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Congo has chance for peace, U.N. ready to enforce: Ban
ReutersGOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Eastern Congo has the best chance in years to secure a lasting peace but the United Nations stands ready to pacify the region by force if need be, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday. Fighting...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, World Bank Group, Human Rights Watch, Armed Forces, Human Rights
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Three kidnapped Red Cross workers freed in Yemen
ReutersADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Yemeni tribesmen released three kidnapped employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the humanitarian agency and a Yemeni security source said on Thursday. The men - a Swiss, a Kenyan and a Yemeni national - were...Tags: Kidnapping, American Red Cross, Yemen, Arabian Peninsula, Relief and Aid Organizations
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The struggle for Syria
My cousin, Ramez, was dead before the echoes of the gunshot that killed him stopped ringing. His 4-year-old daughter, Zeynab, watched him fall on a narrow street in Damascus, but she never heard the shot because she is deaf. She held onto his lifeless...
Tags: International Military Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iran, U.S. Military, Religion and Belief
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Cuba says will consider U.N. and Red Cross visits
Reuters* Red Cross halted prison visits in Cuba in 1989 * Cuba denies allegations of arbitrary detention, torture * Call for access among 293 recommendations at rights forum By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, May 3 (Reuters) - Cuba said on Friday it would consider...Tags: Raul Castro, Crime, Law and Justice, Havana (Cuba), Prisons, American Red Cross
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No freedom of speech in Cuba despite easier foreign travel-activist
Reuters* Dissident among 19 Cubans allowed to leave so far * Says Havana controls media * Britain, Spain and U.S. call for freedom of association By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, May 1 (Reuters) - The Castro government's easing of foreign travel restrictions...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Trips and Vacations, Travel, Human Rights, Justice and Rights
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More Navy medics arrive at Guantanamo to help out on forced feedings
Miami HeraldMIAMI _ About 40 additional U.S. Navy medical forces have arrived at the prison camps at Guantanamo to assist in the growing hunger strike by 100 captives, more than a fifth of them being force-fed, a spokesman said Monday. The "corpsmen, nurses, and...Tags: U.S. Military, American Red Cross, Prisons, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Justice
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Red Cross arrives at Guantanamo as hunger strike reaches 100
Miami HeraldInternational Red Cross delegates began inspecting conditions at the Guantanamo prison camps on Saturday, as the U.S. military said the number of hunger strikers had reached 100. One-fifth of the hunger strikers were being force fed nutritional...Tags: Dietary Supplements, U.S. Military, American Red Cross, Prisons, Cuba
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Civilians in greater peril, Red Cross chief in Afghanistan says
World NowThe departing head of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Afghanistan warned Monday that the country's civilians live in more peril today than when started his job seven years earlier.... -
Red Cross 'can't cope' as Syria crisis worsens, chief says
World NowThe Red Cross lamented Thursday that the deepening crisis in Syria has barred it from helping many of those in need, even as it steps up its efforts. “We can’t cope with the worsening of the situation,” International Committee of the Red... -
Global catastrophe predicted if West invades Syria
BEIRUT - Syrian President Bashar Assad predicted a global catas- trophe should the West invade his country, and representatives of Syria's notoriously divided opposition struggled Thursday to form a united government-in-exile against Assad's beleaguered...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Political Dissent, Doha (Qatar), Global Expansion, Al Arabiya (tv network)
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reFramed: In conversation with Alessio Romenzi
Framework“reFramed” is a feature showcasing fine art photography and vision-forward photojournalism. It is curated by Los Angeles Times staff photographer Barbara Davidson. twitter@photospice Alessio Romanzi was born in Colle Sant'Angelo, a small... -
5 dead as bombs strike Syrian capital of Damascus
BEIRUT (AP) -- Two booby-trapped vehicles exploded within hours of each other Friday in Syria's once-impregnable capital of Damascus, killing at least five police officers as rebels increasingly target President Bashar Assad's seat of power. With the...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Political Dissent, Iran, Explosions, Iran's Nuclear Program
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