise building in Maligawatta by a mob led by a Buddhist monk, Galabodathe Yanasiri, the secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (The Buddhist Power Army). Galabodathe Yanasiri claimed that a person residing ..... More >>
26. The arrest of Vaas Gunawardena and the descent into anarchy
15 June 2013 12:07pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Vass Gunawardena is now in remand custody while an inquiry into the conspiracy to murder a businessman for pay is ongoing. Even as he is being interrogated he was reported in the television network, Suwarnawa ..... More >>
27. ADB Helps Timor-Leste Access Safe, Reliable Water
19 July 2013 4:07pm | Asian Development Bank
DILI, TIMOR-LESTE (18 July 2013) - The Government of Timor-Leste, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the people of Quintal Bot district participated in a special ceremony today to mark the arrival of safe, reliable water to the district for the first time ..... More >>
28. Burma: Police Torture of Gay and Transgendered People
22 July 2013 4:14pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission has been following with concern news of the police targeting of gay and transgendered people in Burma, or Myanmar, and has recently obtained detailed information on a number of cases of alleged arbitrary arrest, detention ..... More >>
29. 5 Activists Arrested Papua Merdeka
31 July 2013 2:08pm | Anne Noonan
Jayapura - Papua Merdeka Five activists were arrested during a demonstration on Monday (29/7) yesterday, supports a national action agenda relating to Self Determination (Self-Determination, ed) for the people of West Papuans, including PPB meeting of ..... More >>
30. Wind Power Capacity Expanding Rapidly in U.S.
08 August 2013 5:29pm | US State Department
Wind power is gaining a greater share of the U.S. energy market, according to a new assessment from the Department of Energy, making the United States one of the world's largest and fastest-growing markets for this clean and renewable source of energy... More >>
31. Sentencing of Somali Pirates for Attack on the S/V QUEST
08 August 2013 5:36pm | US State Department
The Department of State welcomes August 2 sentencing of three Somali pirates in the Federal District Court of Virginia for the February 2011 murder of four abducted American citizens Scott Adam, Jean Adam, Phyllis Macay, and Robert Riggle aboard ..... More >>
32. UN Gears Up to Fight Corruption in the Pacific
09 August 2013 12:33pm | UNDP
The impact of corruption and the challenge of fighting corruption are well known to citizens and observers of the Pacific. In recognizing the importance of fighting corruption, the United Nations has commenced a 4 year USD4.3 million Pacific Regional ..... More >>
33. One For You One For Me
09 August 2013 2:31pm | Gerald Kithinji
'Albinism is a genetic condition that results in the lack of pigment in a person's skin, eyes and hair. Witchdoctors in parts of Africa claim that organs and other body parts from albinos have magical powers; and human traffickers target albinos ..... More >>
34. Uganda: "Public assembly must be protected, not attacked"
10 August 2013 1:01pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (9 August 2013) - Three United Nations independent human rights experts today expressed serious concern at the passing of the Public Order Management Bill in Uganda, which prohibits protests of more than three people without prior police ..... More >>
35. Republic of Fiji and AG vs Chandrika Prasad
01 March 2001 6:42pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
1 March 2001 THE JUDGEMENT SUMMARY: Republic of Fiji and Attorney General vs Chandrika Prasad.. More >>
36. Palau prepares for avian influenza
06 April 2006 1:13pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Palau prepares for avian influenza Thursday, April 6, 2006, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Suva Regional Office - Palau's Avian Flu Response Team learnt how to take blood samples from chickens to test for avian influenza in a recent training session. ..... More >>
37. Actor, OMEGA-Ambassador George Clooney in Tokyo
31 July 2007 11:36am | Omega
American actor and OMEGA ambassador George Clooney poses for photographers at the Nicolas G. Hayek Center building during an Omega-Event, in Tokyo, 30 July 2007... More >>
38. Citroen Launches The Green Rally Car
03 October 2008 1:02pm | Citroen
