Human Rights

AID POLICY: The politics of humanitarian principle

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Aid propping up groups like the Taliban is "unavoidable" says MSF

In the Line of Duty

56 Officers Feloniously Killed in 2010

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Law enforcement officers in 22 states and Puerto Rico were feloniously killed in 2010.

UN Secretary-General pays tribute to late renowned jurist Antonio Cassese

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Chinese toddler dies in hospital following hit and run

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BANGLADESH: Old, alone and without support

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An elderly man sleeps on the streets in Dhaka

FDA Chemist Pleads Guilty to Using Insider Information to Trade on Pharmaceutical Stocks Resulting in Almost $4 Million in Profits

Failed to Disclose the Illicit Profits on Financial Forms

A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) chemist pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Deborah K. Chasanow in the District of Maryland to one count of securities fraud and one count of making false statements, related to a $3.7 million insider trading scheme that spanned nearly five years.

Asylum requests in developed countries rose in first half of year – UN

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Roma asylum-seekers being housed in Schaerbeek, Belgium

Mazher Mahmood denies `phone hacking` involvement in spot-fixing story

Former News of the World journalist Mazher Mahmood has denied that his investigation into alleged spot-fixing at last year's Lord's Test between Pakistan and England began after the unlawful taking of evidence from hacked phones.

Secretary Napolitano Announces Stop.Think.Connect.™ Campaign Partnership with the YWCA

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Stop.Think.Connect.™ campaign today announced a new partnership with the YWCA, which serves nearly 2.6 million women and girls across the country, to expand its effort to promote the importance of cybersecurity and online safety. The campaign will provide tools and resources to educate teens, young adults and parents about how youth can protect themselves from the risk of theft, fraud and abuse online.

Should Minor Offenders Be Subject To Strip Searches?

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a case testing whether prison guards may constitutionally strip-search even minor traffic offenders when they are arrested and taken to jail.