Honduras braces for confrontation ahead of Zelaya's return

Both sides need towork together for what is best for the country, and forgetabout personal politics. " Both sides are using the defense of democracy to justify their actions, though both sides condemn the other for breaking the law. And the citizens of this banana...

Fixing New York State's Broken Juvenile Justice System

Olean State Senator Catharine Young announced Wednesday the creation of a new Special Legislative Task Force on fixing New York State's broken juvenile justice system. " The announcement of the Task Force comes in...

warning: you may be dangerous to the person sitting next to you

You never considered that, did you? You don't live in your own private world. Your actions affect others. You may think that "being anti-social" means a person is unwilling to socialize... You're wrong, if so. If...

Zimbabwe army 'runs diamond mine'

" Lobby group Human Rights Watch has accused Zimbabwe's army of using forced labour, including children, to mine diamonds in the east of the country. Local villagers who do not co-operate with the military are...

Marilyn Manson Wants to "Smash" the Skull of Evan Rachel Wood

Marilyn Manson admits he wants to "smash" Evan Rachel Wood's skull, according to an interview with Spin. Manson, 40,  says that the inspiration for his new album, The High End of Low, was, in part, the break...

Police still dismiss rape victims

This article indicates that, not only is the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales unlikely to achieve a criminal conviction in rape cases, the very 'rape champions' it has introduced are openly hostile to rape victims. This perspective is summed up in the following...

An apathetic, greedy west has abandoned war-torn Congo

"In 1996, I was sitting with 20,000 grieving women in a stadium in Tuzla, Bosnia. The women were holding photographs of husbands, fathers, brothers, sons and boyfriends who had been ­disappeared a year earlier in a place called Srebrenica, a UN enclave where Bosnian...

Special Report: Journalists in Exile 2009

At least 39 journalists fled from their native countries worldwide in the past 12 months. Sri Lanka leading the way with at least 11 journalists, which is more than quarter of the journalists fled worldwide. "...

Georgian Police Beat Protesters And Press, Seize Cameras

At the same time that the anti-government protests are blazing in Iran, anti-government protests are mounting in Georgia. Today, Georgian police forces have cracked down on opposition protesters in capital Tbilisi,...

Iran Post Election Protests

Iran held elections Friday. Incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner by an almost 2 to 1 margin. Supporters of challenger Mirhossein Mousavi claimed massive vote fraud and are protesting in the streets of the capitol, Tehran. Riot police reacted by...

Texas Police Shock White Woman, 72, Making Nightly News in Brazil

Cross-posted at the Police Brutality Blog and the Electrocuted While Black blog in the afrosphere.I live in Brazil and I just saw a scene on the nightly news here, from the US state of Texas (click here for video), that disgusts me, and will shock and astound Brazilians...

Dating Violence: Recognizing and Escaping An Abusive Relationship

Pictured is Natasha Hall, a young teen who called for help on several occasions from the Deland, FL police department. She was told to stop calling or they would put her in jail. The last time she called was the...

Domestic Violence Alpharetta

Domestic violence cases in Alphretta

Abbas meets Obama insult with silence

"Visiting Buchenwald was President Obama’s way of avoiding criticism by the Jewish community of the increasing political pressure on Israel.  His speech at Buchenwald was clearly a jibe at Iran’s President Ahmadinejad – but at the same time it represented an...

Report: In South Africa a child is raped every three minutes

According to a new report by South African NGO Solidarity Help Hand, a child is raped in South Africa every three minutes. This comes down to 530 child rapes each day. To make things worse, only 1.3 percent of...

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