By Jessica Berman Washington 31 May 2007 Scientists say early human ancestors may have begun walking on two legs on tree branches, not on the ground as commonly believed. The evidence contradicts the long-held belief that early humans first began wal

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Opening for Investment, Burma Faces Human Rights Challenges U.S. and European sanctions hurt Burma's banking sector, making it harder for foreign firms to invest. But with those sanctions eased, Google, Coca-Cola and General Motors are leading the ch

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I have now worked in seven states across India, and weve looked at human-wildlife interactions, particularly human-wildlife conflict ranging from crop loss, livestock predation, human death, human injury and property damage. Krithi Karanth, a Wildlif

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By Mona Ghuneim New York 04 July 2007 Three documentaries featured at the annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York this year aim to put a human face on the issues and crises facing Africa today. From New York, VOA's Mona Ghuneim has the st

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By Deborah Block Washington, DC 09 February 2006 watch Human Rights report A recent documentary film focuses on the lack of human rights in Iran.

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 27 March 2006 Canadian Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, gives a speech in front of the 62nd Commission on Human Rights, during the last session of the Commi

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By Scott Stearns White House 27 October 2006 Leading human rights groups are denouncing U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney for appearing to approve an interrogation method they consider torture on suspected terrorists. Bush administration officials say

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By Scott Bobb Bangkok 27 April 2006 Thai soldiers remove remnants of a deadly clash at the Kreu Se mosque in Pattani province, near the border of Malaysia, April 29, 2004 In Thailand, security has bee

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo 21 March 2006 Egypt says it might have its third human case of bird flu. A woman has preliminarily tested positive for the virus, but further tests are being run to confirm

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President Bush has met at the White House with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports the wide-ranging talks covered issues from trade to human rights. President Bush, right, meets with Vietnamese PM Nguyen Tan Dung i

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Human Rights Campaign Complements US Effort to Fight LRA U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to send military advisers to central Africa to help in the fight against Lord's Resistance Army rebels follows a long, determined effort by rights groups

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The autonomous region of Somaliland is in danger of losing its democratic and human rights gains if its leadership does not soon mend its ways, according to a human rights group. The group accuses the international community of harmful neglect and c

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Human Rights Trial in Guatemala Could Set Global Precedent Chanting justice, justice, protesters in Guatemala City reacted angrily to the suspension of the trial earlier this month. The protesters, mainly indigenous people, want the 86-year-old forme

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Flies Help Understand How Human Brains Work 苍蝇帮助理解人类大脑的工作方式 A human brain contains more than 100 billion neurons while the fly's brain has just 100,000. 人类的大脑包含超过1000亿个神经元而苍蝇的大脑却只

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US Slams Unremitting Crackdown on Human Freedoms 美国批评多国加紧限制人民自由 STATE DEPARTMENT The United States says too many governments are tightening their grasp on basic human freedoms. The finding comes from the State Department's

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 07 May 2007 Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, informs journalists after return from her visit to Central Asia, 07 May 2007 The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, says countries in Centra

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By Catherine Maddux Washingtion 12 December 2006 In the latest edition of its magazine, the human rights group Amnesty International focuses attention on the status of human rights in three countries: Iran, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and S

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By David Gollust State Department 06 March 2007 The head of the New York-based group Human Rights Watch says detention-without-trial and other practices in the war on terrorism have undermined U.S. credibility on human-rights issues. Human Rights Wat

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By Marissa Melton 09 February 2007 Child laborers in Benin Activists, U.S. government representatives and scholars gathered in Washington Thursday to discuss human trafficking, not sex-trafficking, which is the most talked-about aspect of the industr

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 October 2009 The UN Human Rights Council has deferred a vote on recommendations from a controversial fact-finding mission on Gaza until its next session in March. The deferment is seen as a victory for the Obama administrat

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