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Doctor’s Tale Injects New Trouble

Ashfaq Yusufzai

PESHAWAR - The sentencing of the Pakistani doctor believed to have provided the U.S. with vital DNA evidence that led to the tracing and killing of Osama bin Laden has set off new conflicts within Pakistan. The Taliban are now out to get him beyond what the law can.

U.S. Urged to Follow Own Human Rights Reporting
Carey L. Biron
WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department on Thursday released the government's annual compendium of country-by-country human rights reports, but ran into criticism from rights groups for holding double standards.

Security Council 'Unfit for Purpose', Says Amnesty International
Isabella De Grave
UNITED NATIONS - Amnesty International delivered a scathing condemnation of global and national leadership in its 2012 global human rights report on Tuesday, conveying profound disappointment in such leadership for its failure to match the determination and resilience of ordinary civilians in their resistance to repressive regimes.
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Global Issues
Conference Reaffirms Reproductive Rights
While much of the world is facing a global financial crisis, made worse by government cuts in social spending, members of parliament meeting here Wednesday agreed the economic crunch is no reason for governments to relax their commitment to women's reproductive rights and health, made 18 years ago.
U.S. Urged to Follow Own Human Rights Reporting
Security Council 'Unfit for Purpose', Says Amnesty International
Africa
OP-ED: The Paradox of Losing Life While Giving Life in Africa
Three years ago, the African Union began a continent-wide campaign to reduce the number of women who die when pregnant or giving birth.
Food Aid Taking Too Long to Reach Needy
China Keen to Reverse Negative Image in Africa
Asia - Pacific
U.S. Hard Line in Failed Iran Talks Driven by Israel
Negotiations between Iran and the United States and other members of the P5+1 group in Baghdad ended in fundamental disagreement Thursday over the position of the P5+1 offering no relief from sanctions against Iran.
Doctor's Tale Injects New Trouble
Report Exposes Holes in Taiwan's Human Rights Record
Europe
European Left Backs Hollande in United Front Against Austerity
Practically all European Social Democratic and Socialist parties are supporting the French presidential candidate François Hollande in the upcoming elections, in the hope that his likely triumph against incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy will create enough continental momentum to put an end to the present Conservative-inspired social and economic austerity policies.
Neo-Nazis Taking to Terror
Greece Takes the Shine Off Serbian EU Candidacy
Latin America
Colombia and Venezuela - Joining Forces
When 12 Colombian soldiers were killed by FARC insurgents a stone's throw away from the northern border with Venezuela, the consequences included military cooperation that reinforces the political, diplomatic and trade-related links that have developed over the past two years between Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.
Student Protests Energise Mexico's Election Campaign
Outsourced Chilean Copper Workers "21st Century Slave Labour"
Middle East & Mediterranean
Israel, Not Iran, Feels Isolated
As a result of the diplomatic momentum geared to disarm international suspicions over the explosive issue of Iran's nuclear programme, the one country not directly party to the two-track negotiation process feels more isolated than Iran.
And Finally, To Vote
Ahead of Elections, Military Well Entrenched
North America
U.S. Hard Line in Failed Iran Talks Driven by Israel
Negotiations between Iran and the United States and other members of the P5+1 group in Baghdad ended in fundamental disagreement Thursday over the position of the P5+1 offering no relief from sanctions against Iran.
Doctor's Tale Injects New Trouble
U.S. Urged to Follow Own Human Rights Reporting
Environment
ANTIGUA: Mysterious Pest Targets Valuable Palm Trees
Something is decimating the coconut and other palm trees here and no one seems to know exactly what it is.
HAITI: Partners in Deforestation and "Slumification"
Living in the Heart of Hurricane Alley in Cuba
Human Rights
OP-ED: The Paradox of Losing Life While Giving Life in Africa
Three years ago, the African Union began a continent-wide campaign to reduce the number of women who die when pregnant or giving birth.
Colombia and Venezuela - Joining Forces
Food Aid Taking Too Long to Reach Needy
Health
OP-ED: The Paradox of Losing Life While Giving Life in Africa
Three years ago, the African Union began a continent-wide campaign to reduce the number of women who die when pregnant or giving birth.
Food Aid Taking Too Long to Reach Needy
Conference Reaffirms Reproductive Rights
Civil Society
Security Council 'Unfit for Purpose', Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International delivered a scathing condemnation of global and national leadership in its 2012 global human rights report on Tuesday, conveying profound disappointment in such leadership for its failure to match the determination and resilience of ordinary civilians in their resistance to repressive regimes.
Student Protests Energise Mexico's Election Campaign
Outsourced Chilean Copper Workers "21st Century Slave Labour"
 

 

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