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ON THIS DAY - 1945: Germany Announces Hitler Is Dead
World  (tags: on this day, germany, ww2, war, hitler, berlin, adolph hitler, death, suicide )

Chrissy
- 214 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Adolf Hitler has been killed at the Reich Chancery in Berlin, according to Hamburg radio. At 2230 local time a newsreader announced that reports from the Fuhrer's headquarters said Hitler had "fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancery fighting to
Burma 18 Months Ago: What Happened After That?
World  (tags: Burma/Myanmar, Military Dictatorship, crackdown )

Ben
- 221 days ago - care2.com
"People are protesting all over the world..." And...nothing much... How soon we forget!
In Sri Lanka, at Least 50,000 Stuck in War Zone
World  (tags: world, sri lanka, tamil, tigers, UN, war, violence, red cross, Refugees&Relief, conflict, death )

Tom
- 224 days ago - latimes.com
Tens of thousands of civilians trapped in Sri Lanka's northern war zone face a "catastrophic" situation, the Red Cross said Tuesday amid fear that a final assault against the Tamil Tiger rebels would lead to a dramatic rise in casualties.
U.N. Inspectors Leave North Korea: Report
World  (tags: world, conflict, politics )

Cal
- 230 days ago - reuters.com
U.N. nuclear inspectors left Pyongyang on Thursday, Japan's Kyodo news agency said, after being ordered out by North Korea
Sign Petition: Ask President Obama to Act Now for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World
World  (tags: world, america, obama, russia, medvedev, war, violence, humanrights, death, nuclear, weapons, ban, atomic, bomb )

Tom
- 249 days ago - capwiz.com
On April 1, US President Obama and Russian President Medvedev will meet for the first time in London. This is an incredible opportunity for the two men who oversee 95% of the world's nuclear weapons to reverse decades of mistrust and danger.
U.K. To Investigate Its Role in U.S. Torture Policies
World  (tags: world, UK, Binyam Mohamed, investigation, Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib, cheney, rumsfeld, rove, bushadministration, torture, aclu, eric holder, abuse, corruption, dishonesty, crime, government, cover-up, state secrets, americans, terrorism, lies'CIVILLIBERTIES! )

Tom
- 249 days ago - washingtonindependent.com
When someone charges government complicity with torture in the United States it gets ignored. The Binyam Mohamed case has caused an uproar in the United Kingdom because he claims that British agents colluded with the U.S. government in his torture.
Sign Petition: Ask President Obama to Send a Special Envoy to the Congo
World  (tags: world, Rwanda, Congo, starvation, children, women, men, war, fighting, rape, looting, violence, humanrights, government, death, conflict )

Tom
- 249 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Since 1998, an estimated 5.4 million people have died due to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), while countless others fled to neighboring countries for safety or remain in camps far from their homes.
U.N. Body Adopts Resolution on Religious Defamation
World  (tags: world, UN, Islam, Muslims, Jihad, religion, intolerance, free speech, supression, humanrights, freedoms, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', middle-east, terrorism, stoning, beheading, honor killings, violence, ethics )

Tom
- 249 days ago - reuters.com
An Islamic-dominated United Nations forum on Thursday passed a resolution condemning "defamation of religion" as a human rights violation, despite wide concerns that it could be used to justify curbs on free speech in Muslim countries.
EU Fails to Reistate UN Rights Expert on Congo
World  (tags: world, violence, war, Congo, genocide, starvation, rape, children, women, abuse, Africa, Islam, Muslim, UN, EU, Geneva, Rwanda, politics, humanrights, crime, death )

Tom
- 249 days ago - reuters.com
Islamic African states lined up on Friday to block a European Union move to reinstate a U.N. human rights expert for the Democratic Republic of Congo, where human rights abuses are continuing after years of warfare.
UN Reports Tens of Thousands More Flee Armed Groups in Congo
World  (tags: world, violence, war, Congo, genocide, starvation, rape, children, women, abuse, Africa, UN, EU, Geneva, Rwanda, politics, humanrights, crime, death )

Tom
- 249 days ago - un.org
Over 250,000 people have been displaced this year in North Kivu, while in Orientale region, nearly 190,000 have been displaced in the last six months, and some 16,000 refugees have fled to South Sudan. Children are abducted as soldiers and sex slaves.
 
 
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