This is the oasis of democracy in the Middle East. a.k.a. Israel!! Many Palestinian children in Israeli Telmond Prison are being exploited by "forced labor in which they must work eight hours for a few shekels,". . .

AT LEAST 12 million people, most of them children, are trapped in slavery, a human rights activist said yesterday. Children are ensnared in pornography and prostitution and exploited as cheap labour and child soldiers...

Charitable groups are concerned changes to how charities are run could strip them of their tax-free status if they speak out on political issues

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea denounced U.N. sanctions on Tuesday as a declaration of war, while across the border in Seoul an official said there were signs the reclusive Communist state may be preparing for a second nuclear test.

"I vow that I'll burn every Palestinian child that will be born in this area. The Palestinian children are more dangerous than the men, because the Palestinian child's existence infers that generations will go on." Ariel Sharon, the Butcher of Beirut.

Almost no one bothered to report it. A search of the nation's largest newspapers turned up nothing. There was nothing on CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, PBS, NPR, Fox News. Nothing. . .

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao reiterated Saturday the government's determination to advance reform and opening up on the eve the People's Republic of China's 57th anniversary on Oct. 1.

Concern about the number of deaths has prompted animal rights advocates to prepare a global campaign against the practice of Australia's live sheep export trade, but the Federal Government says the death rate is "reasonable".

WSPA is seeking 10 million signatures to let governments of the world know that we are serious about achieving a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare at the United Nations.

doctor of molecular biology who has been working on a treatment for pancreatic cancer at Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham, waged a campaign of vandalism against three companies which carried out work for Huntingdon Life Sciences