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Post Views: 6 Il Dipartimento di Stato Statunitense, nel suo “Rapporto sul terrorismo nei Paesi nel 2009”, elogia il Governo autonomo basco del socialista Patxi Lopez “che ha messo in atto una politica più in equivoca per fare fronte a
Read MoreWhy World War II ended with Mushroom Clouds 0
Post Views: 4 65 years ago, August 6 and 9, 1945: Hiroshima and Nagasaki “On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 AM, the nuclear bomb ‘Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima by an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, directly
Read MoreHIV and AIDS: Trade Unions Press for Rights-based approach to combat pandemic 0
Post Views: 3 The international trade union movement is calling for governments to push ahead with a rights-based approach to tackling the HIV and AIDS pandemic, following the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna at the end of July. “While
Read MoreUS: Protect Families in Deportation Cases 0
Post Views: 9 An undocumented immigrant is escorted at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility before being deported in Phoenix on May 6, 2010. © 2010 Reuters (Washington DC) – The ruling by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Read MoreBanned, Censored, Harassed, and Jailed 0
Post Views: 6 Hellman/Hammett Grants Honor 42 Writers for Courage Facing Political Persecution (New York) – Human Rights Watch announced Hellman/Hammett grants today for 42 writers from 20 countries in recognition of their commitment to free expression and courage in
Read MorePre-election attacks on Rwandan politicians and journalists condemned 0
Post Views: 4 Paul Kagame, President and leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front © APGraphicsBank Amnesty International has condemned attacks on politicians and journalists in the run-up to the presidential election on August 9 and calls on the government
Read MoreColombia’s new government must guarantee an independent justice system 0
Post Views: 9 Juan Manuel Santos won a landslide victory in a second round of elections © APGraphicsBank Colombia’s new government must ensure the independence of the country’s justice system, allowing it to bring to justice those responsible for human
Read MoreAn Avoidable Depression 0
Post Views: 4 Land of Squandered Opportunity The economy has gone from bad to worse. On Friday the Commerce Department reported that GDP had slipped from 3.7% to 2.4% in one quarter. Now that depleted stockpiles have been rebuilt and
Read MoreIraq. The Anatomy of a Massacre 0
Post Views: 9 Twenty years ago, the Middle East was an entirely different entity from the area of today. No U.S. troops were stationed in Arab countries. Iraq and Iran had just finished a bloody eight-year war. Iraq was rebuilding
Read MoreHungría desafía al FMI 0
Post Views: 8 Hungría, que ostentará por seis meses la presidencia de la UE (Unión Europea) a partir del primero de enero, sufre intensamente las consecuencias de una crisis financiera que no acaba. A pesar de no estar tan alejada
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