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When Aruna was a young teenager in Sri Lanka, members of the rebel Tamil Tigers repeatedly came to her home, telling her parents that it was their duty to give a child “for the cause.”

Officials in Honduras say the massive fire that killed at least 358 inmates at an overcrowded prison was started by an inmate.

The crisis in Syria worsens. The United Nations says violence surrounding anti-government uprisings there left at least 5,400 people dead last year, and the death toll is rising.

Jack Gross filed an age discrimination suit against his employer when he was demoted in 2003. He lost his case at the U.S. Supreme Court.

A United Nations human rights official today called on Latin American countries to tackle the problem of prison overcrowding in the wake of an overnight fire at a jail in Honduras that killed hundreds of inmates.

In Yemen, hundreds of families have been displaced in Abyan Governorate, and some are living in the open outside Zinjibar town.

This woman lost a 20-year-old family member in the 28 September violence

Sudanese refugees from Blue Nile state cross into western Ethiopia through the Kurmuk border crossing.

Sayed Ahmad Abdellatif

High Commissioner Navi Pillay speaks to reporters following her briefing to the General Assembly on Syria.