Citroen brought together its remarkable record in the World Rally Championship and its unique environmental technology to produce the world's first hybrid World Rally Car, the Citroen C4 WRC HYmotion4 with a hybrid energy recovery system which delivers ..... More >>
39. SAMOAN MINOANS FROM ANCIENT CRETE: The Origin of Polynesia
01 July 2011 5:20pm | Obed Unasa
One of history's great mysteries that glitter in the realm of the unknown, just beyond the reach of scientific proof, is the origin of Polynesia... More >>
40. Illegal Methamphetamines Made From Drugs in Thai Hospitals
23 May 2012 6:20pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Millions of Illegal Methamphetamines Made From Medicine in Thailand's Hospitals By Richard S. Ehrlich BANGKOK, Thailand -- Police said they seized one million illicit methamphetamine pills, weeks after discovering nearly 50 million legal tablets to ..... More >>
41. Response from Sea Shepherd to release by Pete Bethune
28 September 2012 4:51pm | Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Sea Shepherd does not need to blame Pete Bethune for the fact that Japan is pursuing charges against Captain Paul Watson. The information provided in the extradition request clearly states that the order is based on allegations against Captain Paul ..... More >>
42. Nigeria: Bayelsa, Rivers at War over Oil Wells
01 November 2012 11:06am | AkanimoReports News
All is currently not well between President Goodluck Jonathan's home state, Bayelsa, and her mother state, Rivers. The two states are locked in a potentially dangerous Oil Wells War that could rupture the relative peace in the five front line oil and ..... More >>
43. Call For Submissions On the Sale of Council Owned Land
30 May 2013 4:24pm | Palmerston North City Council
Palmerston North City Council is calling for submissions on a proposal to sell unwanted property in the City and to lift the reserve status on those that are reserves under the Reserves Act 1977... More >>
44. 90,000 Tamil War Widows: Sexual Abuse By Sri Lankan Forces
31 May 2013 3:28pm | Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam
While Thai Prime Minister Visits Sri Lanka - 90,000 Tamil War Widows Face Sexual Abuse By Sri Lankan Forces: TGTE .. More >>
45. Lulu Roman to Be Inducted Into Country Music Hall of Fame
07 June 2013 11:35am | National Traditional Country Music Association
LuLu Roman was one of the most popular female stars on the show that replaced the Smothers Brothers. 'Hee Haw' became one of America's best tongue in cheek television shows....ever, and is still in re-runs on RFD-TV... More >>
46. Biafra National Youth League (BNYL)
12 June 2013 3:30pm | Biafra National Youth League
We have come to take what originally belongs to us from Nigeria, and that is our sovereignty and our land (Bakassi) that was ceded to Cameroon without due consultation. .. More >>
47. 15 Years After Biak Massacre, West Papua Oppression Continue
05 July 2013 2:03pm | Australia West Papua Association
Saturday the 6 July marks 15 years since the Indonesian security forces massacred scores of people in Biak , West Papua. The victims, included women and children who had gathered for a peaceful rally. They were killed at the base of a water tower ..... More >>
48. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka as Head of UN Women
11 July 2013 4:15pm | US State Department
U.S. Mission to the United Nations: Statement on the Appointment of Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka as Head of UN Women .. More >>
49. Sylva Implicates Jonathan On Pension Scandal
23 July 2013 5:04pm | Akanimo Sampson
TROUBLE is currently brewing in Bayelsa State, President Goodluck Jonathan home state in Southern Nigeria. Former Governor Timipre Sylva, wants his successor, Seriake Dickson, to throw in the towel, and quit his office... More >>
50. UNICEF Steps Up Efforts to Stop Polio Outbreak in Somalia
06 August 2013 10:25am | UN News
An emergency contribution from Japan will enable the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and its partners to tackle a polio outbreak in Somalia that has already paralyzed nearly 100 children and threatens hundreds of thousands more who are not ..... More >>
51. Digital Nationz Announces First Round of Speakers
07 August 2013 3:38pm | DIGITAL NATIONZ
This week the DIGITAL NATIONZ team are excited to share a few announcements. Ticket sales to DIGITAL NATIONZ went on sale last week Thursday 1st August, so far the 1 Day Saturday VIP & 2 Day VIP passes have already sold out, there are however ..... More >>
