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- Swimming with giant humpback whales
- VAVA'U, Tonga AFP — The southern humpback whale lies suspended vertically near the surface just metres away from me, its ghostly white underside silhouetted against the deep blue of the Pacific Ocean. The giant mammal is nearly 16 metres (50 feet) long and weighs around 3.5 tonnes, but a...
- Research articles 2008-08-23
- France to urge UN to decriminalise homosexuality
- PARIS AFP — France plans to ask the United Nations to push for homosexuality to be decriminalised around the globe, a government minister said Saturday, as gays and lesbians worldwide marked the International Day Against Homophobia. Human Rights Minister Rama Yade told a delegation of French gay and lesbian...
- Research articles 2008-05-17
- US urges Zimbabwe to set presidential runoff date
- WASHINGTON AFP — The United States on Wednesday urged Zimbabwean authorities to set a date for a presidential run-off election after they announced it would be postponed for as much as 10 weeks. "If a run-off is going to happen, there certainly is an obligation on the part of...
- Research articles 2008-05-14
- Sarkozy praise for Tunisian rights 'progress' sparks outrage
- PARIS AFP — French President Nicolas Sarkozy's remark that "the sphere of liberties" in Tunisia is improving sparked outrage Tuesday among human rights groups and the Socialist opposition in France who accuse the North African state of torturing dissidents and blocking press freedoms. "His unacceptable declaration has led him...
- Research articles 2008-04-29
- Japan govt, media groups concerned as shrine film pulled
- TOKYO AFP — A controversial documentary on a Tokyo war shrine looks unlikely to be screened in Japan amid pressure from right-wingers, prompting the government and media groups to cry foul on Tuesday. The local production office of Chinese director Li Ying said the decision by three cinemas in...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- China crackdown flouts Olympic rights vow: activists
- BEIJING AFP — China's arrest of a prominent rights campaigner is part of an increasing crackdown on critics that breaks promises it made to land the Olympics, said activists who called for world pressure on Beijing. The arrest of Hu Jia, who was taken from his Beijing home on...
- Research articles 2008-01-07
- Indian police block landless protest march
- NEW DELHI AFP — Police prevented thousands of poor and landless farmers and tribals from marching towards the federal parliament building in the Indian capital Monday to demand land rights. An estimated 25,000 people from 15 of India's 29 states have converged in New Delhi after marching 600 kilometres...
- Research articles 2007-10-29
- Another Egypt editor faces trial over Mubarak rumours
- CAIRO AFP — Another Egyptian newspaper editor is facing prosecution for writing about President Hosni Mubarak's health, a judicial source said on Tuesday, a day after Washington voiced concern over such trials. A lawyer brought the case against Al-Badil's editor Mohammed Sayyed Said accusing him of "spreading false news"...
- Research articles 2007-09-25
- US concerned at Egypt crackdown on rights group, journalists
- NEW YORK AFP — The White House said Monday it was "deeply concerned" at the Egyptian government's decision to shut down a human rights organization and the conviction of several journalists. "We are deeply concerned at the Egyptian government's recent decree authorizing the imminent closure of the Association for...
- Research articles 2007-09-24
- A cadet's oath
- ON JUNE 29, 2000, I affirmed my Oath of Office at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I was charged to defend the constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. Since I was young, I knew that I would someday be in the military to defend our...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- Justice Department Sues University of North Carolina for Alleged Sex Discrimination
- To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-514-2007, TDD: +1-202- 514-1888 WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit against the University of North Carolina, alleging sex discrimination in employment by its component, the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (North Carolina A&T), against...
- Research articles 2007-08-07
- Pakistan police released in exchange for extremists
- ISLAMABAD AFP — Hardline clerics said Sunday that they had released two Pakistani policemen held hostage at a mosque here, after a deal was struck with authorities to free four extremists. The clerics said two other policemen still held captive would be released only when a total of 11...
- Research articles 2007-05-20
- Cohen & Grigsby Announces Appointment of Three Pittsburgh-Area Labor and Employment Attorneys
- PITTSBURGH -- Cohen & Grigsby announced today that it has added significant strength and capability to its Labor & Employment Practice Group by adding three partners to the Firm, all resident in its Pittsburgh offices. The three partners join Cohen & Grigsby from the Pittsburgh office of Reed Smith. ...
- Research articles 2007-04-16
- Communist Vietnam legalises Bahai faith
- HANOI AFP — Vietnam has legalised the Bahai faith, which authorities say has about 7,000 followers in the communist country, the state-controlled media reported Wednesday. Nguyen Huu Oanh, vice chairman of the government's Religious Affairs Committee, "presented a certificate to ratify religious activities of the Vietnam Bahai religious community,"...
- Research articles 2007-03-21
- Weighing up losses to Iraq's heritage
- CAIRO AFP — Archeology in Iraq these days, explains the new caretaker of the country's 5,000-year-old heritage, is less about making new discoveries than finding out what has already been stolen. "We need a government that takes responsibility for protecting the monuments of all Iraqis," antiquities director Abbas Ali...
- Research articles 2007-03-14
- Sri Lanka's Tiger rebels to resume 'freedom struggle'
- COLOMBO AFP — Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels announced a resumption of their "freedom struggle" after declaring that a truce arranged by peace broker Norway had collapsed. The Tigers said the truce, which came into effect five years ago on Friday, was now virtually non-existent and warned that Colombo's...
- Research articles 2007-02-22
- Chinese AIDS campaigner freed to receive US award
- BEIJING AFP — A high-profile AIDS campaigner being held under house arrest in China has said the disease remained "a tragedy for the Chinese people" after the authorities confirmed she would be freed to receive an award in the United States. Gao Yaojie, a retired doctor who exposed the...
- Research articles 2007-02-16
- Israel govt approves law professor as justice minister
- JERUSALEM AFP — The Israeli government has approved the nomination of an independent law professor as justice minister following the previous incumbent's conviction of sexual harrassment. Harvard-educated Daniel Friedman, 71, is a jurist with an international reputation who once taught at his US alma mater. He is a former...
- Research articles 2007-02-06
- Israeli ex–minister found guilty of sexual harassment
- TEL AVIV AFP — An Israeli court has found ex-justice minister Haim Ramon guilty of sexual harassment, dealing a blow to key ally Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as he plans a major cabinet reshuffle. "We find the accused guilty of the charge of an indecent act," said Hayuta Kohan,...
- Research articles 2007-01-30
- Israeli PM party backs Peres for president
- JERUSALEM AFP — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Kadima party will name senior statesman and Nobel peace laureate Shimon Peres as the party's candidate for president, a senior government source said. "Kadima ministers have agreed to name Shimon Peres as the party's candidate for the presidential election," the source...
- Research articles 2007-01-28
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