Human Rights
Asylum-seeker numbers fall to almost half levels of a decade earlier, UN reports
Asylum applications lodged in 44 industrialized countries, 2001-2010
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Tips on Avoiding Fraudulent Charitable Contribution Schemes
The Federal Bureau of Investigation reminds the public to use caution when making donations in the aftermath of natural disasters. Unfortunately, criminals can exploit these tragedies for their own gain by sending fraudulent e-mails and creating phony websites designed to solicit contributions.
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Aid agencies prepare for worst after UN Libya resolution
Bangladeshi workers who have fled Libya at Choucha camp
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Email Print Pressure Grows on Spain Over Racial Profiling
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has put the Spanish government on notice: Spanish police who engage in ethnic profiling are violating the human right to nondiscrimination.
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China may end one-child norm
China is looking into abolishing its one-child policy over the next five years, the Global Times reported Tuesday.
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Amid reports of continued violence in Libya, UN ramps up humanitarian aid
Humanitarian chief Valerie Amos briefs press on situation in Libya
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OSCE media freedom representative strongly condemns explosion at Bulgarian newspaper offices, urges thorough and swift investigation
The OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, opens a session on media freedom at the OSCE's Review Conference in Warsaw, Poland, 7 October 2010.
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UNESCO Director-General calls for a halt to abuses against media in Egypt
“UNESCO has received information indicating that reporters are being beaten or arrested, their equipment seized or damaged, their freedom of movement blocked, and their editorial offices torched or vandalized,” said the Director-General. “Equally disturbing reports have been received about the shutdown of most internet traffic and mobile networks. This is totally unacceptable, given that the public relies on these technologies for personal safety as well as communication.
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50-Count Indictment Returned Charging Raleigh Man in International Gun Trafficking Case
United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that yesterday a Federal Grand Jury returned a Superseding Indictment charging, STEVEN NEAL GREENOE, a United States citizen, in the illegal export of firearms from the United States to the United Kingdom.
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Sudan: New Attacks on Civilians in Darfur
Sudanese government and rebel attacks on civilians in Darfur have dramatically increased in recent weeks without signs of abating, Human Rights Watch said today. The government of Sudan, its allied forces, and rebel factions should end abuses against civilians, and concerned governments - still focused on South Sudan's referendum - should press for an end to unlawful attacks and accountability for abuses, Human Rights Watch said.
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