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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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

Yahoo! News: Fashion News
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.”

NYT > Fashion & Style
11/15/2008 4:45 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Excuse Me, Where’s Thanksgiving?

It’s always Christmas in this corner of Michigan.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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?

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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?

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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?

NYT > Fashion & Style
11/8/2008 1:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

A Long Way From Bollywood

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

NYT > Fashion & Style
11/8/2008 12:49 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Pulse: Frown Fighters

As the economy crumbles, the Lipstick Index has jumped.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

NYT > Fashion & Style
11/6/2008 5:06 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Phantom Clothes, Price Unknown

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

NYT > Fashion & Style
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.

Human Rights

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11/20/2008 8:17 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Rice, Kadhafi's son discuss US-Libya ties, human rights (AFP)

AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam discussed ways to improve US-Libyan ties and US human rights concerns, Rice told reporters Thursday.

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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.

UN News Centre - Human Rights
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.

UN News Centre - Human Rights
11/18/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

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.

UN News Centre - Human Rights
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.

UN News Centre - Human Rights
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.

UN News Centre - Human Rights
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.

UN News Centre - Human Rights
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.

Yahoo! News: Human Rights
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.

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

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.

Yahoo! News: Human Rights
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.

UN News Centre - Human Rights
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.

UN News Centre - Human Rights
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.

UN News Centre - Human Rights
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.

UN News Centre - Human Rights
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.

UN News Centre - Human Rights
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.

UN News Centre - Human Rights
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.

UN News Centre - Human Rights
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.

Science

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11/20/2008 8:19 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Dems look to stop endangered species rule changes (AP)

AP - With the Bush administration on the verge of relaxing regulations protecting endangered species, Democratic leaders are looking at ways to overturn any last-minute rule changes.

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11/20/2008 7:02 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Study shows messiness leads to behavior decline (AP)

AP - Does a messy neighborhood make a difference on how people act? It sure does! Graffiti on the walls, trash in the street, bicycles chained to a fence, all resulted in a decline in how people behaved in a series of experiments.

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11/20/2008 12:37 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Spacewalk to Mark Space Station's 10th Anniversary (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Two astronauts will celebrate the International Space Station's 10th birthday with some mundane, but much needed, spacewalk maintenance today.

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11/20/2008 2:12 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Bush set to relax endangered species rules (AP)

AP - Animals and plants in danger of becoming extinct could lose the protection of government experts who make sure that dams, highways and other projects don't pose a threat, under regulations the Bush administration is set to put in place before President-elect Obama can reverse them.

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11/20/2008 7:07 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Evidence of vast frozen water reserves on Mars: scientists (AFP)

AFP - NASA scientists have discovered enormous underground reservoirs of frozen water on Mars, away from its polar caps, in the latest sign that life might be sustainable on the Red planet.

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11/19/2008 10:02 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Researchers ID Suite of Genes in Aging Process (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic biomarkers that are highly accurate in determining physiological age have been identified by researchers at California's Buck Institute for Age Research, who said it may be possible to use these biomarkers to test anti-aging drugs.

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11/20/2008 1:57 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Palin, Alaska grapple with lower crude prices (Reuters)

Reuters - Falling oil prices will take a bite out of Alaska's state budget and put a damper on oil-field investment, Gov. Sarah Palin told a conference of major North Slope oil operators on Wednesday.

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Scientists say Copernicus' remains, grave found (AP)

AP - Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books. The findings could put an end to centuries of speculation about the exact resting spot of Copernicus, a priest and astronomer whose theories identified the Sun, not the Earth, as the center of the universe.

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Shuttle crew begins space station makeover (AFP)

AFP - Astronauts from the shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday began to outfit the International Space Station with new equipment, as part of plans to expand the orbiting lab's living quarters, NASA said.

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Happy Birthday: Space station celebrates 10 years (AP)

AP - NASA couldn't have staged it any better: 10 people in orbit for Thursday's 10th anniversary of the world's most elaborate and expensive housing project, the international space station.

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Justice Department denies mishandling Alaska spill probe (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday denied allegations by a former EPA investigator that it prematurely called off a criminal probe into pipeline spills at a BP Plc oilfield in Alaska in 2006.

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Two-century hunt for tomb of astrologer Copernicus is over (AFP)

AFP - DNA studies on two strands of hair and a tooth have ended a centuries old hunt for the tomb Nicolas Copernicus, the 16th century astronomer who shocked the world by declaring that the Earth was not the centre of the Universe, experts said Thursday.

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The Physics of Teardrops (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A lot can change in the blink of an eye. In fact, the entire surface layer of your eye changes every time you blink.

