Living under Sharia law for the first thirty years of her life,a virtual slave to Islamic law, Darwish never questioned or challenged her rights--or dared to even think about the validity of Sharia laws.

This Thanksgiving, as you rejoice in the bounty of food, family, and friends, you have a very real opportunity to make a change. By signing one simple pledge, you can help people who lack many of the necessities we're thankful for, like food

France's highest court has ruled that U.S. agrochemical giant Monsanto had not told the truth about the safety of its best-selling weed-killer, Roundup. The court confirmed an earlier judgment that Monsanto had falsely advertised its herbicide as "biodeg

Two Afghan cabinet ministers are being investigated under suspicion of embezzlement, a deputy attorney general said on Monday, at a time when President Hamid Karzai faces tough Western pressure to clean up his government

The outspoken former Afghani parliament member on warlords, women's rights, and failed US policy in her homeland.

Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official said

Sri Lanka's war against the Tamil people has not ended. 250,000 Tamil people face nightmare conditions detained behind barbed wire in violation of international law, in concentration camps where they are killed, or subjected to torture, rape, disease, etc

While most governments in the region acted in solidarity with the elected president and the majority of Hondurans, and broke ties with the coup regime, the USA has not broken ties with the regime. US military ties & most economic aid & US trade continue.

SHAME: Australia & the USA were among 18 countries that voted AGAINST the U.N. Goldstone report into Israel�s war on Gaza. Over 1400 Palestinians & 13 Israelis (including 10 soldiers), were killed in the massacre. The report showed most were civilians.

NEW DELHI -- Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment factory and had all his savings stolen by the police. He was only 11. Today, at 13, he shares a cramped,, dingy shelter with 63