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European Court Of Human Rights Decides Electoral Threshold In Turkey Not A Violation Of Human Rights
| STRASBOURG - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decided on Tuesday that the 10 percent electoral threshold in Turkey was ...

More irregular immigrants arrive
A boatload of 27 irregular immigrants consisting of 23 men and 4 women yesterday afternoon landed at Xlendi, Gozo. | Police said t...

Most attacks on Palestinians go unpunished
JERUSALEM - Nine out of 10 investigations into attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are closed without anyone be...

G8 take no cues from Mbeki on Zimbabwe
Submit your comment | Leaders of major industrialised nations meeting at their summit in Japan have agreed to tighten sanctions ag...

Zimbabwe limits supported
| UNITED NATIONS - A majority of U.N. Security Council member countries support a proposal to sanction Zimbabwe and freeze the ass...

Comic facing human-rights hearing over lesbian jokes to hold benefit show
| TORONTO | A comedian facing a human rights tribunal hearing over lesbian jokes he cracked at several women during a Vancouver sh...

Leaders denounce Mugabe vote
| RUSUTSU, Japan - The Group of Eight nations expressed "grave concern" about Zimbabwe on Tuesday, vowing to impose financial rest...

Out of Poland, Siberia and Africa, war orphans share bond six decades later
| There's something oxymoronic about a refugee reunion. | The privations and uncertainty of statelessness usually aren't feelings ...

In loving memory of homeless man
| The three women stood on the side of O'Connor street, staring at a makeshift shrine. And they cried. Margaret Callaghan, Gail Ch...

Officials investigate Catholic Charities abortion
| Richmond's commonwealth's attorney said yesterday that he will investigate whether a Commonwealth Catholic Charities staffer bro...

Immigration the focus in bids for Hispanic vote
The McCain and Obama camps battled over who can lay claim to the influential Hispanic voting block. | WASHINGTON -- John McCain an...

Support shown for state's immigrants
| Nearly 100 people crowded the Grand Staircase in the State House yesterday in a show of support for immigrants across Massachuse...

Support builds for UN sanctions against Zimbabwe
| UNITED NATIONS - A majority of member countries in the UN Security Council support a proposal to sanction Zimbabwe and freeze th...

Ellen Gray: TV critics meet during tense times
| By Ellen Gray | Philadelphia Daily News | Daily News TV Critic BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - You know you're at the Television Critics...

Immigration plans at heart of pitches to Hispanic group
In separate addresses, McCain and Obama spoke about border safety and citizenship. | By William Douglas and Margaret Talev | McCla...

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Rudd's human rights efforts questioned
For the last five weeks Kevin Rudd has been out and about all over the country, meeting Australians ...

Sarkozy to attend Olympics opening ceremony
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, walks wit his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao for a bilateral meeting at the G8 summit in Toyako, Japan, Wednesday, July 9, 20...

Against War

Russia warns it will take military steps against missile defense system in East Europe.
| BERLIN — The United States and the Czech Republic signed a landmark accord Tuesday to allow ...

Iran warns against attack as G8 demands nuclear freeze
| TEHRAN -- Iran warned on Tuesday it would "set fire" to Israel and US forces in response to any at...

Iran warns against attack
| IRAN has warned it will "set fire" to Israel and US forces in response to any attack over its nucl...

Now it's war against India in Afghanistan
| By Sudha Ramachandran | BANGALORE - The suicide bomber who crashed an explosive-laden car into the...

Iran warns against attack as G8 demands nuclear freeze
| Iran's Revolutionary Guards fire test missiles during military manoeuvres in the central desert in...

EU farm chief begs German farmers to stop mailing her milk to protest quotas
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The EU's top farm official is begging German farmers to stop mailing her milk. |...

EU farm chief begs German farmers to stop mailing her milk to protest quotas
| BRUSSELS, Belgium - The EU's top farm official is begging German farmers to stop mailing her milk....