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Islamist rebels in Mali destroy Timbuktu historic sites
World NowRadical Islamists affiliated with Al Qaeda used axes, shovels and automatic weapons to destroy tombs and other cultural and religious monuments in northern Mali for a third day on Monday, including bashing in the door of a 15th Century mosque in Timbuktu,... -
International court gets first African female head prosecutor
World NowFatou Bensouda was sworn in Friday at The Hague as the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, the second person ever to hold that title, the first African to do so and the first woman. She takes the reins at an uneasy moment in the short... -
Pakistan contends doctor's conviction wasn't tied to Bin Laden raid
World NowA Pakistani doctor arrested after helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden was convicted and sentenced on charges of militancy and not because of his links with the effort to pinpoint the whereabouts of the Al Qaeda leader, Pakistani authorities... -
Pope admits 'sadness in my heart' over latest papal scandal
World NowFor the first time since his butler was arrested for allegedly stealing papal correspondence, Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday publicly discussed the scandal churning inside the Vatican, admitting “sadness in my heart” while charging the media... -
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor gets 50 years for war crimes
World NowFormer Liberian President Charles Taylor gets 50 years for war crimes: Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, 64, will likely spend the rest of his life in jail after a U.N.-backed court sentenced him to 50 years in jail for aiding and abetting war... -
Australia seeks to clamp down on forced labor, organ trafficking
World NowIn Australia, legislation is aimed at combating organ trafficking, forced marriage and forced labor by broadening laws against slavery and exploitation, a plan that was heralded by human rights groups as a blueprint for world efforts to stop such abuse...... -
Mexican army says Zetas behind killing of 49 in northern Mexico
World NowMexican officials said top leaders of the Zetas gang ordered the killings of 49 people whose mutilated bodies were dumped in northern Mexico last weekend.... -
Bradley Manning charged in WikiLeaks case
Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, the former intelligence analyst accused in the largest leak of classified material in U.S. history, was formally charged Thursday with aiding the enemy and violating the Espionage Act.
Manning, who is accused of giving hundreds...Tags: Afghanistan, WikiLeaks, Trials, Prisons, Barack Obama
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Education Matters: Still carrying the victims' scars
Editor's Note: Numerous instances of plagiarism have been discovered in Dan Kimber’s “Education Matters” column, which ran in the News- Press from September 2003 to September 2011. In those columns where plagiarism has been found, a...Tags: Crime Victims, Murder, Massacres, Nazi Party, Religious Conflicts
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More Mexico youths die from violence than car wrecks, report says
La PlazaAs Mexico's drug war grinds on, violent homicide has overtaken car accidents as the leading cause of death of young people in the country, reports the Mexico City daily El Universal (link in Spanish). Government statistics reviewed by the newspaper show... -
The YouTube war
The flood of video images emerging from the besieged city of Homs and other rebellious towns in Syria have shocked the world with their depictions of President Bashar Assad's bloody crackdown on innocent civilians.
The images, nearly all of them taken...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, United Nations, YouTube, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Syria
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Egypt's presidential campaigns crisscross the nation
World NowEgypt’s first free presidential election is a week away. The 13 candidates -- those with name recognition and those whose mention draw puzzled expressions -- have been set loose upon the land with staffs and stickers, flags and banners, and sound...
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