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U.N. says more than 60,000 have died in Syrian civil war
BEIRUT, Lebanon --The United Nations said Wednesday that more than 60,000 people have died in Syria’s bloody internal war, surpassing the Syrian opposition’s estimates by one-third. The head of the United Nations Human Rights office, which...
Tags: Human Rights, New Year's Day, Crime, Law and Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Emergency Incidents
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Letters: Torture on the silver screen
Re "Why the fabrication?," Opinion, Dec. 23 It is astonishing that what is not disputed about "Zero Dark Thirty" is its accurate depiction of how for years the CIA deliberately and systematically tortured detainees with waterboarding and other savage...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, George W. Bush, Crime, Law and Justice, Dick Cheney, Barack Obama
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A permanent war on terror
When it comes to homeland security, we've been seduced for more than a decade by a "preemptive" mandate that directs us to catch terrorists before they strike next. Where law enforcement once investigated crimes to determine who was responsible and how...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, FBI, George W. Bush, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Ending the cycle of abuse in Congo
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — On Nov. 19, armed men from a rebel group called the M23 were looking for a prominent civil society leader in a village outside Goma, a provincial capital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He'd been...
Tags: Human Rights, Rwanda, Crime, Law and Justice, Joseph Kabila, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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2012: From Arab Spring to early winter
Meteorologists know seasons are predictable. In the weather world, spring is always followed by summer. But the political world is different. Spring can proceed to summer, or it can lead to a sudden onset of winter. That was the case this year in the...Tags: Elections, Al-Qaeda, Entertainment Events, Crime, Law and Justice, Charles Taylor
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Congo rebel leader acquitted on war crimes charges
A rebel leader accused of leading a brutal attack on a Congolese village nearly a decade ago was acquitted Tuesday by the International Criminal Court, which said prosecutors failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Mathieu Ngudjolo was...
Tags: Human Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crime, Law and Justice, Government, Prosecution
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Elie Wiesel's story endures, empowers
NEW YORK — A slender, silver-haired gentleman steps onto a nearly bare stage, the instantaneous applause continuing long after he reaches the spare wooden table awaiting him. For a moment, amid the din, he studies the audience — young and...
Tags: France, Entertainment Events, Crime, Law and Justice, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Hate Crimes
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Greek Orthodox priest abducted in Syria is found dead
World NowA Greek Orthodox priest, the Rev. Fadi Jamil Haddad, has been found slain after being kidnapped near the Syrian capital of Damascus, officials said.... -
Former Balkan leader proclaims innocence of genocide charges
World NowFormer Balkan war leader defends himself in international court; Radovan Karadazic says he is innocent of war crimes and should be rewarded... -
Guantanamo terrorism convictions proving vulnerable on appeal
World NowGlobal Focus: Salim Hamdan has been home in his native Yemen for nearly four years since completing his sentence at Guantanamo Bay for providing "material support to terrorism" -- six years of domestic service to Osama bin Laden as gardener, bodyguard and... -
Syrian government agrees to temporary cease-fire
World NowResponding to international peace efforts, Syria said Thursday its forces would observe a cease-fire from Friday to Monday, the period of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.... -
U.N. war crimes panel seeks access to Syria
World NowA United Nations-backed panel investigating alleged war crimes in Syria says it has asked to meet with President Bashar Assad soon in order for its team to gain access inside the country....
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