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Friday, November 20, 2009 10:56 PM

Social & Humanitarian

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 26 Documents (in Politics)
Red Cross/Crescent - Click to view image in its original context
Red Cross/Crescent
Afghan detainee transfers
A prisoner leans against the entrance to the wing where political prisoners are kept at Sarposa prison in Kandahar city. (Dene Moore/Canadian Press)Jan. 29, 2002: Liberal Defence Minister Art Eggleton is under fire in the House of Commons for a delay ... [CBC - 3 hours ago]
First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 19 mins ago - 7 Documents (in Politics)
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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF/ICEF)
Children's rights get short shrift in the 'lucky country'
Today a dozen or so Australian schoolchildren will reveal their 'creations' in an extraordinary exhibition that candidly illustrates how children view themselves.Renowned French photographer Gilles Porte approached more than 500 children from 20 countries ... [Brisbane Times - 19 mins ago]
First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 14 Documents (in Politics)
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United Nations
UN resolution on Iran sends powerful message on human rights
The resolution, approved by a vote of 74 to 48 by the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly, expressed 'deep concern at serious ongoing and recurring human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran.' The list of violations included oppressive ... [Bahai World News Service - 2 hours ago]
First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 11 mins ago - 6 Documents (in Politics)
DR CONGO: Aid groups say 30,600 have fled ethnic clashes
An estimated 30,600 people fleeing ethnic clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo have crossed the border into the Republic of Congo, aid agencies say. The number has surged in the past few days as fighting has intensified.AFP - More than 30,000 refugees ... [France24 - 11 mins ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 6 hours ago - 18 Documents (in Politics)
Unicef's state of the world's children report 2009: Where is the worst place in the world to grow up? Afghanistan
Unicef's state of the world's children report 2009: Where is the worst place in the world to grow up? Unicef's 2009 state of the world's children report tells us what it's like to grow up in the poorest - and richest - places in the world. Find out which ... [Guardian.co.uk - 6 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 15 hours ago - 29 Documents (in Politics)
Russian court confirms death penalty ban
A CONSTITUTIONAL Court in Russia has effectively outlawed the death penalty and said that a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force until the nation fully bans executions.The Agence France Presse (AFP) yesterday quoted Constitutional Court ... [Nigeria Guardian - 15 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 19 hours ago - 34 Documents (in Politics)
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Peter MacKay
Afghan prison abuse probe rejected
OTTAWA - A top diplomat's account of the rampant torture and rape of Afghan detainees is not credible, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Thursday as he rebuffed opposition calls for a full public inquiry into "massive and systemic" government cover- ... [CNEWS - 19 hours ago]
First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 5 Documents (in Politics)
Australia refugee council disappointed in NZ stance on asylum seekers in Australia.
The President of Australia’s Refugee Council, John Gibson, says New Zealand is obliged to shoulder some of the resettlement needs arising from the growing number of asylum seekers arriving in Australia.Canberra is under pressure to resettle up to 78 Sri ... [Radio New Zealand International - 2 hours ago]
First Reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 8 Documents (in Politics)
School drop-out rate high
The school dropout rate among Palestinian refugees in Lebanon is alarmingly high with 50 percent of 17-year-olds and 40 percent of 16-year-olds receiving no education, UN officials warned on Friday. 'We are sounding the alarm that the dropout rate is ... [iafrica.com - 7 hours ago]
First Reported 1 hour ago - Updated 21 mins ago - 3 Documents (in Politics)
Senate Puts Off Military Ban on Gays
WASHINGTON - A planned November hearing by the US Senate Armed Services Committee to consider ending a ban on gays serving openly in the US military will be postponed, a spokeswoman indicated Friday. 'We do not have a date' for the hearing, said the aide, ... [NewsMax.com - 21 mins ago]
First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 28 Documents (in Politics)
Rights group: Cuba no less repressive under Raul Castro
WASHINGTON - Scores of Cubans have been detained as political prisoners since Raul Castro assumed power three years ago, a human-rights group reported yesterday, suggesting there has been little change in the repressive system that existed under his brother ... [Philadelphia Inquirer - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Teen's Slaying Ignites Gay Community
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Nov. 20) -- Several hundred gay activists rallied Thursday afternoon in Puerto Rico to demand a robust prosecution in the brutal slaying of a gay teenager nearly a week ago. Juan A. Martinez Matos was charged at a hearing Wednesday ... [AOL - 2 hours ago]

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"We have noticed a lot of unaccompanied children who have certainly lost their parents, as well as pregnant women and elderly people" Mafouta said
DR CONGO: Aid groups say 30,600 have fled ethnic clashes [France24 - 11 mins ago]

