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This morning, Brian Joseph Chavez, 38, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Cochiti, entered a guilty plea to a second-degree murder charge. The plea was entered in Albuquerque federal court under a plea agreement with the United States Attorney’s Office. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Chavez will be sentenced to a 25-year term of imprisonment. Chavez has been in federal custody since his arrest on June 22, 2009 and remains detained pending his sentencing hearing, which has yet to be scheduled.

This boy was shot in the face when armed men attacked a building where scores of people had sought refuge

A WFP food distribution at Ras Jedir on the Tunisian-Libyan border

Syrian bread promoting love of Bashar al-Assad

Temporary housing at the Gush Katif settlements in Gaza. About 230 of the 1,450 families from Gush Katif have moved into permanent homes

When prosecutors violate the law to deprive a person of a fair trial, is vindication enough, or should the prosecutors be held liable for damages?

Insecurity and lack of socio-economic opportunities have contributed to the rise in asylum seekers from Afghanistan

This September will mark the two-year anniversary of U.S. membership on the United Nations Human Rights Council. U.S. engagement at the Council has led to a number of new mechanisms to spotlight and address serious human rights concerns and focused international attention to some of the world’s most egregious human rights abusers. Much work remains before the Council can fully realize its mandate as the international community’s focal point for the protection and promotion of human rights. The United States will continue to work hard to diminish the Council’s biased disproportionate focus on Israel. The United States maintains a vocal, principled stand against this focus, and will continue its robust efforts to end it.

Asylum applications lodged in 44 industrialized countries, 2001-2010