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Waxman beats Dingell to chair energy committee (Reuters)

Reuters - Rep. Henry Waxman unseated fellow veteran Democratic lawmaker John Dingell on Thursday to become chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives' powerful Energy and Commerce Committee.

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The Reality of Mysterious Medical Maladies (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A recent governmental panel composed of scientists and veterans concluded that Gulf War Syndrome is real, the symptoms likely caused by neurotoxins that veterans were exposed to during the war.

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11/20/2008 8:34 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Astronauts vow remaining tool bag won't drift away (AP)

AP - Astronauts vowed to double-check, even triple-check all their tethers to make sure a bag of tools is properly tied down during a spacewalk Thursday so it doesn't float away like one did earlier this week.

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Graffiti Triggers Crime and Littering (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The mere presence of graffiti doubles the number of people littering and stealing in a neighborhood, new research suggests.

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Warmer weather for much of U.S. through February: NOAA (Reuters)

Reuters - Much of the United States can anticipate a mild winter, with warmer-than-normal weather forecast from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachian Mountains through February, government forecasters said on Thursday.

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Next Mars Mission: Contamination a Big Concern (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), scheduled to launch in fall 2009, will follow the Mars Exploration Rovers and the Phoenix Lander to help determine if Mars is habitable for life.

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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utah's Electric Lake (AP)

AP - Trouble-making zebra mussels have arrived in Utah. But not where they were expected to show up.

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NASA Whittles Down List of Next Mars Landing Sites (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Four intriguing places on Mars have risen to the final round as NASA selects a landing site for its next Mars mission, the Mars Science Laboratory.

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11/19/2008 3:31 AM - Views: 5 Rating: -

God and Evolution Can Co-exist, Scientist Says (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - NEW YORK - A scientist is going public with his Christian belief in God and acceptance of evolution, in the wake of the Dover trial and recent, high-profile scholarly writings that have highlighted the contradictions between religiosity and science.

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11/19/2008 8:50 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

European patent office restores breast cancer gene patent (AFP)

AFP - The European Patent Office on Wednesday restored on appeal a controversial patent for a breast cancer gene that had been withdrawn from a US biotech firm, but granting it in a more restricted form than before.

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11/19/2008 11:45 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Power of the Future: A Timeline to Energy Independence (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - President-elect Barack Obama has plans to invest $150 billion in clean energy technology over the next 10 years. With similar initiatives in other countries, when might we expect exciting alternative technology to deliver true energy independence?

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11/19/2008 8:19 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Smoking's Many Myths Examined (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Unless you're living in a cave under the heart of Kentucky tobacco country, you know that smoking isn't exactly the best thing for your health. Scientists have succeeded in associating the habit with everything from countless cancers to bad-hair days, or so it seems with some reports.

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11/18/2008 11:39 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Broad drilling ban to stand (AP)

AP - House Democrats have no interest in restoring the broad ban on oil and gas development off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts but will seek to "delineate areas available for drilling" when Congress returns next year, the second-ranking Democrat in the House said Tuesday.

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A look at items lost in space (AP)

AP - It's not easy holding on to a small bag some 200 miles above Earth.

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Animal rights video shows turkey abuse in W.Va. (AP)

AP - Global poultry grower Aviagen Inc. said Wednesday it has suspended a supervisor and would investigate a video released by an animal rights group that appears to show horrific abuse of turkeys at the company's West Virginia farms.

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11/19/2008 5:13 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Vietnam president in Venezuela to boost energy ties (AFP)

AFP - Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet arrived in Venezuela where he was set to promote oil and gas cooperation during a two-day official visit, the first by a head of state from the communist nation.

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11/19/2008 8:02 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Hurricane season ending after record damage in US (AFP)

AFP - The Atlantic hurricane season in 2008 is coming to a close after producing 16 storms, including eight hurricanes, and inflicting record damage in the United States, a report by university researchers said on Wednesday.

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11/19/2008 8:09 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Bengal tiger bites young worker at Virginia zoo (AP)

AP - A 16-year-old employee of a small Virginia zoo is recovering after a tiger bit her when she tried to pet it.

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Mammoth task: Scientists map DNA of ancient beast (AP)

AP - Bringing "Jurassic Park" one step closer to reality, scientists have deciphered much of the genetic code of the woolly mammoth, a feat they say could allow them to recreate the shaggy, prehistoric beast in as little as a decade or two.

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Archaeologists: New evidence for Herod's tomb site (AP)

AP - Israeli archaeologists excavating what they believe is the tomb of biblical King Herod said Wednesday they have unearthed lavish Roman-style wall paintings of a kind previously unseen in the Middle East and signs of a regal two-story mausoleum, bolstering their conviction that the Jewish monarch was buried here.

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