52. $100 Million Saudi Contribution for UN Counter-Terrorism
09 August 2013 10:26am | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his sincere gratitude to King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia for his announcement of a $100 million contribution for United Nations counter-terrorism efforts... More >>
53. Daily Press Briefing - August 8, 2013
09 August 2013 12:19pm | US State Department
Secretary Kerry and Prime Minister Samaras had a productive meeting that highlighted the strength of the U.S.-Greek partnership. The Secretary recognized the difficult but essential reforms Greece is taking to restore market confidence and fuel economic ..... More >>
54. Japan must explain how it will stop water leaks at Fukushima
09 August 2013 12:32pm | Greenpeace
Japan's government urgently needs to explain how it plans to take responsibility for the leakage of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant and seek international help to draw up a clear action plan to resolve the crisis, Greenpeace said... More >>
55. Philippines' investigation on killing of a Taiwan fisherman
09 August 2013 12:35pm | Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday it will recommend that the government lift its sanctions against Manila, once the Philippines meets Taiwan's demands regarding an incident in May in which a Taiwanese fisherman was shot dead by Philippines coast ..... More >>
56. Women From Washington State Shine for ISM
03 March 2003 9:56am | International Solidarity Movement
Today's update focuses on two remarkable women from the US state of Washington. Rachel Corrie from Olympia writes an update on the Gaza Strip's hottest hot spot, while Susan Barclay writes a note of thanks to her supporters (yet still we wonder, is ..... More >>
57. Reactions to the Movie ? "The Day After Tomorrow"
02 June 2004 9:59am | Tuvalu Government
The movie "The Day After Tomorrow" provides a dramatic picture of climate change and sea level rise. Whilst the reality may not be as dramatic, climate change is nevertheless devastating for small island developing states like Tuvalu... More >>
58. UQ Wire: 9/11 Commission Outline of the 9/11 Plot
17 June 2004 10:11am | www.UnansweredQuestions.org
We are fortunate to have had access to the fruits of a massive investigative effort by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement agencies, as well intelligence collection and analysis from the Central Intelligence Agency, the National ..... More >>
59. John Bolton's Divorce - Group Sex Allegations
13 May 2005 11:43am | Larry Flynt
Publisher Larry Flynt's Questions Posed to State Department Regarding Corroborated Allegations that First Wife was Forced into Group Sex go Unanswered.. More >>
60. Russian Arms Merchant raps on Latin America's Door
22 March 2007 2:23pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
o Foundation established for Russian arms sales surge to region o Moscow's military sales likely to surpass within the next several years the USSR's high water marks o U.S. is being pushed out of market it once dominated o New status ..... More >>
61. A Rat Model of the Human Immune System
09 August 2009 11:50pm | Transposagen
Lexington, Kentucky, USA, August 6, 2009 - Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. based in Lexington, KY announced today that its scientists and collaborators from the Medical College of Wisconsin have created and characterized the world's first ..... More >>
62. Images of Murder of a West Papuan By Indo Police
17 August 2009 1:35pm | West Papua National Authority
Head of Police of Yapen Regency to 'clean' the West Papuan political movement in Yapen, including the old village of Mantembu in the valley of Mt Wayoi. On Sunday 2 August the police kidnapped seven people from Mantembu and took them to Jayapura... More >>
63. Indonesia: Postpone Ratification Of Qonun Jinayah
18 September 2009 12:26pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Implementing Islamic Law (Syariat Islam) is not a new thing for the Aceh people. A long time ago before Aceh was given the privilege to implement the law of Islam, the people in Aceh adopted Islamic values in their daily lives. Therefore, when the ..... More >>
64. Pakistan: Girl raped for 21 days by policemen
20 May 2010 3:13pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information from The News International about a revolting story of a 13 year-old girl, who was continuously gang-raped, mentally, and physically tortured by police officials during 21 days of illegal detention. ..... More >>
