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A member of a Romany association, Alice Januel, displays an official document which authorizes French Romanies to travel with their caravan, during a press conference with members of different French Roma associations in Saint Ouen north of Paris, Tuesday, July 27, 2010.
France   Human Rights   Immigration   Photos   Wikipedia: Romani people		  The New York Times 
Sarkozy Toughens on Illegal Roma
Thu 29 Jul 2010
PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered the expulsion of illegal Roma and itinerant immigrants and the dismantlement of their camps in a move that has been labeled by human rights groups... (photo: AP / Michel Euler)
In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, people wait to board trains at the West Railway Station in Beijing, China.
Economy   Infrastructure   Photos   Population   Wikipedia: Population growth		  The New York Times 
Population Research Presents a Sobering Prognosis
Thu 29 Jul 2010
With 267 people being born every minute and 108 dying, the world's population will top 7 billion next year, a research group projects. Lower birthrates and longer life spans will also lead to a a... (photo: AP)
Iraqis inspect the scene of a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A bomb planted near a state-run bank killed and injured several people in the eastern Shiite slum of Sadr City police said.  The New York Times  Thu 29 Jul 2010
Iraqi Insurgents Plant Qaeda Flag in Baghdad
BAGHDAD — In a brazen late-afternoon attack in the heart of this city’s most prominent Sunni neighborhood, gunmen attacked two police checkpoints on Thursday before a series of roadside... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban)
Al Qaida   Defence   Iraq   Photos   Wikipedia: Civil war in Iraq
Russian businessman Andrei Lugovoi opens a car door after a news conference in Moscow, Thursday, May 31, 2007. The Russian businessman whom Britain has named as a suspect in the killing of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko said Thursday that he has evide  China Daily  Thu 29 Jul 2010
Russia grants more powers to KGB successor agency
MOSCOW - Russians may now face jail time for crimes they have not yet committed under a new security law signed Thursday by President Dmitry Medvedev. The law restores Soviet-era powers to the Federal... (photo: AP/Ivan Sekretarev)
Agency   Moscow   Photos   Russia   Wikipedia: KGB
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Shanties are seen standing besides high rise buildings in India’s commercial capital city of Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. The New York Times Thu 29 Jul 2010
India Is Getting All the Trappings of the New Century; But Is It Modern?
PONDICHERRY, INDIA — S. Durairaj is by all accounts a modern man. He drives a car, uses a cellphone and keeps up with international news. In his spare time, he... (photo: AP / Rajanish Kakade)
Culture   Economy   India   Photos   Society
State Kremlin Palace The Star Thu 29 Jul 2010
Russia's Medvedev signs law to boost KGB successor
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a new law to boost Russia's security service, restoring a Soviet-era practice of issuing warnings to people it... (photo: Creative Commons / TCY)
Medvedev   Moscow   Photos   Russia   Wikipedia: KGB
Moscow kremlin seen from the Moscova river Balchug Island, also known as Bolotny Ostrov, lying just opposite the Kremlin. The island was formed by construction of Vodootvodny Canal in 1780s, and has no official name in Russian. The Boston Globe Thu 29 Jul 2010
Medvedev widens powers of KGB successor agency
MOSCOW-The Russian president has signed a law widening the powers of the Federal Security Service, the KGB's main... (photo: Creative Commons / Eden)
Kremlin   Medvedev   Photos   Russian   Wikipedia: KGB
Drinking Water Zeenews Thu 29 Jul 2010
UN declares access to clean water a human right
New York: The United Nations Wednesday declared access to clean water a human right, voicing "deep concern" about a human necessity denied to almost 900 million people... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Health   Photos   Sanitation   Water   Wikipedia: United Nations
Hillary Clinton The Boston Globe Thu 29 Jul 2010
Clinton: Loud and proud for human rights
In its efforts to engage other governments, President Obama has been less than full-throated on some human-rights issues. When Iranian government thugs were beating... (photo: Creative Commons / marcn)
HumanRights   Photos   Politics   Tibet   US
Skulls from those buried at the killing fields of Choeung Ek are arranged at a memorial Sunday, March 13, 2005, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. On Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, Nuon Chea, the Khmer Rouge's second in command behind Pol Pot, will go before the U.N.-backed genocide tribunal for the first time. Irish Times Thu 29 Jul 2010
Legacy of the killing fields
ONLY A dozen inmates are believed to have survived the hell that was Phnom Penh's Tuol Sleng. At least 14,000 died in four years from 1975 at the former Chao Ponhea Yat... (photo: AP / David Longstreath)
Cambodia   Justice   Khmer Rouge   Photos   Wikipedia: Khmer Rouge


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Adm. Mike Mullen reads his orders during the Chief of Naval Operations change of command ceremony. Mullen asks ISI to shift its strategic focus The Times of India
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Mr. David Cameron, in New Delhi on July 29, 2010. British PM agrees with India's line on terror The Times of India
Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Mr. David Cameron Hit for six: Kapil and Pakistan The Telegraph India
A British soldier of International Security Assistance Force patrol as afghan people look on, near the site of a suicide attack on a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug 11, 2008. A suicide bomber rammed his car into a NATO convoy in Kabul on Monday, killing three civilians and wounding at least a dozen, officials said. Clashes and an airstrike in the south killed 25 militants and eight civilians held hostage by insurgen Portrait of an occupied country Al Jazeera
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Honduras: Ongoing Attacks Foster Climate of Intimidation Human Rights
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Tax amnesty program starts Aug. 2 in D.C. Business Journal
Amnesty accuses Iran of harassing outspoken lawyer Taipei Times
Peace
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is welcomed during his arrival at the closing ceremony of the Fatah convention in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009. Arabs back direct peace talks when Abbas sees fit Daily Star Lebanon
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses students at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey, 21 May, 2010. UN chief sore over security situation in Kashmir Deccan Herald
Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Karzai doubts allies plan to fight terror Gulf News
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