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Activists urge Obama to speak out on Mexico's human rights record
MEXICO CITY -- Activists are attempting to spotlight human rights issues during President Obama's visit this week to Mexico, urging him to publicly condemn what they describe as Mexico’s abysmal record of torture, killings and forced...
Tags: U.S. Military, National Government, Felipe Calderon, Civil Rights, Drug Trafficking
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China dissident's brother says home attacked nightly with dead poultry, bottles
ReutersBy Terril Yue Jones BEIJING, April 30 (Reuters) - Security personnel in eastern China are carrying out a nightly harassment campaign against the brother of blind rights activist Chen Guangcheng, the two said on Tuesday, throwing rocks, bottles and dead...Tags: Taiwan, Chen Guangcheng, Human Rights, New York University, Hillary Clinton
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Taliban announces spring offensive
KABUL, Afghanistan — At a pivotal moment when U.S. forces are winding down combat operations in Afghanistan and handing over the lead security role to the Afghan government, Taliban insurgents announced Saturday the launch of their annual spring...
Tags: National Government, Bombings, International Military Interventions, Defense, Armed Conflicts
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Six Americans, doctor killed in Afghan attacks
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Six American troops and civilians and an Afghan doctor were killed in attacks on Saturday in southern and eastern Afghanistan as the U.S. military's top officer began a weekend visit to the country, officials said....
Tags: Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Military, Bombings, Regional Authority, Armed Conflicts
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Local delegates to China see many opportunities
The South Dakota Trade Mission to China was a great success from many aspects, according to three businesses represented from Huron. There are a multitude of trade and investment opportunities for exporters in the China market. Some areas are...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Business, China
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Shepherd University student escaped Ivory Coast oppression to make a new life in U.S.
richardb@herald-mail.comSiriki Diabate left his four daughters, parents and three siblings behind in 2005 when he was forced to flee his native Ivory Coast after suffering a terrific beating by thugs who left him for dead. He was working for a local newspaper at the time,...Tags: National Government, Atlantic Ocean, Social Sciences, Refugee, Arts and Culture
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Could Iran's presidential politicking open door to nuclear deal?
Thirty years of punishing sanctions have failed to curb Iran’s rogue behavior. Perhaps, a growing chorus of diplomats and security experts suggest, it is time for the United States to change tactics. With a presidential election in the Islamic...
Tags: Defense Equipment, U.S. Congress, Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Department of State, Islam
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Lawmakers ask who knew what about bomb suspect
BOSTON (AP) — Lawmakers are asking tough questions about how the government tracked suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev when he traveled to Russia last year, renewing criticism from after the Sept. 11 attacks that failure to share...
Tags: FBI, Punishment, Sean Collier, Wars and Interventions, Islam
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Margaret Thatcher dies at 87; Britain's first female prime minister
LONDON -- Margaret Thatcher, the grocer's daughter who punched through an old-boy political network to become Britain's first female prime minister, stamping her personality indelibly on the nation and pursuing policies that reverberate decades later, has...
Tags: Somerville, George H.W. Bush, Alzheimer's Disease, Margaret Thatcher, David Cameron
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Voice of the People, Apr. 21
Returning from war I saw myself in the news recently through the tragic story of Anne Smedinghoff, the young State Department diplomat who was raised in the western suburbs and killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan (News, April 12). Her fate could...Tags: Afghanistan, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Defense, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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George McArthur dies at 88; L.A. Times Saigon bureau chief during Vietnam War
George McArthur, who covered the Vietnam War for the Los Angeles Times as Saigon bureau chief after spending two decades as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press, died Friday. He was 88. McArthur died at a hospice in Fairfax County, Va., of...
Tags: International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions, Korean War (1950-1953), Los Angeles Times, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
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Pennsylvania mother reunited with son after daring rescue in Egypt
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comNever underestimate the power of a mother’s love. After nearly two years of trying to find her missing son who was allegedly kidnapped by his father while on a vacation in Eqypt, Kalliopi “Kalli” Atteya took matters into her own hands....Tags: Egypt, Human Interest
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