Hundreds of Amnesty International workers have announced plans to walk off the job in London as the second strike in as many months raises questions about the organization’s ability to remain one of the world’s pre-eminent human rights advocates.
Iran official: Gaza fighters need to be 'equipped'
Iran says Palestinians in the Gaza Strip should be "equipped" to defend themselves against Israel. Lawyer says Pakistani court acquits Christian girl accused of blasphemy in Qur'an burning
ISLAMABAD – A defence lawyer says a Pakistani court has acquitted a Christian girl accused of blasphemy over the burning of the Muslim holy book.
Russian woman keeps husband's body in apartment with her 5 children
MOSCOW – Russian authorities say a woman with five children kept her husband’s body in their apartment for almost three years after his death.
Pakistan court acquits Christian girl of blasphemy
A defense lawyer says a Pakistani court has acquitted a Christian girl accused of blasphemy over the burning of the Muslim holy book.
Smokies to collect backcountry camping fee, allow reservations and permits online
GATLINBURG, Tenn. – The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is changing its backcountry reservation and permitting process.
Mortars hit Syrian Information Ministry, no casualties: TV
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Mortars hit Syria’s Information Ministry building in the capital Damascus on Tuesday, Syrian state television said, causing some damage but no casualties. Syria TV blamed “terrorists” for the attack, referring to rebels who have been fighting a 20-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition group, said two mortars hit the building. (Reporting by Erika Solomon; Editing by Janet Lawrence)
Russian woman keeps hold of dead husband's body
Russian authorities say a woman with five children kept her husband’s body in their apartment for almost three years after his death.
Israeli aircraft hit Hamas-linked bank in Gaza
Israeli aircraft on Tuesday battered the headquarters of the bank Hamas set up to sidestep international sanctions on its rule, as efforts to negotiate an end to a week-old convulsion of the latest Israeli-Palestinian violence brought the U.N. chief to the region on an emergency mission. How Asia sees Obama's pivot to the Pacific
A lot has happened in Asia while the United States was off fighting its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and most of it can be summed up in one word -- China. Fueled by China's amazing growth and the promise of it s huge and expanding consumer market, the Asia-Pacific region is now, as experts like to say, the global economy's center of gravity. Sorry, Europe. Wife of accused Army general talks of taboo subjects: adultery, war's toll on military couples
NEW YORK, N.Y. – As a U.S. Army general faces a string of sexual misconduct charges involving female officers, his wife is seeking to stir a broader look at often taboo subjects in military marriages: adultery, the strain of separation and the stress of war.
San Francisco lawmakers expected to vote on proposed public nudity ban
SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco lawmakers are getting ready to unveil their decision on a proposed ban on public nakedness.
China rejects village official's lawsuit against labor sentence
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese court on Tuesday rejected a wrongful imprisonment lawsuit filed by a village official against the authorities in the southwestern city of Chongqing for sentencing him to a labor camp after he criticized the government, his lawyer said. Ren Jianyu’s treatment generated a storm of criticism from Chinese Internet users and even state media, as well as reviving debate over freedom of speech and China’s much-maligned “re-education through labor” system. …
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