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Sexism Masquerades Behind a Mini Skirt

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Geisy Arruda Incident, Discrimination, Arruda Mini Dress, Bandeirante University, Miniskirt, World News, Sexism, World News
Chelsea-Lyn Rudder

On October 22nd a Brazilian college student -- wearing a short, hot pink dress -- attracted more attention than she bargained for when she made a trip to the restroom, and a spontaneous student protest erupted.

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Airplane Crashes Into Wild Pig On Runway, Reveals Zimbabwe's Air Safety Failures

Times Online | Jan Raath | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

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It took a wild pig on the runway at Harare International Airport to reveal what many Zimbabweans have long feared: the country's Civil Aviation Author...

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El Salvador Floods: 91 Dead After Mudslides, Flooding

AP | DIEGO MENDEZ | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

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VERAPAZ, El Salvador — Mud and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down a volcano and partly buried a small town Sunday, swallowing up homes ...

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China Activist Yang Zili Risks Jail With Letter To Obama

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

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BEIJING — Thousands of people will send letters to President Barack Obama this year. Few besides Yang Zili are likely to risk jail by doing so. ...

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Congress, Accountability, and the Goldstone Report

Salena Tramel | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Congress, Human Rights, United Nations Human Rights Council, Gaza, Middle East Peace Process, Breaking Politics News, Hamas, Israel, World News, The Goldstone Report, World News
Salena Tramel

Congress--and all Americans for that matter--should welcome each and every investigation of human rights violations, wherever and by whomever they may have been committed.

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DC Sniper Asks Supreme Court To Block Execution

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — Attorneys for John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area that left 10 dead, asked the...

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Inside the J Street Conference

Salena Tramel | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Aipac, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, J Street, Capitol Hill, Jeremy Ben-Ami, Amira Hass, Breaking Political News, J Street Conference, 2 State Solution, Pro-Israel Lobby, American Jews, Daniel Sokatch, World News, World News
Salena Tramel

The events harnessed an energy similar to Obama's presidential run last year. Like that campaign, J Street came as a breath of fresh air for many who felt they were part of a silenced majority.

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How to Save the World With Sanitation

Rose George | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

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Rose George

Food and water contamination kills more children than AIDS, malaria, or measles, combined. Human waste is an impressive weapon of mass destruction. So here's what's being done about it.

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The Stigma of PTSD

Jeremiah Workman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

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Jeremiah Workman

Nutcase. Psycho. Unbalanced. These are some of the words I've been tagged with since being diagnosed with PTSD. Our society's image of the returning warrior with PTSD has been framed by Hollywood.

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Justice at Last? Guantanamo Uighurs Ask Supreme Court for Release Into U.S.

Andy Worthington | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Justice Department, US District Court, Boumediene v. Bush, Barack Obama, Uighurs, World News, Dick Cheney, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Guantanamo Uighurs, Bermuda, Uighurs Bermuda, U.S. Court of Appeals, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Sabin Willett, Advocacy, Politics News
Andy Worthington

In briefs, the battle lines have been drawn. On the one hand is the government, endorsing Bush-era policies. And for the Uighurs, there is a Boston-based attorney and his team.

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Fatally Flawed UN Goldstone Report Could Come Back to Bite America For Fighting Terrorists

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gaza, President Obama, Judge Richard GoldstoneUnited Nations, Tehran, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, UN General Assembly, Israel, Libya, UN Security Council, Hezbollah, Human Shields, Terrorism, World News, Politics News
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Goldstone's report, in effect, equates Israel with Nazis and other tyrants of history by accusing the Jewish State of deliberately targeting civilians.

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Leave Punishing Iran to Iranians

Melody Moezzi | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Un General Assembly 2009, Islam, Khamenei, Hypocrisy, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, UN General Assembly, Iran Election, World, Dmitry Medvedev, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News, Un Gaza, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Opposition, Secretary of State, Ahmadinejad, Islamic Republic of Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Iranian Election, Israel, Un, Iran Protests, Mousavi, Akbar Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian Election 2009, World News
Melody Moezzi

It's clear that Iran's strongest adversary today remains within its own borders. The current Iranian regime has far more to fear from its own people than it does from any foreign powers.

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A Journalism Lesson from King Abdullah's University of Science & Technology

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

Read More: Freedom of Speech, University, Islam, Al Watan, Education, Newspapers, Research, Kaust, Saudi Arabia, Science, King Abdullah, Jeddah-Saudi-Arabia, Media News, Media, Freedom of Press, Muslim, Journalism, World News, World News
Faisal J. Abbas

KAUST is the first university in Saudi Arabia to allow a mixed-gender environment. This has triggered a 'showdown' between the press and a senior member of the clergy.

