In France and in Europe, Poverty and Inequality Grow As Unemployment Grows
Original L’Humanité article in French by Pierre Ivorra, Translated by Gene Zbikowski and Reviewed by Bill Scoble December 12, 2012 (TSR) – In France, a 0.5% fall in household purchasing power in 2012...
View ArticleSexual assault reports jump to 23% at U.S. military academies, Pentagon finds
December 21, 2012 (TSR) – The number of sexual assaults reported on the campuses of the nation’s military academies increased by nearly a quarter over the 2010-2011 academic year, according to an...
View ArticleQueen’s chaplain says Church of England has racism problem
December 22, 2012 (TSR) – Queen Elizabeth II’s chaplain Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, tipped to become one of Britain’s first women bishops, said Saturday that the Church of England is struggling with...
View ArticleNGO ban hurting undocumented Bangladeshi Muslim Minority Rohingyas
December 22, 2012 (TSR) – Some 40,000 undocumented Rohingya refugees are being adversely affected by a government ban four months ago on NGOs working at two makeshift sites in southeastern Bangladesh....
View ArticleIranian Armed groups sign up to prevent sexual violence against Women and Girls
December 22, 2012 (TSR) – Five Iranian armed groups have become the first to sign up to new covenant aimed at reducing sexual violence in conflict situations, a pledge developed by Geneva-based NGO...
View ArticleFBI treated Occupy Wall Street protests in US as terrorism
December 25, 2012 (TSR) – The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has employed ‘counterterrorism agents’ to investigate the Occupy Wall Street movement, evidently regarding the movement’s...
View ArticlePolitical War is On: Russian Federation Council unanimously approves...
December 26, 2012 (TSR) – The Russian Federation Council approved on Wednesday a law prohibiting the adoption of Russian children by Americans. The bill was previously supported by Russia’s State Duma...
View ArticleObama and Netanyahu Disregards Laws and Facts: Why the Self-Defense Doctrine...
by James Marc Leas, Co-Chair of the National Lawyers Guild Free Palestine Subcommittee December 29, 2012 (TSR) – Supporting all aspects of the Israeli assault on Gaza in November, President Obama gave...
View ArticleHow Human Rights Can Save Haiti
by Fran Quigly, Director of International Human Rights track and Senior Advisor, IU Center for Global Health January 2, 2013 (TSR) – Last month, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced...
View ArticleObama signs Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), China firmly opposes
January 4, 2013 (TSR) – U.S. President Barack Obama has signed the National Defense Authorization Act of the 2013 fiscal year, the White House said on Thursday. According to the White House, Obama...
View ArticleSaudi Air Force Sergeant charged with raping American teenage boy on New...
January 4, 2013 (TSR) – A Saudi Arabia air force sergeant has been charged with raping a teenage boy who was visiting the Las Vegas Strip on New Year’s Eve. Metro Police were called Monday morning to...
View ArticleUS Air Force Instructor pleads guilty to having sex with 2 trainees
January 5, 2013 (TSR) – US Air Force instructor Christopher Jackson has pleaded guilty to charges of having sex with two female trainees amid widespread sex scandal at the US military training...
View ArticleQ & A: The UK Legalised Gay Marriage Bill
February 19, 2013 (TSR) – MPs have backed a bill to legalise gay marriage in England and Wales, including by those religious organisations which want to offer it. But what is behind the proposal, and...
View ArticleHistoric Timeline: Gay Marriage Around the World
February 19, 2013 (TSR) – MPs have backed a bill to allow same-sex couples to get married in England and Wales, while the French National Assembly last week approved the most important article of a...
View ArticleMarch 26-27, America Changed: U.S. Supreme Court review of Gay Marriage ban...
by Stephanie Pappas, National Post/Associated Press, LiveScience March 26, 2013 (TSR-Agencies) – The Supreme Court is wading into the fight over same-sex marriage at a time when public opinion is...
View ArticleYES: Supreme Court may boost gay marriage; justices signal they may void key...
by Mark Sherman, Jessica Gresko, Associated Press March 27, 2013 (TSR – Washington Post) – Concluding two days of intense debate, the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it could give a boost to same-sex...
View ArticleAmerica grows up with a Meme: Gay marriage Equality logo spreads on social media
by Leanne Italie, Associated Press March 28, 2013 (TSR-Yahoo/AP) – Bud Light said it with beer cans and Martha Stewart with red velvet cake as companies and celebrities from Beyonce to George Takei...
View ArticleHistory Won’t Be Kind to the U.S. Supreme Court on Same-Sex Marriage
During two days of oral argument over Proposition 8 and DOMA, there was almost no substantive discussion of anti-gay prejudice.
View ArticleThank US-NATO Invasion: Security of Christians and Muslims “precarious” in...
Libya is predominantly Muslim, but also has long-standing Christian communities. During Gaddafi’s 41-year rule the government’s surveillance network kept a tight lid on religious extremism and...
View ArticleOrwellian New World Order: The dangers of surveillance – it’s bad, but why?
United States law needs to establish four key principals to avoid the dangers of surveillance, according to a privacy law expert.
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