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11/20/2008 2:10 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Governors pledge to fight global warming together (AP)

AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, his counterparts in 12 states and regional leaders from four other countries signed a declaration Wednesday pledging to work together to combat global warming, a move Schwarzenegger said will help push heads of state to curb their nations' greenhouse gas emissions.

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11/20/2008 7:05 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

New Senate to get major global warming bill (AFP)

AFP - Top Senate Democrats on Thursday said they would introduce major global warming legislation early next year, saying Barack Obama's election meant a "sea change" in the battle against climate change.

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11/20/2008 5:53 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Climate change may be causing disease outbreaks in Philippines (AFP)

AFP - Global warming may have contributed to a recent spate of outbreaks of deadly diseases in the Philippines, a senior minister said Thursday.

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11/19/2008 11:08 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Canada wants North America cap-and-trade system (Reuters)

Reuters - Canada's Conservative government, shifting positions in the wake of Barack Obama's election as U.S. president, said on Wednesday that it would work to develop a North America-wide cap-and-trade system to limit emissions of greenhouse gases.

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11/20/2008 5:28 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Africa, Europe 'seeking to harmonise climate-change demands' (AFP)

AFP - Africa seeks a common position with the European Union going into climate-change negotiations next year, Algeria's environment minister said Thursday following pan-African agreement.

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11/20/2008 5:44 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Africans to stick together in climate change talks (AP)

AP - African countries have agreed to negotiate as a bloc in talks on a new global warming treaty, a move meant to give the continent highly threatened by climate change a greater say in the future pact.

UN News Centre - Environment, Shelter
11/20/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Carbon neutral airline gets on board UN scheme to cut greenhouse gas emissions

The world's first carbon neutral airline, which offsets its harmful gas emissions by investing in ecological projects, has joined a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) initiative, promoting low-carbon economies and societies, the agency announced today.

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11/20/2008 5:49 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

What climate change? Meltdown trumps fears at APEC (AP)

AP - Countries on both sides of the Pacific have reason to be very afraid of climate change. Rising sea levels could swamp coastal farms, higher temperatures wipe out entire species and increasingly violent storms exact a widening human and financial toll.

UN News Centre - Environment, Shelter
11/19/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Clean-up needed on Ukrainian shores one year after major oil spill - UN report

Ukraine needs to clean up its contaminated shoreline one year after a major oil spill in the Kerch Strait damaged flora and fauna in the area and caused significant revenue losses for local industries, according to a new joint report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Commission (EC).

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11/18/2008 11:20 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

British lawmakers pass landmark climate change bill (AFP)

AFP - Lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to a bill committing Britain to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050 -- the first country to have such a legally binding framework on climate change.

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11/18/2008 11:48 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Greens Spell Progress R-e-c-e-s-s-i-o-n (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Climate Change: Great news for global warm-ongers: New data show the world is on target to meet the Kyoto targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The bad news: It took a major economic collapse to get it done.

UN News Centre - Environment, Shelter
11/19/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

New UN-backed monitoring station to help preserve ozone layer slated for Qatar

A cutting-edge monitoring station to help preserve the ozone layer protecting all life on Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays is to be established in the Persian Gulf country of Qatar under a United Nations-backed project announced today.

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11/19/2008 9:07 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Climate change momentum fading: Asia-Pacific survey (AFP)

AFP - Climate change is fading as a priority in the Pacific Rim as the gloomy state of the global economy takes precedence, a survey of opinion leaders showed Wednesday.

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11/19/2008 10:48 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

MPs pass landmark climate change bill (AFP)

AFP - MPs have given final approval to a bill committing Britain to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050 -- the first country to have such a legally binding framework on climate change.

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11/19/2008 7:10 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Poland unsatisfied with EU proposals to save climate plan: official (AFP)

AFP - Poland has rejected an EU proposal for its coal-fired power stations to be temporarily exempted from buying all their greenhouse gas permits, a move aimed at averting a Polish veto of the bloc's climate package, a senior Polish official said Wednesday.

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11/19/2008 6:55 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

EU offers Poland exemptions to save climate plan: source (AFP)

AFP - Poland's coal-fired power stations would be temporarily exempted from buying all their greenhouse gas permits under a deal aimed to stop Warsaw vetoing the EU's environmental plans, a source said Wednesday.

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11/19/2008 9:24 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Colombian VP says cocaine destroying rain forests (AP)

AP - Does white powder damage your green credentials?

