UNITED NATIONS, 6 May (IPS) - The United States is considering whether to endorse a major U.N. General Assembly resolution calling for the recognition of the rights of the world's 370 million indigenous peoples over their lands and resources...

Please insert subject line: Please review the proposed standards for humane treatment of calves (or feel free to personalize the subject with your own similar words, as long as the effect remains anti-cruelty to calves). Thank you to all who sign!

the ban went to force today the 7th amendment to the Cosmetics Directive means that from 11 March 2009 it becomes illegal to: test cosmetic ingredients on animals anywhere in the EU, irrespective of whether there is a non-animal alternative method

Young monk set himself on fire in protest over new year rituals in Sichuan province. FreeTibet campaign spokesman said 3 witnesses gave accounts. Tibetans heavily punished for giving details to outsiders. >100 monks held candlelit vigil & protest march

BEIJING Trading fireworks for somber prayer, Tibetans marked Wednesday's arrival of their new year with mourning as Chinese authorities sealed off Tibet and Tibetan regions in western China to foreigners

Photos of the most innocent victims of war.

A police officer who dressed up as a clown and performed for children charged guilty for sexual assault involving two 4 year old girls. Michael Fernsler faces a maximum of 95 years in prison

"If a country cannot keep the assurances that it has given, then it obliges us to consider the entire range of options that exist to protect our interests and our people from this menace (of terrorism)," said External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee....

Five Muslim immigrants were convicted Monday of plotting to massacre U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix in a case that tested the FBI's post-Sept. 11 strategy of infiltrating and breaking

Colonel Theoneste Bagosora has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in masterminding the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.