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U.N. calls for pause in Sri Lankan fighting

Yesterday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a temporary pause in the fighting in Sri Lanka between the government forces…

May 6, 2009

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Amnesty Researchers On-the-Ground in Chad

Amnesty International researchers are currently on-the-ground in Chad investigating the growing numbers of refugees streaming across the border from Darfur. …

May 6, 2009

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Why Madonna May Be Good for Malawi

Madonna’s appeal to a Malawi court regarding her adoption of a little girl was heard this week.  Personally, I could…

May 6, 2009

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Military Commissions Redux

(As originally posted on Daily Kos) 100 days have come and gone with all the accompanying media hoopla but it…

May 6, 2009

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Dear President Obama, When you meet with President Peres &8230;

Israeli President, Shimon Peres, flew to the United States to give a speech at the 2009 AIPAC (American Israel Public…

May 5, 2009

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Obama salutes Tissainayagam

In his May 1 statement in honor of World Press Freedom Day, President Obama singled out for recognition a few…

May 5, 2009

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Sri Lanka: "Just Gimme Some Truth"

Last Friday, I watched the Al Jazeera video, "Sri Lanka admits military bombed 'no-fire' zone," in which the Sri Lankan Foreign…

May 5, 2009

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Two More Child Offenders Face Execution in Iran Tomorrow

Just five days after the execution of child offender Delara Darabi in Iran, the government there is set to kill…

May 5, 2009

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Bloggers are Journalists too

As some people have alluded to in the comments to this post by the Editors, bloggers are most definitely in…

May 4, 2009

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New Satellite Images Show Bombardment of Sri Lankan "Safety Zone"

UNOSAT released new satellite images of the Sri Lanka war zone. Conclusion: Within the northern and southern sections of the…

May 4, 2009

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The Women of Atenco have waited three years for justice&8230;

...and they're still waiting. Yesterday and today mark the third anniversary of the police operations in San Salvador Atenco that…

May 4, 2009

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Sri Lanka: a question of credibility

If we're to believe the Sri Lankan military, they've killed no civilians during their offensive against the opposition Tamil Tigers…

May 3, 2009