SYRIA: Palestinian refugees flee port city camp
Many Palestinian refugees in Syria live in sprawling, under-serviced camps
UN urges inquiry into alleged war crimes in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan state
Southern Kordofan residents outside UNMIS Kadugli compound after fleeing fighting that erupted in June 2011
The Humanitarian Crisis in Africa
Dr. Jill Biden and the US officials who joined her on a trip to a refugee center in Kenya want the American people to understand how severe the crisis caused by a combination of drought, famine and war has become, especially on the most vulnerable...
On 'heartbreaking' visit to Somalia, UN relief chief urges safe passage for aid workers
Parents wait with their malnourished and dehydrated children in a corridor at Banadir Hospital in the Somali capital...
Albuquerque Man Sentenced to More than Eight Years in Prison for Federal Firearms Conviction
United States Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales announced that, yesterday afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Guillermo Medel, also known as “Moreno,” a 29–year–old Albuquerque resident, was sentenced to a 100–month term of imprisonment...
U.S. Appeals Court Rules Against Health Care Law's Individual Mandate
A U.S. appeals court has ruled in favor of 26 states that filed suit to challenge a requirement in President Barack Obama's healthcare law that forced individuals to own health insurance. The law's "individual mandate" portion was declared...
FBI Civil Rights Program Update
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Marvell Finance Employee with Insider Trading Conspiracy
PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and JANICE K. FEDARCYK, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that STANLEY NG, formerly the...
Harris Dempsey “Butch” Ballow Sentenced to Statutory Maximum Prison Term for Money Laundering Conviction
Convicted money launderer Harris Dempsey “Butch” Ballow, 68, formerly of Galveston County, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge David Hittner to 10 years in federal prison without parole and ordered to pay more than $10 million in...
CONGO: Implement anti-discrimination law, urge indigenous peoples
A group of indigenous people: The new law is aimed at correcting inequalities between the majority Bantu and the minority...
