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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 17 July 2006 Protesters perform a stage setting of Guantanamo in front of UN Human Rights Committee headquarters in Geneva, July 17, 2006 Washington's record on treatment of detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, alleged secret pr
1. President Barack Obama will appoint a senior White House budget official to be acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. That's after he forced the resignation of Steven Miller after revelations the IRS improperly singled out conservati
1. Attorney General, Eric Holder says he is ordering a justice department investigation into the IRS targeting conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny. The FBI will see if any laws were broken. 2. But Holder says he had no direct role in the justi
US Neighborhood Watch Volunteers Help Protect Communities Baruti Jahi, a longtime Washington resident and father, knows he can't take his family's safety for granted. I'm up at four in the morning looking out my window because my dog is barking, and
US Illegal Immigrants, Mass Deportations Face New Scrutiny The U.S. government is currently reviewing orders to deport thousands of illegal immigrants in two cities, at a time of great division on the issue at federal and local levels. In the past fi
Washington Week: More US Government Probes Expected Just when it seemed investigations of the Benghazi attack had run their course, ABC News said it obtained emails showing State Department editing of administration talking points to downplay terrori
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 07 June 2007 Former governors in Nigeria suspected of corruption have showed up in Abuja for a meeting with an anti-corruption body, but several others are on the run. The government of new President Umaru Yar'Adua has vowed t
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: So when it comes to shopping online, Americans have a clear favorite. It is Amazon. One of every two dollars spent online is spent there. Thursday, the company announced a phenomenal quarter. But as the online shopping giant bran
AILSA CHANG, HOST: The nominee to replace Mike Pompeo is his deputy, Gina Haspel. She worked undercover for three decades in some of the CIA's most challenging jobs, but critics are focused on her role in the CIA's waterboarding campaign. In response
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: At the age of 80, the artist David Hockney has put on a show in Los Angeles called 82 Portraits And 1 Still-life, which got NPR's Susan Stamberg thinking about the people who posed for him. SUSAN STAMBERG, BYLINE: The youngest is
The tough task of rebuilding the shattered economy of Tasmania's west coast has begun. In the wake of two major mine closures announced this week, the Tasmanian government's working group has held its first meeting. The Federal Government said it's l
Detectives were saw today in Donar's street in Melbourne's North-east looking for witnesses to the death of a 15 month-old toddler. The girl's mother says she was snatched from her prime while walking in a ark on Saturday morning. Search volunteers f
Unprecedented leak of 11 million documents has reviewed the money laundering, corruption and hidden dealings of some of the world's wealthiest people. 12 current and former world leaders and further 128 public officials have been named. Some of those
Could Mali's Election Be a Model for Africa? 马里选举会成为非洲的一个范本? Mali has moved a step closer to making a smooth transition of power following the peaceful and conciliatory concession of losing presidential candidate Soumaila
The Supreme People's Court is holding a press conference, to brief journalist on the prosecution of food and drug cases. The presiding Judge of Civil Trial Court One, Zhang Yongjian, and court spokesman Sun Jungong are hosting the press conference. T
By Robert Raffaele Washington 19 December 2007 The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty with the ultimate goal of abolishing the practice. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed
The United States and India Friday signed an accord allowing U.S. firms to sell nuclear fuel and technology to India, reversing a three-decade ban on such trade. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee signed
As the old saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But Venezuela, whose beauty queens have won Miss Universe and Miss World over six times, doesn't leave it to chance and girls as young as four can be found attending beauty schools. There
Sri Lanka is preparing for a major celebration following the battlefield defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, ending a quarter-century civil war. Joyous outbursts that are mixed with some lingering anxiety, especially among the minority Ta
The prime minister of Greece has been in meetings with China to seek investment and trade deals to help revive the Greek economy. Antonis Samaras met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, hoping to double two-A trade by 2015 and boost cultural exchanges