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Impoverished people in developing South Asian countries are increasingly being targeted and "exploited" in the growing black market trade of human organs, a new paper has revealed.

The lack of women in top jobs in the business world harms Europe's competitiveness and hampers economic growth. This is why several EU Member States – notably Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain – have started to address the situation by adopting legislation that introduces gender quotas for company boards. Some countries – Denmark, Finland, Greece, Austria and Slovenia – have adopted rules on gender balance for the boards of state-owned companies.

SPLA troops in South Sudan.

As large-scale livestock farming spreads throughout the developing world, so does concern about conditions for the animals raised in these facilities.

Paulo Pinheiro, Chairperson of the Commission of inquiry on Syria.

As Archie Ponpon fights for gay rights in Liberia, he sometimes faces violent hurdles

An interview with Ecuador’s communications minister, Fernando Alvarado, in the March 4, 2012 edition of the official newspaper El Ciudadano flagrantly distorted what happened during a recent meeting he had in Washington, DC, with Human Rights Watch.

Pfc. Roy Choe of the Fairfax County Police Department, stands in front of Sully station where he was recently named officer of the year.

Children and livestock shelter in a northern Yemen camp after being displaced by fighting.