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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 the country's new leader in the White House is himself of African descent on his father's ... Read more |
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 openness in government" and "establish a system of transparency, public participation, and ... Read more |
Iran: Protesters Defy Khamenei-Sanctioned Crackdown 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 ... Read more |
U.S.A: White Nationalists Find a Home in the Military
Mexican Cartels Armed by U.S.
Hybrid Chestnut Trees Hold Promise as Carbon Sponges
Will "Changed" Iran Complicate U.S. Engagement?
Iran: Washington Maintains Cautious Response to Election Crisis
Africa: Economies Must Diversify, Reduce Focus on Mining
Asia Faces Lower Birth and Death Rates
Afgahnistan: Finding a Way Out of the Crossfire
Europe: The Light Could Go All Green by 2050
Climate change: Bolster Natural Carbon Absorption, Says UN
Iranians Keen on Improved Ties with U.S.
Sri Lanka: Will Tamils Have A Say In Reconstruction?
Brazil: Public Health Embraces Herbal Medicines
Burma: Jurists Want Security Council to Open War Crimes Probe
WHOI sub Nereus explores deepest area of Pacific Ocean
Hawks Push "Jordanian Option" for Palestine
More Subsidies for Fossil Fuels in Recovery Plans
ICC: Historic Court Under the Spotlight in New Film
NGOs Oppose Nearly 100-Billion-Dollar Pledge to IMF
U.S.A: Obama Picks Latina Judge as First Supreme Court Nominee
U.S.A: Free-Flowing Rivers Back in Vogue
Human Rights
U.N. Revisits U.S. Policies on Racial ProfilingMillions 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 ... Read more |
Environment
 Hybrid Chestnut Trees Hold Promise as Carbon SpongesReducing carbon levels in the atmosphere may be as simple as planting a new breed of hybridised chestnut trees, according to a new study by ... Read more |
Science and Technology
 WHOI sub Nereus explores deepest area of Pacific OceanA Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) remotely operated vehicle touched down 10.902 kilometers (7 mi) in the Mariana Trench near the island of ... Read more |
Health Care
 Brazil: Public Health Embraces Herbal MedicinesHanded down from generation to generation, traditional knowledge about medicinal plants has reached state laboratories in Brazil through a programme that has already identified 71 ... Read more |
Fair Marketplace
 Africa: Economies Must Diversify, Reduce Focus on MiningThe global financial crisis has taught African governments a lesson. More than ever, they recognise the need to diversify their countries’ mining operations as a ... Read more |
Peace
Afgahnistan: Finding a Way Out of the CrossfireThe 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 ... Read more |
Media
 Thailand: With Censorship, Thais Turn to Websites and Foreign MediaWhen 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 ... Read more |
Spirituality and Religion
Most Muslims Reject ExtremismGrowing numbers of Muslims in the Middle East and in predominantly Muslim countries in Asia and Africa are rejecting Islamic extremism and the use of ... Read more |
World Perspective
Obama’s Right TurnHuman 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 ... Read more |
Culture
Brazil: Transformation Through Art and MusicThey 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 ... Read more |