UN News Centre - Environment, Shelter
11/19/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

With shout-out from Björk, UN unveils environmental awareness campaign

The Icelandic singer and green campaigner Björk today endorsed a new United Nations environmental campaign to raise public awareness on the impacts of global warming.

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11/19/2008 3:44 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Africa looks to closer cooperation on climate change (AFP)

AFP - African environment ministers met Wednesday to agree a common position on climate change ahead of a major international conference on the topic in December 2009.

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11/19/2008 6:26 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Germany's SolarWorld springs surprise bid for GM's Opel (AFP)

AFP - German solar power group SolarWorld took the struggling auto sector by surprise Wednesday with a takeover bid for troubled General Motor's German car unit Opel.

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11/19/2008 2:11 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

EU calls for new rules on dismantling ships (AP)

AP - The dismantling of hundreds of old ships in South Asia is polluting coastal areas, threatening ecosystems and subjecting workers to unsafe, deplorable conditions, a top EU official said Wednesday.

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11/19/2008 8:54 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Canada pledges auto aid, cap-and-trade system (Reuters)

Reuters - Canada pledged new aid to its ailing auto sector on Wednesday and, in an apparent shift, it also said it would work toward a North America-wide cap-and-trade system to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

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11/19/2008 9:30 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

UN climate change chief hails Obama commitments (AP)

AP - The recent commitments on global warming by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama mark a new beginning for world negotiations to replace the Kyoto Protocol, the head of the U.N.'s climate change body said Wednesday.

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11/19/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Volcano experts gather for UN meeting in the Comoros

Experts in vulcanology, natural resources and disaster prevention are gathering today in the Comoros for the start of a United Nations-sponsored conference examining how the Indian Ocean archipelago can better manage and profit from the active volcano that dominates the main island in the chain.

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11/19/2008 5:08 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Politicians persuaded to save Canada boreal forest (Reuters)

Reuters - Politicians actually listened when experts told them to protect Canada's boreal forest, a potent weapon against global warming, and the plan for this vast green area could work on some of the world's other vital places, scientists told Reuters.

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11/18/2008 4:53 PM - Views: 5 Rating: +2

Obama vows to engage world on climate change (AFP)

AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed he would "engage vigorously" in global climate change talks and that denial was no longer an acceptable response to global warming.

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11/18/2008 10:58 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Schwarzenegger opens climate summit with Obama (AP)

AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger opened his international climate change summit on Tuesday by upstaging himself with an even bigger political star ? President-elect Barack Obama.

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11/18/2008 5:42 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Italy, Germany to seek joint approach to climate change (AFP)

AFP - Germany and Italy will seek a joint approach to climate change and the environment, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Tuesday after meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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11/18/2008 1:08 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Will Demand for Solar Homes Pick Up? (BusinessWeek Online)

BusinessWeek Online - As global financial markets melted down in October, Congress handed a gift to America's green energy industry: It renewed and broadened a set of tax credits for wind and solar power, geothermal, tidal energy, and more. The move did little to prop up eco-energy stocks, which have followed oil prices down. But the news did send a positive jolt to one of the economy's darkest sectors: homebuilding. Or, more specifically, solar-powered homes. ...

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11/18/2008 5:08 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Japanese scientists clone embryo of endangered rabbit (AFP)

AFP - Japanese scientists said Tuesday they had created a cloned embryo from the dead body of an endangered species of rabbit and are hoping for a birth.

UN News Centre - Environment, Shelter
11/18/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Better sanitation is a matter of basic human dignity, UN expert says

Boosting the standard of sanitation in poor countries worldwide is a matter of basic human dignity, and yet 40 per cent of the global population still does not have access to toilets, a United Nations rights expert said today, calling for donor investment to be stepped up to save lives and reduce the spread of diseases.

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11/18/2008 10:13 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

British Energy posts 2Q loss, but outlook positive (AP)

AP - British Energy Group PLC, the nuclear power producer being taken over by Electricite de France SA, on Tuesday posted a second-quarter loss after the company suffered from power station shutdowns.

UN News Centre - Environment, Shelter
11/18/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Experts gather at UN-backed forum to reduce effects of landslide disasters

A group of experts and policymakers will kick off a United Nations-backed conference in Tokyo today aimed at mitigating the catastrophic effects of landslides worldwide.