65. Made in Brazil: Confronting Child Labour
17 November 2010 11:15am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
While Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has made significant efforts to reduce child labor, at the end of his tenure the issue still remains urgent. Forging a successful strategy to reduce child labor is not a simple task, since the reasons ..... More >>
66. Dolphin defenders celebrate closing of Turkish dolphinarium
06 May 2011 11:22am | WDSF
The mayor of the city of Bodrum, Mehmet Kocadon, informed in a official writing to the managers of the dolphin protection organisations ProWal and the Whale and Dolphin Protection Forum (WDSF) from 2 May, 2011 that he guarantees that the dolphin park ..... More >>
67. Bridgette O'Sullivan Named as Child Matters Ambassador
07 October 2011 4:27pm | HMC Communications
Child abuse prevention organisation, Child Matters, announced today that Bridgette O'Sullivan has agreed to act as an ambassador for the organisation. .. More >>
68. Police 'Visit' Kiribati Independent Newspaper
22 June 2012 2:10pm | Pacific Media Watch
http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/kiribati-police-visit-defiant-kiribati-independent-newspaper-7987 .. More >>
69. Akwa Ibom Artiste Out with New Annang Song
23 June 2012 2:08pm | Akanimo Sampson
A new song called Annang Mma, composed by Ms. Perfecta Ekpo, the Akwa Ibom State song writer, performer, dancer, musical arranger and leader of the African musical group, Uko Africana based in New York has composed a new song to commemorate the ..... More >>
70. India: Urgent Appeals - Chakpi Hydroelectric Project
19 March 2013 2:13pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
18 March 2013 --------------------------------------------------------------------- India: In Observance Of International Rivers Day, Tribes Protest The Chakpi Multipurpose Hydroelectric Project .. More >>
71. Fiji: The 2013 Government Draft Constitution
02 April 2013 3:17pm | Citizens' Constitutional Forum
The new Government Draft Constitution [GDC] is an ambiguous document-at times continuing the traditions of the 1997 Constitution [1997] and 2012 draft of the Constitution Commission [2012], while at others making major departures from the past. The GDC ..... More >>
72. Air Tahiti Nui Hosts First Inflight Wedding
29 April 2013 9:05pm | Air Tahiti Nui
Air Tahiti Nui has held its first inflight wedding ceremony 10,000m in the air somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean between Paris and Los Angeles with a British couple celebrating their union on flight TN07 en route to Tahiti for their honeymoon. .. More >>
73. South Korean Distant Water Fisheries
01 May 2013 5:16pm | Greenpeace
South Korea is one of the leading distant water fishing powers, with 359 vessels operating in all oceans of the world. In recent years, many cases of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities and human right abuses have been reported, ..... More >>
74. India must tackle root causes of violence against women
04 May 2013 1:11pm | United Nations Human Rights Council
NEW DELHI / GENEVA (3 May 2013) - New laws against rape passed in India in the wake of the fatal gang rape of a female student in Delhi last December do not go far enough, the United Nations expert on violence against women has said... More >>
75. Doctor Who celebrates 50th anniversary down under
14 May 2013 4:44pm | Vivid Sydney
The 50th anniversary of the legendary BBC television programme Doctor Who will be celebrated in spectacular style during Vivid Sydney. Kiwi fans who can't be there on the night will be able to watch special screenings at many local cinemas... More >>
76. Biafra National Youth League (BNYL)
07 June 2013 2:39pm | Biafra National Youth League
The treason charge against the leader of the Movement for the actualisation of the sovereign state of Biafra(MASSOB) initiated by the Federal Government of Nigeria will no doubt cause unrest in the country... More >>
77. SNL Financial ranks Europe's 50 largest banks
10 June 2013 6:38pm | SNL Financial
London, UK. (10 June 2013) - SNL Financial has released its annual ranking of the top 50 European banks by total assets . Amid much focus on the deleveraging underway across Europe's banking sector, this annual look at the region's biggest banks sheds ..... More >>
