MOSCOW - Russian police detained gay-rights activists, including two European lawmakers, as they gathered in central Moscow today, while members of a hostile crowd shouted, "Death to homosexuals!" and punched and kicked the demonstrators and pelted them with eggs.
(Full Story)Source: rferl.org
- Monday, May 28, 2007
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Kyiv - More than 2,000 Ukrainian Interior Ministry troops loyal to President Viktor Yushchenko have been sent to Kyiv, where Yushchenko and rival Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych are holding crisis talks, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reported.
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- Saturday, May 26, 2007
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London - Powerful governments and armed groups are deliberately fomenting fear to erode human rights and to create an increasingly polarized and dangerous world, said Amnesty International today as it launched Amnesty International Report 2007, its annual assessment of human rights worldwide.
(Full Story)Source: thereport.amnesty.org
- Thursday, May 24, 2007
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By David McKeeby
Washington – The White House expressed its support for Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora as his government confronts militants linked to al-Qaida and continues to seek an international tribunal to hear cases arising from the international probe into the 2005 murder of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
(Full Story)Source: usinfo.state.gov
- Wednesday, May 23, 2007
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The latest movie by the controversial U.S. filmmaker Michael Moore has opened at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Moore is known for his harsh criticism of American culture. This time, he is taking on the U.S. health care system. And the U.S. government is reported to be investigating whether it can take him to court.
(Full Story)Source: voanews.com
- Monday, May 21, 2007
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By Jeffrey Donovan
May 16, 2007 -- Western governments and human rights activists are concerned over the possibility that Belarus -- sometimes called Europe's last dictatorship -- could win a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council.
(Full Story)Source: rferl.org
- Wednesday, May 16, 2007
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MOSCOW- In an effort to improve bilateral relations, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed that Washington and Moscow need to moderate their public comments. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who participated in today's talks between Putin and Rice, said the two agreed that "rhetoric in public exchanges should be toned down and we should focus on concrete issues."
(Full Story)Source: rferl.org
- Tuesday, May 15, 2007
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By Chloe Arnold
MOSCOW - Condoleezza Rice has a difficult few days ahead of her. The U.S. secretary of state arrives in Russia today for two days of talks with President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and other top officials.
(Full Story)Source: rferl.org
- Monday, May 14, 2007
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The United States Wednesday called on Iran to release three American women - all of whom also hold Iranian citizenship - who have been barred from leaving that country after visits there. They include a prominent Washington-based academic, and a Radio Farda journalist.
(Full Story)Source: voanews.com
- Thursday, May 10, 2007
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JERUSALEM- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is facing mounting pressure to resign, after an official inquiry harshly criticized his handling of the Lebanon war. The five-member commission accused Mr. Olmert of a "severe failure in judgment, responsibility and caution."
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- Tuesday, May 1st 2007
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