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 France24 Fri 11 May 2012
UN condemns Syria bomb attacks after 55 killed
AFP - The UN Security Council condemned the deadliest bomb attacks of Syria's 14-month uprising, urging all sides to stick to an international peace plan after at least 55 people were killed. The... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
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 Jakarta Post Fri 11 May 2012
At UN, indigenous women seek violence statistics
Indigenous women around the world suffer disproportionately from gender-related violence, but they say a lack of hard numbers has allowed governments to ignore the problem. Members of the Permanent... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
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 BBC News Thu 10 May 2012
Syria blasts signal dangerous escalation of violence
First the facts - the second of two bomb blasts that went off on Thursday morning in the Damascus district of al-Qazzaz constitutes the most destructive explosion yet... (photo: AP / SANA)
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 my SA Thu 10 May 2012
Gay marriage a distant dream around the world
BANGKOK (AP) — China's government considered homosexuality a mental disorder until 2001. Mobs in Senegal have disinterred bodies of men they believe were gays and dragged... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
Activists Gays Marriage Photos Wikipedia: Homosexuality |
 Al Jazeera Thu 10 May 2012
The 9/11 trial begins: Why second-class justice harms everyone
Proceedings are finally underway in the case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) and four co-conspirators, who stand trial before a military commission at Guantanamo Bay,... (photo: US Navy / PO3 William Weinert)
Al Qaida Guantanamo Justice Photos Wikipedia: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed |
 The Independent Thu 10 May 2012
Damascus blasts kill 40 and wound 170, says Syrian TV
Syrian television blamed "terrorists" for the morning rush-hour blasts, which were the deadliest to hit the capital since the revolt began. It showed mangled,... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi)
Photos Syria UN Violence Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011–present) |
 Al Jazeera Thu 10 May 2012
Anatomy of an American Execution
In 2010, while making an episode of Fault Lines on the death penalty in the US, Josh Rushing interviewed death row inmate Michael Selsor. It was the only interview Selsor... (photo: AP / Sue Ogrocki)
Crime Justice Photos US Wikipedia: Capital punishment in the United States |
 Al Jazeera Thu 10 May 2012
No accountability for torture
Sometimes I think being American means never having to say you're sorry. On Wednesday, May 2, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, a federal appeals court in... (photo: AP/Alan Diaz, File)
Human Rights Photos Torture US Wikipedia: José Padilla (prisoner) |