78. From Gaza to the USA, Culture Shock?
17 June 2013 4:35pm | Fidaa Abu Assi
As everything has to come to an end eventually, I am currently counting down the last few days of my ten-month trip in the United States. I was invited a couple of times to speak on what's like for a Palestinian from Gaza to live in the U.S. for ..... More >>
79. Study Shows Walnuts May Protect Against Heart Disease
21 June 2013 4:22pm | Yale Griffin Prevention Research Center
DERBY, Conn., June 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Promising results from a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition provide convincing evidence that walnuts can help protect against heart disease.. More >>
80. Cambodia: Report Finds Marked Deterioration In Human Rights
05 July 2013 2:47pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Phnom Penh, 19.06.2013: Human rights defenders in Cambodia are less safe than they were a year ago according to a report published today by ARTICLE 19 and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR). The risk assessment survey shows the security situation ..... More >>
81. Putin: The Czar of Homophobia
05 July 2013 3:20pm | The Peter Tatchell Foundation
Putin: The Czar of Homophobia Russian anti-gay repression condemned Violation of Russian constitution & European human rights law SIGN the petition against homophobic repression in Russia London, UK - 3 July 2013.. More >>
82. South Sudan: Fresh Clashes in Jonglei State
15 July 2013 11:23am | UN News
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) today expressed deep concern over reports of new clashes in strife-torn Jonglei state, as well as major mobilization of armed youth in the town of Pibor... More >>
83. Sri Lanka: Rape & Other Crimes Against Women On the Increase
16 July 2013 2:31pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Every ninety minutes a woman is raped in Sri Lanka, said Women for Rights at a press conference held in Colombo on July 14. The organisation further said that Sri Lanka is 5th on a list regarding domestic violence. Crimes causing violence relating to ..... More >>
84. Nigeria: How Oguta Re-Run Poll Exposed Okorocha's Aides
22 July 2013 3:46pm | Akanimo Sampson
RECENT mass sack of all cadres public functionaries in Imo State, Eastern Nigeria, under the administration of Governor Rochas Okorocha, was largely due to their inability to deliver appropriately whenever political occasion demands... More >>
85. Bali Does Have a 'Dark Side' But Look At the Facts
22 July 2013 3:57pm | Indonesia Institute
So Bali does have a dark side, and as more and more Australians flock to our 'Island Paradise' and more and more niave Aussies holiday there - sometimes even without travel insurance - and drink in excess, ride motor bikes whilst dressed in tee shirts, ..... More >>
86. Nigeria: PDP Fires Amaechi Again, Says He's Heartless
23 July 2013 2:57pm | Akanimo Sampson
THE ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria, has again taken on Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State, who is suspected to be spurred by forces allegedly seeking to subvert the President Goodluck Jonathan administration, saying the hard-fighting ..... More >>
87. Between The Death of My Nephew and My Visit To Jerusalem
23 July 2013 4:30pm | Fidaa Abu Assi
My life story in its great detail is so unfathomable and forever surprising I can no longer make sense to myself, let alone to others. Life is so unpredictable and ever changing my heart is never prepared for its unsteady rhythms. Between overwhelming ..... More >>
88. Akwa Ibom SSG On the Run As 2015 Bubble Bursts
30 July 2013 3:02pm | Akanimo Sampson
Our ancestors said that those who ride the tiger, ususally end up in the belly of the tiger. .. More >>
89. 6 Key Oil & Gas Discoveries of 2013 - Who's Worth Owning
30 July 2013 4:17pm | Oilprice.com