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11/18/2008 12:57 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Feds: 2 broke US embargo, sold items bound to Iran (AP)

AP - Two Iranian immigrants violated a U.S. embargo by selling fuel-cell technology, centrifuges, computer equipment and other materials they knew were destined for their home country, according to an indictment Monday.

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11/17/2008 10:56 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Schwarzenegger convenes global climate summit (AP)

AP - Scientists, environmentalists and government and industry officials from around the world meet this week for a summit on greenhouse gas emissions that their host, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, hopes will highlight the economic benefits of pursuing green technologies.

UN News Centre - Environment, Shelter
11/18/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Wildlife officials at UN-backed meeting seek to protect rhinos against surge in poaching

Wildlife law enforcement officials are meeting in Kenya as part of a United Nations-backed effort to stop the escalation of rhinoceros poaching and break up criminal networks behind the increasing illegal trade in their horns, used in traditional medicines or as dagger handles.

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11/17/2008 6:47 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

International biofuels conference gets underway in Brazil (AFP)

AFP - An international conference on biofuels involving officials from 40 countries got underway in Brazil on Monday with delegates to consider the issues of development, food security, trade and climate change.

UN News Centre - Environment, Shelter
11/17/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Greenhouse gases from industrialized countries rise after 1990s drop, UN reports

Greenhouse gas emissions of 40 industrialized countries rose by 2.3 per cent between 2000 and 2006, while still about 5 per cent below the 1990 level, according to United Nations figures released today, two weeks before a major review conference on the issue.

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11/17/2008 8:46 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

UN says greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2000-06 (AP)

AP - Greenhouse gas emissions by 40 industrialized nations that signed the Kyoto Protocol climate treaty have dropped an average of 5 percent below 1990 levels, U.N. officials reported Monday.

UN News Centre - Environment, Shelter
11/17/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

UN to honour leaders in addressing environmental emergencies

A new United Nations-backed award will recognize individuals, organizations, governments and companies which have made strides in reducing the suffering resulting from large-scale man-made and natural disasters.

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11/17/2008 10:54 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

US, Vietnam to study climate change impact on Mekong Delta (AFP)

AFP - The United States and Vietnam will jointly study the impact of climate change on the Mekong Delta and other low-lying river regions worldwide, officials said Monday.

UN News Centre - Environment, Shelter
11/17/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Qatar and UN pave way for paper-free global conferences

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Government of Qatar are blazing the trail towards paper-free or near paperless conferences.

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11/17/2008 11:37 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Japanese whalers set sail: Greenpeace (AFP)

AFP - Japan's whaling fleet set sail Monday, environmentalists said, apparently on an annual Antarctic hunt likely to provoke fresh friction with anti-whaling countries such as Australia.

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11/17/2008 6:47 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Brazil says ethanol production won't harm Amazon (AP)

AP - Expansion of vast sugarcane plantations across Brazil to meet growing worldwide demand for ethanol won't harm the Amazon, a top Brazilian official said Monday.

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11/17/2008 7:03 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

International talks to save overfished tuna start in Morocco (AFP)

AFP - Morocco on Monday called for stronger action against illegal fishing at the opening of international negotiations here aimed at saving Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna.

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11/17/2008 7:34 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Greenpeace: Japanese whalers leave for annual hunt (AP)

AP - The mother ship in Japan's whaling fleet left Monday for the country's annual hunt in the Antarctic, the environmental group Greenpeace said, as anti-whaling activists vowed to disrupt the expedition once again after high-seas clashes forced an early halt last year.

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11/17/2008 12:06 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Climate change: emissions from industrialised world still high (AFP)

AFP - Two weeks before the start of key talks on global warming, the UN's climate-change watchdog issued figures here Monday that reflected poor headway by industrialised countries towards curbing dangerous carbon pollution.

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11/16/2008 9:40 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Fishery meeting could decide bluefin tuna's fate (AFP)

AFP - The survival of Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna, exploited to the brink of collapse, could depend on international negotiations starting Monday in Marrakech, Morocco.

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11/16/2008 11:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

China's coal fires belch fumes, worsening global warming (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - RUJIGOU, China ? The barren hillsides give a hint of the inferno underfoot. White smoke billows from cracks in the earth, venting a sulfurous rotten smell into the air. The rocky ground is hot to the touch, and heat penetrates the soles of shoes.

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11/15/2008 4:36 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

California ordered to prepare for sea-level rise (Reuters)

Reuters - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday ordered preparations for rising sea levels from global warming, a startling prospect for the most populous U.S. state with a Pacific Ocean coastline stretching more than 800 miles.

