| Thu 2 Sep 2010 |
Embattled Illinois prisons chief resigns
Herald Tribune | CHICAGO - Illinois' prison chief, who became a political liability to Gov. Pat Quinn during an election year because of a secret prisoner release program he oversaw, is stepping down, the governor said Thursday. AC = 1234 | --> | Corrections Direct... |
UN human rights chief joins condemnation of deadly West Bank attack
United Nations | Palestinian women walk near Israel's barrier near Ramallah in the West Bank2 September 2010 – The United Nations human rights chief today added her voice to the chorus of condemnation of the killing of four Israeli citizens in the West Bank this we... |
Mozambique says price hikes 'irreversible'
Breitbart | A protester sets fire to tires on a street in Maputo, Mozambique. Mozambiqu... | A protester walks through heavy smoke as he protests in the street of Maput... | An armed policeman stands during a protest in the streets of Maputo. Mozamb... | Mozam... |
Cambodian rights groups face worsening repression: activists
Yahoo Daily News | PHNOM PENH (AFP) – Human rights workers in Cambodia face "an increasingly hostile environment" as authorities use violence, intimidation and "trumped-up" criminal charges to silence them, activists warned Thursday. | Right... |
Embattled Ill. prisons chief resigns; oversaw politically embarrassing inmate release program
Star Tribune | CHICAGO - Illinois' prison chief, who became a political liability to Gov. Pat Quinn during an election year because of a secret prisoner release program he oversaw, is stepping down, the governor said Thursday. | Corrections Director Michael Randl... |
Abbas, Netanyahu relaunch peace talks
Inquirer | WASHINGTON—Israeli and Palestinian leaders launched their first direct talks in 20 months Wednesday, starting the clock on a daunting one-year deadline to flesh out a Palestinian state to live in peace with Israel. | After a day of weighty symbolis... |
Czech PM will not meet with Human Rights Commissioner, wants him to resign
Romano Uherské Hradiště, 2.9.2010 10:59, (ROMEA) | ... |
Janelle Monáe: A New Pioneer Of Afrofuturism
The Quietus | Janelle Monáe is the new Bowie - or so The Guardian would have it. But it always registers as suspicious when the PR personnel wheel the art-pop colossus out. More often than not it's spin for some rainbow-chic indie release and, on more than one ... |
Myanmar leader Than Shwe to visit China
Zeenews Beijing: Myanmar military ruler Than Shwe will visit China next week, the Chinese government announced today, in another sign of the close ties between the neighbours. | Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said junta chief Senior Gen. Than Shwe wou... |
Abbas, Netanyahu relaunch peace talks
Breitbart | US President Barack Obama walks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of I... | Israeli soldiers stand guard on September 1 on the road leading to the Jewi... | US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sits with Representitive of the Diplo... | Israe... |
Report--parts of Arizona controlled by Mexican drug cartels
The Examiner | While the Obama Administration pitted itself against the citizens of Arizona in a lawsuit and a report to the U.N. concerning possible 'human rights' violations over the state's attempt to protect itself from the siege from the southern border, a r... |
'Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1' review: Vincent Cassel amazes again in gangster epic
The Examiner | The legendary French gangster Jacques Mesrine famously said, “No one kills me before I’m ready.” But he certainly wasn’t ready on the day in 1979 when four armed policemen riddled his car with bullets—allegedly without warning. | Or was h... |
Abbas, Netanyahu relaunch peace talks
Khaleej Times WASHINGTON ' Israeli and Palestinian leaders launched their first direct talks in 20 months Wednesday, starting the clock on a daunting one-year deadline to flesh out a Palestinian state to live in peace with Israel. | After a day of weighty symbolis... |
UN report on human rights violations in DR Congo to be released next month
United Nations | Civilians flee violence in Democratic Republic of the Congo2 September 2010 – The report documenting the most serious human rights violations committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between 1993 and 2003 will be made public on 1 Oct... |
Dalai Lama to open world meet religious freedom
Indian Express | Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will inaugurate the 33rd World Congress of International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) on September 4 here. | About 600 delegates from across the world will converge here for the four-day conferenc... |
MYANMAR: Rural poor hit by arbitrary "taxes", says report
IRINnews web | BANGKOK, 2 September 2010 (IRIN) - Myanmar’s military government, with soldiers scattered throughout the country, is arbitrarily levying fees from the rural poor, pushing some into hunger and debt, experts say. | “In Burma taxation has beco... |
Too little, too late? Denied Vets get care for Agent Orange exposure
The Examiner | Yesterday, American Legion National Commander Clarence E. Hill announced to Vietnam era veterans that many who have been awaiting treatment for their diseases caused by Agent Orange deployed from 1962 and 1975 are going to get the help they need; a... |
South Africa to resume deporting Zimbabweans
BBC News South Africa is to start expelling Zimbabweans again, from 31 December, the government has announced, ending their special status. | The deportations were halted in April 2009 following an influx of those fleeing political instability and economic me... |