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DR CONGO: Aid groups say 30,600 have fled ethni... [France24 - 11 mins ago]
UAE praised, and prodded, by Unicef [Abu Dhabi National - 13 mins ago]
Children's rights get short shrift in the 'luck... [Brisbane Times - 19 mins ago]
Senate Puts Off Military Ban on Gays [NewsMax.com - 21 mins ago]
Fonseka vows to fight for rights [Calcutta Telegraph - 40 mins ago]
UN human rights committee votes to censure Iran [Yahoo! Canada - 1 hour ago]
Businesses look to wellness programs to raise p... [Reliable Plant - 1 hour ago]
South African Refugee Group Slams Political Lea... [AllAfrica.com - 1 hour ago]
Majority of detainees in Afghanistan can be rel... [South Asian News Agency - 1 hour ago]
Derry civil rights campaigner to be laid to res... [Irish News - 1 hour ago]
Jimmy Cliff, Alpha Blondy Named Ecowas Ambassadors [AllAfrica.com - 1 hour ago]
Web Exclusive: Morbid Symptoms, Current Healthc... [Canadian Dimension - 1 hour ago]
Sheila launches no child labour logo [The Hindu - 1 hour ago]
Refugee board to reconsider case of U.S. army d... [CTV.ca - 1 hour ago]
US Senate puts off action on military ban on ga... [Yahoo! News - 1 hour ago]
DR CONGO: More than 30,600 have fled ethnic cla... [France24 - 1 hour ago]
Asking the wrong questions on Cuba [Foreign Policy Magazine - 1 hour ago]
US Senate puts off action on military ban on gays [AFP via Yahoo! - 1 hour ago]
Former Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Sentenced... [Street Insider - 1 hour ago]
What is associated discrimination? [Manchester Evening News - 1 hour ago]
Voting for failure in Afghanistan [Guardian.co.uk - 1 hour ago]
Gitmo Prisoner’s Death: Suicide or Murder? [The Washington Independent - 1 hour ago]
Wyclef Jean to Receive RFK Center for Justice &... [Urban Mecca - 1 hour ago]
Refugee camps struggle to cope as Yemeni confli... [Abu Dhabi National - 1 hour ago]
Housing discrimination case will reveal anti-Se... [Chicago Tribune - 1 hour ago]
A billion deprived children still need help, sa... [South China Morning Post - 1 hour ago]
Ensuring child rights still a challenge, 20 yea... [United Nations - 1 hour ago]
UNICEF Releases "The State of the World's ... [Turkish Weekly - 1 hour ago]
Council Of Europe Needs To "slim Down" [Turkish Weekly - 2 hours ago]
UNICEF Canada Welcomes CIDA's New Strategy Focu... [Yahoo! Canada - 2 hours ago]
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UPDATE 1-U.S. to audit 1,000 firms in illegal w... [Economy-Finance - 29 mins ago]
* U.S. immigration agency to review firms’ hiring records * Firms have “public safety, national security” ties (Adds comment from government official) PHOENIX, ...
Tech Awards For Humanity: "Cash Prizes&quo... [Silicon Valley Watcher - conversations and obse ... - 43 mins ago]
Last night I attended the Tech Awards Gala, which celebrates technology benefiting humanity, with the award of five $50,000 "cash prizes."Technology in the service ...
Jonathan Horowitz: The New Bagram: Has Anything... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 1 hour ago]
Last weekend, the United States unveiled its new state of the art detention facility to journalists, diplomats, Afghan officials, and nongovernmental organizations. ...
NYPD Stop And Frisk Beat Keeps On Keeping On [Gothamist - 2 hours ago]
The NYCLU's Bust Card (PDF) The NYPD's stop and frisk policy shows no signs of abating. The latest data on the controversial program shows that the NYPD is ...
Terrifying Homeless Camp Filled With Palin Drones [Wonkette - 3 hours ago]
Laugh all you want, but once the remaining people skinny enough to get on an airplane finally escape the doomed land of America, these slobs will actually have ...
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Hunger in America [Senator Arlen Specter - YouTube Channel - 1 hour ago]
American Exchange Student's Murder Trial Nears End [Associated Press - YouTube - 5 hours ago]
"I Deserve Health Care" [BarackObama.com - YouTube - 6 hours ago]
Military Looks for Stress Before Deployments [Associated Press - YouTube - 17 hours ago]
Afghans blame violence on poverty, not Taliban [Russia Today - YouTube - 22 hours ago]
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