NYT > Fashion & Style
11/20/2008 1:57 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Front Row: No, You’re Selling It All Wrong

Karen Erickson, of Showroom Seven, and her daughters, plan to sell all the not-boring clothes other retailers are afraid to carry.

NYT > Fashion & Style
11/20/2008 1:23 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Skin Deep: Questions on Using Fillers Near Eyes

Some doctors are concerned about the safety of "off label" under-eye injections.

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11/20/2008 4:10 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Merrily They Dress

Putting on a sparkly dress for the holidays always brightens your mood. This year you need it.

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11/20/2008 12:52 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Ouch, My Knee! Is There a Bike Fitter in the House?

Bike fittings for recreational cyclists has mushroomed into a mainstream offering found at scores of bikes shops and training centers around the country.

NYT > Fashion & Style
11/20/2008 5:48 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

A New Wind Is Blowing in Chicago

With Barack Obama’s election, the city is basking in a moment of triumph that goes well beyond politics.

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11/20/2008 1:19 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: Cost Cutting, a k a Mooching

Tough times require tough measures in household budgeting.

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11/20/2008 12:37 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Fine Points: The Way You Wear Your Hat

While hats will probably never be as popular as they were a half-century ago, there has clearly been a resurgence.

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11/18/2008 9:17 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Critical Shopper | Oscar de la Renta: Play Along, if You Dare

A visit to the Oscar de la Renta boutique on Madison Avenue.

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11/17/2008 2:24 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Victoria's Secret Show, Soirees Rock South Beach (E! Online)

E! Online - Victoria's Secret brought the sexy to South Beach Saturday at their annual fashion show, featuring Angels' Heidi Klum, Alessandria Ambrosia, Miranda Kerr, Karolina Kurkova and more supermodels strutting their stuff.

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11/16/2008 6:19 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Vows: Gillian Laub and Tahl Raz

Family and friends, 372 strong, joined an exuberant hora at Cipriani 42nd Street, after the couple vowed to love each other “come ruin or rapture.”

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11/15/2008 4:45 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Excuse Me, Where’s Thanksgiving?

It’s always Christmas in this corner of Michigan.

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11/15/2008 1:31 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

A Night Out With | Robert Pattinson: Home by Daybreak

Hanging out with Robert Pattinson, who plays Edward Cullen, the handsome vegetarian vampire in the film “Twilight,” which opens Nov. 21.

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11/14/2008 11:43 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Shaken & Stirred: Drinks to Sink Your Teeth Into

At what point does a cocktail become, well, food?

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11/15/2008 1:26 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

They Couldn’t Get Past the ‘Mimbos’

Playgirl editors reflect over the end of the magazine, citing a failed vision to be more literary.

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11/15/2008 1:31 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Modern Love: War Weary From a Dangerous Liaison

It was hard to end our long-distance fantasy, even after I married.

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11/14/2008 10:41 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Parents’ Night With the President

Washington’s prestigious private schools are competing to have the Obama girls within their halls of power.

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11/14/2008 11:52 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

In Hard Times, No More Fancy Pants

Belt-tightening has prompted a reconsideration of acceptable consumerism, even among the well-off.

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11/13/2008 10:23 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Social Q’s: About That Job ...

This week, answers to readers' questions about what to say to your Wall Street acquaintances about their misfortunes, clingy casual relationships and more.

NYT > Fashion & Style
11/13/2008 5:18 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Front Row: Loosening His Tie (Sort Of)

Apart from the trip to Washington to visit his new home, President-elect Barack Obama has been looking pretty casual of late.

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11/13/2008 5:21 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: I Can’t Outrun My Weight Issues

Can too much spandex really be a bad thing?

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11/13/2008 5:24 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Skin Deep: My Facial Is Tastier Than Yours

Nowadays, do-it-yourself cosmetics serve as much as an entertaining activity for family and friends as a grooming activity.

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11/13/2008 5:26 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Dress Codes | Plaid: Geometrically Disposed

Plaid has spread, like some sort of geometrically replicating fungus, to almost every article of clothing in a man’s closet.

NYT > Fashion & Style
11/13/2008 5:19 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

The Return of the Interview Suit

Pants or skirts? Opinions vary, but all agree on a more formal look for these sobering times.

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11/13/2008 5:20 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Sharing Their Demons on the Web

Some psychologists and psychiatrists are concerned about Internet peer support crossing over into delusions.