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Obama Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

Bart Motes | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

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Bart Motes

Obama has given new possibilities to a world that only a year ago was defined by conflict. He's rejected the zero-sum game of the Bush years in favor for respect driven diplomacy.

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Lawyer Blasts "Congressional Depravity" on Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, House of Representatives, Congress, War on Terror, World, Terrorism, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Military Commissions Act, Detainee Treatment Act, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, World News, Habeas Corpus, Military Commissions, Dick Cheney, Politics News, Senate, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Maj. David Frakt, Mohammed Jawad, Closing Guantanamo, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Lt. Col. David Frakt said Congress is still behaving unconstitutionally with regard to the right of the Executive branch and the Judiciary to order the release of prisoners from Guantanamo.

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A Fast For Human Rights In Gaza

David A. Love | Posted 10.07.2009 | Impact

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David A. Love

There are many opinions on the Mideast conflict, but one thing is certain: the situation in Gaza is a humanitarian and human rights disaster, and it cannot continue.

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America Most Admired Country In The World, Global Survey Finds

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

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This year's National Brand Index (NBI) -- a global survey ranking countries by how admired they are around the world -- has been released, and the U.S...

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75 Guantanamo Prisoners Cleared for Release; 31 Could Leave Today

Andy Worthington | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Guantanamo, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, World News, Dick Cheney, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, US House of Representatives, Robert Gates, Fouad Al-Rabiah, Saudi Arabia, US Senate, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, Kuwait, Judge Gladys Kessler, Closing Guantanamo, Yemen, World, Guantanamo Detainees, Greg Craig, Guantanamo Task Force, Saudi Rehabilitation, Yemeni Detainees Guantanamo, Ayman Batarfi, US District Court, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Guantanamo Uighurs, U.S. Court of Appeals, Politics News
Andy Worthington

If the rationale for not releasing the Yemenis from Guantánamo was extended to the U.S. prison system, no prisoner would ever be released at the end of their sentence, because prison "might have radicalized" them.

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A Truly Shocking Guantanamo Story: Judge Confirms That an Innocent Man Was Tortured to Make False Confessions

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

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Andy Worthington

The U.S. government tortured an innocent man to extract false confessions and then threatened him until he obligingly repeated those lies as though they were the truth.

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Samoa Earthquake, Tsunami VIDEO: Watch Amateur Footage

Huffington Post | Posted 10.02.2009 | World

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A massive tsunami triggered by an earthquake swept through Samoa on Tuesday, flattening villages and sweeping cars out to sea. Over a hundred people ...

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Hundreds Of Korean Families Separated For More Than 50 Years Reunite

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — Lee Dong-un cried and held the hands of his 60-year-old North Korean daughter Saturday during their first meeting in more t...

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Ahmadinejad Kicks Diversion Efforts into High Gear

Melody Moezzi | Posted 09.23.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Un Gaza, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Quds Day, Islam, Khamenei, Hypocrisy, UN General Assembly, Iran Election, World, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, World News, Un General Assembly 2009, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Opposition, Ahmadinejad, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian Election, Israel, Zionism, Un, Iran Protests, Mousavi, Iranian Election 2009, World News
Melody Moezzi

In the lead-up to his speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is up to his old tricks. And sadly, the global community seems to be falling for them.

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Obama at the UN: Will He Sound the Trumpet for Human Rights?

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, World News, United Nations, Gorbachev, Obama, China, Myanmar, Palestinians, Japan, Iran, Ronald Reagan, Venezuela, Tehran, Jimmy Carter, Israel, Chavez, North Korea, Politics News
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

What an opportunity for Obama, after a tumultuous eight months in office, to announce at the UN an auspicious new beginning for his Administration by sounding America's trumpet as the champion of human rights.

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9/11 Trial At Guantanamo Delayed Again: Can We Have Federal Court Trials Now, Please?

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

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Andy Worthington

Scarcely in its history has the United States entertained such a shabby and shamelessly politicized travesty of justice as the Military Commissions.

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Iranian Regime Faces Worst Enemy Yet: Itself

Melody Moezzi | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Islam, World, Iran Opposition, Hypocrisy, Iran Election, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian Election, Ahmadinejad, World News, Mousavi, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Khamenei, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran Protests, Iranian Election 2009, Israel, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, World News
Melody Moezzi

Iranians could empathize with Palestinians Friday more than ever, but not in the way that Iran's self-proclaimed President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wanted them to.

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