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U.N. Revisits U.S. Policies on Racial Profiling

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Millions of U.S. citizens continue to face discrimination at the hands of police and other law enforcement agencies just because they are not white, although the country's new leader in the White House is himself of African descent on his father's ...

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Obama’s Right Turn

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Human rights and open government advocates were heartened by President Barack Obama’s pledge during his first week in office to create "an unprecedented level of openness in government" and "establish a system of transparency, public participation, and ...

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Iran: Protesters Defy Khamenei-Sanctioned Crackdown

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With tens of thousands of police deployed Saturday to suppress the massive crowds that have been demanding new elections, it appears that the political crisis touched off by the disputed victory of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has entered a new ...

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Human Rights

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U.N. Revisits U.S. Policies on Racial Profiling

Millions of U.S. citizens continue to face discrimination at the hands of police and other law enforcement agencies just because they are not white, although ...

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Environment

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Hybrid Chestnut Trees Hold Promise as Carbon Sponges

Reducing carbon levels in the atmosphere may be as simple as planting a new breed of hybridised chestnut trees, according to a new study by ...

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Science and Technology

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WHOI sub Nereus explores deepest area of Pacific Ocean

A Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) remotely operated vehicle touched down 10.902 kilometers (7 mi) in the Mariana Trench near the island of ...

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Health Care

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Brazil: Public Health Embraces Herbal Medicines

Handed down from generation to generation, traditional knowledge about medicinal plants has reached state laboratories in Brazil through a programme that has already identified 71 ...

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Fair Marketplace

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Africa: Economies Must Diversify, Reduce Focus on Mining

The global financial crisis has taught African governments a lesson. More than ever, they recognise the need to diversify their countries’ mining operations as a ...

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Peace

Afgahnistan: Finding a Way Out of the Crossfire

The people of Afghanistan are increasingly caught in the cross-fire between a violent insurgency and a violent counter insurgency but does this mean the entire ...

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Media

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Thailand: With Censorship, Thais Turn to Websites and Foreign Media

When the Thai government imposed an emergency law cracking down on rampaging red-shirted protesters on the streets of Bangkok, the military, in combat gear, was ...

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Spirituality and Religion

Most Muslims Reject Extremism

Growing numbers of Muslims in the Middle East and in predominantly Muslim countries in Asia and Africa are rejecting ”Islamic extremism” and the use of ...

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World Perspective

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Obama’s Right Turn

Human rights and open government advocates were heartened by President Barack Obama’s pledge during his first week in office to create "an unprecedented level of ...

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Culture

Brazil: Transformation Through Art and Music

They call it an orchestra, but this atypical all-percussion group is far from featuring the range of musicians found in a conventional ensemble. Which does ...

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