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11/12/2008 7:10 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Fitness: Learning How to Walk (Chewing Gum Not Included)

A yoga instructor has incorporated walking lessons into his yoga classes, insisting that proper alignment helps keep you moving toward better health.

NYT > Fashion & Style
11/11/2008 10:45 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

A Path to Better Health

Jonathan FitzGordon begins with a few basic principles in his FitzGordon Method walking program.

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11/10/2008 11:12 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Critical Shopper | Fred Flare: No Frown Is Left Unturned

Fred Flare, a new store in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, is full of happy, cheap, eclectic thingies.

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11/9/2008 7:22 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Vows: Elise Gutfeld and Tim Hayes

The bridegroom helped the bride to revive a passion from her youth after they met on the Internet.

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11/7/2008 10:39 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Generation O Gets Its Hopes Up

The election of a 47-year-old president may usher in the post-baby-boomer era.

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11/8/2008 12:57 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Modern Love: Have That Baby, Dear. I’ll Just Watch.

When my daughter was born, it was the begining of the end of my marriage.

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11/8/2008 12:38 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Boîte: The Sky Above, the Street Far Below

As the seasons continue to change in New York, Highbar finds itself tackling an inexact calculus: How do you keep high-flown clientele coming back when your main attraction, an open-air rooftop, loses its appeal?

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11/8/2008 1:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

A Long Way From Bollywood

A small festival turns into a five-day mini-extravaganza.

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11/8/2008 12:49 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Pulse: Frown Fighters

As the economy crumbles, the Lipstick Index has jumped.

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11/7/2008 10:42 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

After a Golden Era, Poker’s Stack Is Down

Trying to rescue a threatened species: the card shark.

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11/7/2008 10:52 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

A Night Out With | Joseph Arthur: Doing Things You’re Not

Hanging out with Joseph Arthur, the singer, songwriter and artist, who has created his own little artistic paradise in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn.

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11/7/2008 10:33 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Books of Style: Snapshots of a Century, Portraits of Celebrities

Stolen Moments.

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11/7/2008 6:04 PM - Views: 5 Rating: -

Michelle Obama's election outfit gets dressing down (Reuters)

Reuters - All ears were listening to President-elect Barack Obama's victory speech this week but fashion-watchers were looking closely at his wife Michelle's dress -- and the verdict was not so good.

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11/7/2008 6:37 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Chocolate Only a Superhero Could Resist (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - While there are some people in the world who profess to hate chocolate, there's still very little arguing with the New York Chocolate Show, now in its 11th year, and the sheer joy a show-goer gets from its feats of chocolate engineering both edible and otherwise - "otherwise" being the all-chocolate fashion show, featuring several former "Project Runway" designers, that kicked off the three-day chocolate trade show in New York on Thursday, Nov. 6.

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11/6/2008 10:32 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Social Q’s: Sounds Like Trouble

This week, answers to readers' questions about seeking harmony in the issue of noise between neighbors, treating your children equally and more.

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11/6/2008 5:14 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Fitness: Road Runner Rage

Nothing ruins a good run quite like a ton of steel in your path.

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11/6/2008 4:52 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Skin Deep: In Hard Times, a Cosmetic Hard Sell

Some doctors are eager to make a deal on Botox, and facial and body operations.

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11/6/2008 4:57 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Critical Shopper | Hugo Boss: Light a Cigar, Flex Your Muscles

Today, the prevailing sin behind the Hugo Boss designs seems to be Lust, sprinkled with colorful accents inspired by organized crime.

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11/6/2008 4:59 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Front Row: Lilly, 50, Hasn’t Aged a Day

Lilly Pulitzer, the brand responsible for inventing a look that would define casual sportswear for rich people for decades to come, celebrates 50 years.

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11/6/2008 4:55 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: Cell-Free: My Great Leap Backward

Our culture has reached a point where giving up a cellphone is perceived as aggressively rebellious in the modern age.

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11/6/2008 4:55 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Can Diet and Exercise Beat a Tummy Tuck?

A surgeon questions whether patients have tried diet and exercise to improve satisfaction with their appearance before choosing surgery.

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11/6/2008 1:09 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

That Dress? Everyone Has an Opinion

Some called Michelle Obama's election night dress an eye-catching statement and others an eyesore. Ruth La Ferla discusses.

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11/6/2008 5:52 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Disney, by Design

From couture to jewelry to designer furniture, building a “lifestyle brand” that isn’t cartoonish.