The pace of oil and gas exploration is frightening, and discoveries are weekly, if not daily, with volumes investors would only have dreamt of a decade ago. With each new discovery, it becomes difficult to keep track of the playing field, and even ..... More >>
90. PCHR: Abbas Must Save Lives Of Leukemia Sufferers In Gaza
30 July 2013 4:40pm | Palestinian Centre For Human Rights
PCHR Calls upon President Mahmoud Abbass to Intervene to Save Lives of 36 Patients Suffering from " Leukemia" Who Have Been with No treatment for 8 Months .. More >>
91. Fort McMurray Evicts Oil Sands Companies That Helped It Grow
31 July 2013 3:43pm | Oilprice.com
The Canadian town of Fort McMurray, population 76,000, is the heart of Alberta's oil sands largesse--but the town is bursting at its seams with nowhere to expand because the land surrounding it is owned by oil companies. .. More >>
92. Government Must Apolgise For Past Violations In West Papua
02 August 2013 2:21pm | West Papua Media
Human rights organisations in Papua have called on the Indonesian Government to apologise to the victims and the families of victims who lost their lives as a result of the brutal incident perpetrated by the security forces on 6 July 1998 in Biak. .. More >>
93. Indonesia: Human Rights Committee Makes Recommendations
02 August 2013 3:05pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International urges the Indonesian government to take concrete and immediate steps to implement recommendations made by the UN Human Rights Committee to ensure that civil and political rights are respected and protected in the country. .. More >>
94. IISD Names Alfred Duda & Michael Paterson Senior Fellows
02 August 2013 3:40pm | IISD
WINNIPEG-August 1, 2013- Dr. Alfred Duda , former senior advisor responsible for the International Waters focal area of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and Dr. Michael Paterson , recently retired senior scientist at Canada's renowned ..... More >>
95. Response to UNHCHR Pillay On Bedouin Regularizing Bill
02 August 2013 3:58pm | Embassy of Israel in Wellington
It is strange that the communique demands that Bedouins be entitled to the same rights to property, housing and public services, when this is exactly the declared purpose of the bill. .. More >>
96. Israel's Bedouin Citizens Appeal For Protection
05 August 2013 1:44pm | Palestine Human Rights Campaign
Following the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, Palestinian Bedouin villages in the south of Israel were officially categorised as 'unrecognised' by the new government. Since then, the people there have been denied water, sanitation, electricity, ..... More >>
97. Nigeria Attacks by Boko Haram May Be Crimes against Humanity
06 August 2013 10:24am | UN News
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today reported that there is reason to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed in Nigeria, namely murder and persecution by the militant group known as Boko Haram... More >>
98. Samoa's Coconut Oil a Long-term Export, Says the Body Shop
06 August 2013 4:00pm | The Body Shop
Think long term and plan out your business and exports on an annual basis, is the message from cosmetic giant The Body Shop International to Samoa's Women in Business Development... More >>
99. Changes to the Moratorium Map and Medco's Sugar Plans
06 August 2013 4:25pm | Pusaka
The forestry ministry recently released decision (SK) 2796 of 2013, concerning the Indicative Map for the Moratorium on New Forest Use Licences (PIPIB). This provision sets out the fourth revision of Indonesia's moratorium map. In various parts of ..... More >>
100. Breaking News & Commentary from Citizens for Legitimate Govt
06 August 2013 4:28pm | Citizens for Legitimate Government
Screenshot of Google rerouting CLG Newsletter to spam bin, overriding user's wishes by Lori Price, www.legitgov.org 03 Aug 2013 CLG reader Mark Graffis has a screen-shot of NSAssociate Google relegating the CLG Newsletter to the spam bin. Note that Mark ..... More >>
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