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Third claim of child fathered by Paraguayan president

Posted in Americas, news, politics, religion, tagged , , on April 22, 2009| Leave a Comment »

A third woman has claimed that Fernando Lugo, the Paraguayan president (photo, from bbc.co.uk), fathered her child. (more…)

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Ahmadinejad said he will not intervene for Ms Saberi

Posted in Americas, Justice, Middle East, news, politics, tagged , , , , , on April 22, 2009| 1 Comment »

Iranian president (photo, nouvelobs.com) said he will not intervene in the case of the Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, who has been jailed for spying. (more…)

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Refugees flee ‘hellish conditions’ in Sri Lanka

Posted in Asia, health, Human rights, news, politics, tagged , , , , , on April 22, 2009| Leave a Comment »

As they escaped the last remaining stronghold of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE), Sri Lankan refugees have described the conditions they have endured. (photo, from aljazeera.net) (more…)

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The author of the torture memos ‘could be prosecuted’

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 22, 2009| Leave a Comment »

After the Obama administration released CIA torture memos last week, the US president has left open the possibility of prosecuting officials. (more…)

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Walk-out during Iranian president’s speech

Posted in Europe, history, Human rights, news, politics, religion, world, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on April 20, 2009| 8 Comments »

Delegates have walked out of a speech by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (photo, from bbc.co.uk), Iran’s president, after he described Israel as a “racist government”, during a United Nations conference on racism. (more…)

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Antarctic tourism to be limited

Posted in environment, news, politics, world, tagged , , on April 18, 2009| Leave a Comment »

US proposals have been adopted by parties to the Antartic Treaty in order to limit tourism in the region, in an attempt to protect the fragile ecosystem of the continent.(photo, from bbc.co.uk) (more…)

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Somalia’s parliament votes to implement sharia

Posted in Africa, news, politics, religion, tagged , , , , on April 18, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Originally proposed by the oposition, the decision to implement sharia (Islamic law) accross Somalia has unanimously been taken by the country’s parliament on Saturday, the parliamentary deputy speaker has said. (more…)

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Another inmate claims abuse

Posted in Americas, health, Human rights, Justice, Middle East, news, politics, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 17, 2009| 2 Comments »

An inmate (photo, from aljazeera.net) at the US prison facility in Guantanamo Bay sent a letter to Al Jazeera saying he had been abused since the election of Barack Obama. (more…)

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Journalist put on trial in Iran

Posted in Americas, Human rights, Justice, media, Middle East, news, politics, tagged , , , , on April 15, 2009| Leave a Comment »

A 31-year-old Iranian-American journalist (photo, from aljazeera.net) has been put to trial in Iran this week. She is accused of spying for the US. A verdict is expected soon, said an Iranian official. (more…)

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Afghanistan new law could worsen things, said Nato’s head

Posted in Human rights, Middle East, news, politics, religion, tagged , , , , , , on April 4, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Afghanistan’s new laws could make it difficult to persuade European countries to contribute more troops to the country, said Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Nato’s head. (photo, from cbc.ca, taken on Oct. 29, 2008) (more…)

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