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11/6/2008 5:06 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Phantom Clothes, Price Unknown

What do fashion magazines mean by "price upon request?"

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11/6/2008 5:13 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Fine Points: Fire and Lace

In the 21st century, lace gets off granny's sofa and becomes a far more fashionable empress.

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11/5/2008 5:20 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Michelle Obama wears Rodriguez on Election night (AP)

AP - Michelle Obama's striking red-and-black dress worn Tuesday night as her husband became president-elect of the United States was designed by Narciso Rodriguez.

Yahoo! News: Human Rights
11/20/2008 12:27 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Orissa recruits tribesmen to fight Maoists (Reuters)

Reuters - Authorities in Orissa are recruiting young tribesmen to fight Maoist rebels, officials said, a move human rights groups criticised for putting civilians in the firing line.

UN News Centre - Human Rights
11/19/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

UN human rights office regrets Israeli pull-out from upcoming racism conference

The United Nations human rights office today voiced regret over Israel's confirmation that it does not plan to take part in the so-called Durban Review Conference next year, which will examine the progress made worldwide since the 2001 global anti-racism summit was held in the South African city.

UN News Centre - Human Rights
11/19/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Torture is rife in Equatorial Guinea's prisons, says UN expert

Detainees kept in police custody in Equatorial Guinea are victims of systematic torture, and prisoners suffer inhuman conditions, an independent United Nations human rights expert said in a press statement today, blaming a break down in the country's judicial system.

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11/19/2008 6:58 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Nepal police 'torture kids for fun:' rights group (AFP)

AFP - A leading human rights group on Wednesday accused police in Nepal of torturing scores of children, sometimes for fun.

UN News Centre - Human Rights
11/19/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

French human rights advocate receives UNESCO prize for lifetime's work

One of the drafters of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) 60 years ago will receive a prestigious prize in recognition of his life-long advocacy for a culture of rights around the world, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced today.

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11/18/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

UNICEF sounds alarm after brutal murder of albino girl in Burundi

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is working with authorities in Burundi to better protect the country's albino children in the wake of a brutal crime in which a six-year-old girl was shot and dismembered, apparently in the mistaken belief of some locals that the body parts have magical qualities.

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UN human rights chief calls for end to Israeli blockade of Gaza Strip

The top United Nations human rights official called today for an immediate end to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, which she said contravened international law and had deprived those living there of their most basic human rights for months.

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11/18/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Myanmar: UN rights experts demand new fair trials for jailed political prisoners

Five independent United Nations experts on human rights today demanded that authorities in Myanmar hold fair and open re-trials for dozens of prisoners of conscience sentenced to lengthy prison terms and immediately release their jailed defence counsels.

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11/18/2008 1:41 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Amnesty warns of Georgia conflict "twilight zone" (Reuters)

Reuters - Lootings and kidnappings along Georgia's de facto border with separatist South Ossetia are stopping more than 20,000 people from returning home, human rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday.

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11/18/2008 7:11 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Punish Indian police for torturing Muslims: rights group (AFP)

AFP - A leading human rights group on Tuesday called for Indian police to be punished for torturing Muslim men detained after bomb attacks in a southern city last year.

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11/17/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Ban meets with UN human rights officials at start of two-day trip to Switzerland

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Switzerland for the start of a two-day visit that includes talks with the United Nations' top human rights officials and a meeting with his many envoys and representatives worldwide.

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11/17/2008 7:21 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Oman sets up human rights body (AFP)

AFP - The sultanate of Oman has established its first-ever human rights commission, becoming the last of the oil-rich Gulf states to set up such a body, Al-Watan newspaper reported on Monday.

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11/17/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Iraq: UN official welcomes creation of human rights commission

The top United Nations official in Iraq today welcomed the country's establishment of an independent commission to promote and protect human rights in the troubled Middle East country.

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11/15/2008 10:54 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

South Africa pays tribute to `Mama Africa' Makeba (AP)

AP - A trumpet wailed and poetry soared Saturday as South Africans remembered "Mama Africa," Miriam Makeba, for her music and her commitment to human rights.

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11/14/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

UN experts voice significant concern over legal rights of Italy's migrant detainees

A group of independent United Nations experts today expressed "significant human rights concerns" over the legal rights of irregular migrants and asylum-seekers in Italy, while otherwise acknowledging the strength of the country's judicial system.

