By Al Pessin Washington 24 February 2006 There has been renewed controversy during the past week about conditions at the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay. A panel of United Nations exp

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Carter Decries Abuse of Girls in India 美国前总统卡特出书谴责印度虐待女孩的现象 CHICAGO A 2013 State Department report on human trafficking says there are 26 million people around the world who are victims of modern day slavery, m

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By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 26 June 2007 Nepal's Young Communist League has rejected a report from the United Nations accusing it of human rights violations. The group's leader says it is working to eliminate corruption and crime that the police hav

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We know that people will go very far in the search for more energy and a lot of that time it means pouring in the caffeine. But can too much caffeine too fast be deadly? Tonight the FDA is looking into reports of more than a dozen people whose deaths

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For days now pressure has been mounting on the Home Secretary and the announcement she is to make a common statement shows the seriousness of the issue confronting to resume. According the Home Office, her statement will address the two key public co

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By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 17 February 2006 watch US Prisoner report U.S. officials have dismissed a United Nations human rights report calling on the United States to either bring to trial or rel

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Pope Benedict has apologized for sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Australia and has insisted that those responsible should be brought to justice. The pope told a mass in Sydney Saturday sexual abuse by clergy had brought shame to the Catholic

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Pope Benedict XVI has met privately with Australians who were sexually abused as children by priests. The pontiff held prayers and spoke with them Monday at the conclusion of a nine-day visit for World Youth Day, an international Catholic festival.

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Lebanese NGO Collaborates with Religious Leaders to Combat Domestic Abuse Samah al Turk lives in a one-bedroom apartment with her four daughters, her mother and her sister. The oldest daughter is 12, the youngest, five. Their father is absent from th

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump's talk about cracking down on undocumented immigrants has scared a lot of people living in the country illegally. We've heard stories about immigrants afraid to venture out of their homes any more than necessary,

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Attorney General Jeff Sessions is imposing sharp new limits on who can get asylum in the United States. Under the changes, most asylum seekers fleeing domestic violence or gang violence will not qualify. Here's Sessions speaking

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NOEL KING, HOST: Over the past few months, congressional committees have investigated the abuse of Olympic athletes. They've mostly focused on gymnastics, but now new stories are emerging in swimming. That has led to a push to bring more women into t

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By Meredith Buel Washington 12 January 2006 U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has defended the military's response to allegations of prisoner abuse, saying those responsible for illegal conduct a

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By Jim Malone Washington 09 March 2007 An internal U.S. government report says the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the FBI, abused its powers in secretly obtaining personal information in investigations targeting terrorism or espionage suspects. Law

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 12 February 2007 A new report details widespread human rights abuses against Burma's ethnic A young Karen refugee mother from Myanmar and her child wait for treatment at the Mae Tao clinic in Mae Sot, Thailand (File photo) Karen

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By Scott Stearns Washington 02 June 2006 U.S. officials have assured Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that he will be kept fully informed about investigations into reports that U.S. Marines killed

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Dear Annie: My sister and brother use too many antibiotics. And they both use only as many pills as they need to feel better and save the rest. I've told both of them that abuse of antibiotics is the No. 1 reason we have superbugs that won't be cured

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