US officers take up posts at Paris airport to help screen America-bound passengers
Star Tribune | PARIS - American officers are taking up posts at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport to help identify potential terrorists or other high-risk passengers heading to the United States. | Officers from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Immigration... |
South African government says Zimbabweans residing illegally to face deportation next year
Star Tribune | JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's government says it is withdrawing the special status granted to illegal Zimbabwean immigrants who fled their country's economic meltdown and political violence. | Government spokesman Themba Maseko said South Africa wi... |
Ashley Judd confronts Africa's deadly mineral issue
CNN | Editor's note: Ashley Judd traveled to eastern Congo, her second time to the region, with John Prendergast of the Enough Project at the Center for American Progress (http://www.enoughproject.org/). Since 2003, Ashley has traveled the world visiting... |
COTE D'IVOIRE: Analysis: No political mandate, no development in CĂ´te d'Ivoire
IRINnews web | ABIDJAN, 2 September 2010 (IRIN) - Continued election delays and political turmoil have for years been used as excuses to justify poor governance and the lack of investment in public services, say civil society groups and public sector workers.... |
Gunman's reality show pitch to Discovery
MSNBC | James J. Lee, the 43-year-old gunman who was killed by police Wednesday after taking hostages at the Discovery Channel's headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, may have been motivated by feelings of rejection after having his script ideas ignored... |
UN human rights office to delay release of Congo 'genocide' report until October
Star Tribune | GENEVA - The U.N.'s top human rights official says the release of a report accusing the Rwandan army of possible genocide in Congo in the 1990s will be delayed, after Rwanda angrily protested the findings in a draft version. | U.N. High Commissione... |
India widens security crackdown, providers like Google and Skype must set up India server
Star Tribune | MUMBAI, India - India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications — not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion — to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government... |
Zero tolerance for harm
The Christian Science Monitor | “Accidents will happen,” or so the saying goes. This year has seen its share of prominent examples that would seem to support that claim, including the oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, the Upper Big Branch mine collapse in West Virginia... |
The Rockin' Vicar: Rev Mann Speaks About Stryper, Slayer And Satan
The Quietus | The Church of England clergy are not known for their fondness for heavy music, or indeed their willingness to discuss the subject in the public forum, but Manchester-based vicar Rachel Mann made national headlines this week thanks to her comments o... |
Japan finds fresh suspected foot-and-mouth case
Zeenews TOKYO: Japan discovered a suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease in a cow in its southern prefecture of Miyazaki, just days after it lifted a state of emergency, an official said. | "We cancelled two auctions of cows in the prefecture after a suspe... |
Botox maker to pay $600 mn to resolve investigation
Zeenews WASHINGTON – Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a year long federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug. | The Justice Department and the company said We... |
New England Journal of Medicine Study Reports Xpert MTB/RIF a Faster, More Sensitive & Specific Test for Tuberculosis (TB) Than Current World Standards
PR Newswire Developed by Cepheid, FIND & UMDNJ, Molecular Test Could Dramatically Improve Outcomes for World's High-Risk TB Patients | , Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced that its Xpert® MTB/RIF test was ... |
New England Journal of Medicine Study Reports Xpert MTB/RIF a Faster, More Sensitive & Specific ...
Stockhouse Developed by Cepheid, FIND & UMDNJ, Molecular Test Could Dramatically Improve Outcomes for World's High-Risk TB Patients | SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept 02, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- | Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced that ... |
COTE D'IVOIRE: No political mandate, no development
IRINnews web | ABIDJAN, 2 September 2010 (IRIN) - Continued election delays and political turmoil have for years been used as excuses to justify poor governance and the lack of investment in public services, say civil society groups and public sector workers.... |
Press Freedom Victory, Sedition Law Abolished
All Africa Five Ugandan judges ruled in favour of press freedom on 25 August by declaring the country's criminal sedition offense unconstitutional, report the Human Rights Network for Journalists - Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (... |
Migrants kidnapped in north Mexico
Al Jazeera | At least 17 migrants have been kidnapped by suspected human traffickers near the US border in northern Mexico, police said. | Two migrants who were later freed reported the abduction to Mexican authorities on Wednesday... |
Blair 'cried for Iraq war victims'
Al Jazeera | Tony Blair, Britain's former prime minister, said he did not foresee the "nightmare" that unfolded in Iraq and wept for the war's victims, in memoirs released on Wednesday. | The war-time leader repeated his conviction that the 2003 invasion was ju... |
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