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11/13/2008 11:53 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Mexican teacher ties boy, 11, to chair for hours (AP)

AP - A human rights watchdog says a Mexican teacher tied up a fifth-grader for hours in what his parents called revenge for their stance against a teacher's strike.

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11/13/2008 7:15 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Ex-Harvard scholar enters Liberal leadership race (AP)

AP - A former human rights professor at Harvard University on Thursday entered the leadership race for Canada's once-dominant Liberal Party, which lost badly at the polls during national elections last month.

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11/13/2008 2:33 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

India criticised for 'attitude problem' on rape (AFP)

AFP - India needs a complete overhaul in the way it handles rape allegations, human rights campaigners say, after a German woman dropped a sex attack claim citing pressure and intimidation.

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11/12/2008 12:27 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Rights group urges support for war crimes court (AP)

AP - The world's first permanent war crimes court needs more support as it monitors atrocities in Congo and struggles to have important suspects arrested, an international human rights group said Wednesday.

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11/11/2008 12:41 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Police break up anti-Mugabe protests in Zimbabwe (AP)

AP - President Robert Mugabe's police broke up anti-government demonstrations across Zimbabwe on Tuesday, arresting some people and beating up others, according to the opposition.

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11/11/2008 6:01 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

UN rights chief condemns Afghan executions (AFP)

AFP - The United Nations top human rights official on Tuesday condemned the execution of several prisoners in Afghanistan as the war-torn country's justice system could not guarantee a fair trial.

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Top UN human rights official urges halt to Afghan executions

The United Nations human rights chief voiced her dismay today after several prisoners were put to death in Afghanistan in recent days and urged the Government to stop any further planned executions.

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11/11/2008 8:35 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

UN chief says 100,000 refugees trapped in Congo (AP)

AP - The head of the United Nations called Tuesday for an immediate cease-fire in eastern Congo to urgently help at least 100,000 refugees cut off by fighting in rebel-held areas.

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11/11/2008 12:37 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

UN accuses DR Congo army of looting, abuses (AFP)

AFP - The UN on Tuesday accused government forces of a wave of violence against civilians, including looting and rape, in several towns in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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11/8/2008 7:08 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

UN accuses rebels, militia of war crimes in Congo (AP)

AP - Rebels and pro-government militiamen executed civilians this week in two waves of terror that the top U.N envoy to Congo said Saturday amount to war crimes ? ones that highlight the inability of undermanned U.N. peacekeepers to protect civilians.

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11/8/2008 6:11 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Get tough or call the UN, rights body tells Zimbabwe crisis summit (AFP)

AFP - Southern African leaders need to get tough with President Robert Mugabe or ask the United Nations to step in, Human Rights Watch said Saturday ahead of a crunch summit on Zimbabwe's crisis.

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11/7/2008 5:30 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

New Global Agenda Seen for Obama's Washington (OneWorld.net)

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (OneWorld) - U.S. civil society groups are hopeful that the election of Barack Obama will place issues of energy and the environment, human rights at home and abroad, and aid for the world's poorest high on the change agenda he promised during the campaign.

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11/7/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

UN reports highlight Israeli infringement of Palestinians' rights

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has spotlighted in two new reports to the General Assembly how Israeli practices impinge upon the rights of Palestinians through the continued building of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory and other means.

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11/6/2008 1:28 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Catholics and Muslims to fight terror and defend faith (Reuters)

Reuters - Catholic and Muslim leaders at unprecedented Vatican meetings vowed on Thursday to jointly combat violence committed in God's name, to defend religious freedom and to foster equal rights for minority faith groups.

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11/6/2008 9:18 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

20 civilians killed in DR Congo fighting on eve of summit (AFP)

AFP - Rebels and pro-government militia have killed at least 20 civilians in recent fighting, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, on the eve of a regional summit on the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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11/5/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Ukraine: UN experts call for progress on arbitrary detention issues

A group of independent United Nations human rights experts has urged Ukraine to address issues such as access to justice by detainees and the right to a fair trial, while noting the progress made by the country in dealing with arbitrary detention.

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11/5/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

UN rights chief calls on Haiti to strengthen fight against impunity

The top United Nations human rights official has called for strengthening Haiti's police and judicial systems, as well as for greater assistance for the victims of the series of hurricanes that ravaged the tiny Caribbean nation in recent months.

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11/5/2008 5:54 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

SKorea backs UN move to condemn NKorea's rights record (AFP)

AFP - South Korea has for the first time co-sponsored a United Nations resolution condemning North Korea's human rights record, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.

