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Breaking News Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Sri Lankian Peacekeeper patroling at the Port au Prince Central Market. After the earthquake last 12 of January, more than 4,000 convicts breakout from Port au Prince prison, since then security measures has been incresed in the most sensitive areas of the city.
Earthquake   Haiti   Human Rights   Photos   Women
 The Daily Beast 
Haiti's Rape Crisis
Wed 10 Mar 2010
The aftershocks of the Port-au-Prince earthquake are hitting especially hard among displaced women, who face an outbreak of sexual violence. Liesl Gerntholtz on the awful toll—and how to help.... (photo: UN / Pasqual Gorriz)
Palestinian schoolgirls and women attend a protest against an Israeli plan to include two deeply contested holy sites in the occupied West Bank in a national heritage renovation plan, in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Rafah on March 9, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked outrage late February when he said he hoped to include Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem and the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron in a national heritage restoration plan. (Photo by Ahmed/WN)
Election   Gaza   Israel   Life   Photos
 The Siasat Daily 
Gaza...1000 Days Under Siege
Wed 10 Mar 2010
Pitifully looking at her baby child, Om Yamen is recalling the past 1,000 days of her life under a crippling Israeli siege. "Life has been a living hell," she told, in a broken voice. "We can’t stand... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
File - Detainees at Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo, Cuba, sit on prayer rugs as they observe morning prayers before sunrise inside Camp Delta Oct. 28, 2009.  The Guardian  Wed 10 Mar 2010
UK complained to US about terror suspect torture, says ex-MI5 boss
• Waterboarding of 9/11 suspect was 'concealed' • Manningham-Buller criticises Bush staff... (photo: US Navy / MCS2 Marcos T. Hernandez)
Guantanamo   Photos   Terrorism   Torture   UK   US
Facebook - Social Networking  The Examiner  Tue 9 Mar 2010
Facebook - Harboring Hate Groups?
Facebook logo via facebook.com If you like this ... Prop 8 adversaries link the roots of anti-gay discrimination to the church Miss Beverly Hills 2010 Condemns Gays & Gay Marriage Final Briefings... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Facebook   Networking   Photos   Sites   Social
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks with visiting Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, left, during their meeting in the Moscow Kremlin on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. The Star Tue 9 Mar 2010
Russia urges Sweden to extradite Chechen "bandits"
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged Sweden on Tuesday to extradite two men it says are Chechen separatists and accuses of involvement in killings... (photo: AP / Alexander Natruskin, Pool)
Chechnya   Human Rights   Photos   Russia   Sweden
Dogs - Animal - Pet Star Tribune Tue 9 Mar 2010
A chip for spot: British dog owners could be forced to microchip and insure their pets
LONDON - British dog owners may be forced to microchip their pets and take out insurance, part of a proposed crackdown on the country's dangerous canines. Postmen are... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
British   Dogs   Microchip   Pets   Photos
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs Member States on his priorities for 2010. The Siasat Daily Tue 9 Mar 2010
Ban appoints Swedish woman as UN's top cop
United Nations, March 09: Marking International Women's Day, UN Chief Ban Ki-moon has appointed Ann-Marie Orler as Police Adviser for the Department of Peacekeeping... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
Photos   Politics   Sweden   UN   Women
Residents walk past a burnt car in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. More than 200 people, most of them Christians, were slaughtered on Sunday in central Nigeria, according to residents, aid groups and journalists. The local government gave a figure more than twice that amount, but offered no casualty list or other information to substantiate it. ABC News Tue 9 Mar 2010
Nigeria Urged to Investigate Religious Violence
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press Writer JOS, Nigeria March 9, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press A woman cries during a funeral for victims in the Dogo Nahawa village, about... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
Nigeria   Photos   Religious   Violence   Woman
a child - girl - kid - poverty - india The Examiner Tue 9 Mar 2010
An example of why society should support adoption
... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Abortion   Adoption   Child   Photos   Society
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton BBC News Tue 9 Mar 2010
Hillary Clinton seeks Nigeria trial for Jos massacres
Mark Lipdo of the Stefanos Foundation said he witnessed the massacre US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Nigeria to arrest and try those responsible for... (photo: Creative Commons / U.S. Department of State)
Africa   Nigeria   Photos   President   US


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