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11/4/2008 11:58 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Israel denounces UN Human Rights Council (AP)

AP - Israel accused the U.N. Human Rights Council Tuesday of targeting the Jewish state "in an obsessive and discriminatory fashion," but Egypt said it is imperative that the U.N. body investigate violations of Palestinian rights.

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11/4/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

UN human rights expert outlines priorities for addressing the scourge of racism

The relationship between racism and migration, ethnic conflicts and poverty will all be under the spotlight of the new United Nations independent expert on racism during his time in office, he told journalists today.

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11/4/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Somalia: UNICEF speaks out against stoning death of 13-year-old rape victim

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has deplored last week's stoning to death of a 13-year-old Somali girl who was a victim of rape.

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11/4/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

More patience needed in assessing UN human rights body, its President says

Nearly three years since its creation, more patience is needed in judging the work of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which is still in an "evolutionary" stage, the body's President told the General Assembly today.

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11/4/2008 8:28 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

UN Warns of Civilian Killings by Colombian Military (OneWorld.net)

OneWorld.net - BOGOTA, Nov 3 (IPS) - The extrajudicial executions that are being committed by government forces in Colombia constitute crimes against humanity, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said at the end of her six-day fact-finding tour of this South American country.

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11/4/2008 3:13 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

S. Korea joins UN to condemn abuse in N. Korea (AP)

AP - South Korea has co-sponsored a U.N. resolution condemning North Korea's alleged human rights abuses for the first time, a Foreign Ministry official said Tuesday.

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11/4/2008 8:22 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

China to issue human rights plan: official (Reuters)

Reuters - China will issue a "human rights action plan" that an official said will seek to improve citizens' rights over the next two years, state media reported Tuesday.

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11/4/2008 6:57 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Syrian activists kept in jail beyond deadline: rights groups (AFP)

AFP - Prominent Syrian journalist Michel Kilo and translator Mahmud Issa, who ought to have been released from jail on Sunday, are still behind bars, human rights figures said on Tuesday.

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11/3/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Arbitrary arrests and extrajudicial killings in Colombia concern UN rights chief

Colombia faces grave human rights challenges in its ongoing conflict, including hostage-taking, extrajudicial executions and arbitrary arrest and detention, despite measures taken by the Government to protect vulnerable groups, the United Nations rights chief says after visiting the Andean country.

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11/3/2008 11:18 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Arrested Kurdish protesters freed in Syria (AFP)

AFP - Nearly 200 Kurdish protesters who were arrested after staging a protest in the Syrian capital at the weekend have been freed, a human rights group said on Monday.

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11/2/2008 4:48 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Syria bans three from travel: rights group (AFP)

AFP - Syria has banned a journalist, a researcher and a filmmaker from leaving the country amid a crackdown on human rights activists, a Syrian human rights group said on Sunday.

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11/1/2008 3:45 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Iran upholds sentence against Kurdish activist (AP)

AP - Iran's appeals court has upheld an 11-year jail sentence against a prominent Kurdish human rights activist, his lawyer said Saturday.

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11/1/2008 1:22 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Amnesty: Somali rape victim, 13, stoned to death (AP)

AP - A 13-year-old girl who said she had been raped was stoned to death in Somalia after being accused of adultery by Islamic militants, a human rights group said.

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10/31/2008 2:52 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Amnesty: Zimbabwe abusers must face justice (AP)

AP - Beatings, rapes and killings of dissidents have escalated in Zimbabwe because the politicians and police who are responsible have not been punished, Amnesty International said Friday.

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10/31/2008 8:03 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Zimbabwe crisis worsens amid impasse, Amnesty says (Reuters)

Reuters - Human rights abuses are going unpunished and the food crisis is worsening in Zimbabwe while President Robert Mugabe and the opposition bicker over forming a government, Amnesty International said on Friday.

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10/31/2008 3:21 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

DRCongo crisis summit agreed as fears grow for civilians (AFP)

AFP - Support for an international summit on the crisis in eastern DRCongo gathered pace Friday, as UN officials reported rebel attacks on camps for displaced people there.

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10/31/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

UN expert cautions Latvia to keep a close eye on threats to children

The sexual exploitation of children is a matter for concern in Latvia despite the low number of reported cases, an independent United Nations human rights expert said today, warning that continued vigilance is needed from the State to protect its young.