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Thai Military Wants US Satellites to Hunt Rebels

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's military wants the U.S. to provide satellite equipment and imagery so it can hunt thousands of Islamist separatists who are killing Thai troops and civilians with hidden roadside bombs in the south.

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Ohio moves to resume executions under new protocol

canadaviews.ca This procedure would involve injecting a combination of two chemicals, midazolam and hydromorphone, into a large muscle of the prisoner such as the thigh. (Fri Nov 20 14:49:27 2009 PST) [$drug_related(100%),...

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Children's rights 20th anniversary: Amnesty appeal to Albania to stop placing kids in orphanages...

On the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child today (20 November), Amnesty International calls on the Albanian authorities to ensure that children are not placed...

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Rights group: China must end harassment

BEIJING, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Chinese officials must stop harassing and detaining human rights activists targeted during U.S. President Obama's visit, Amnesty International said Friday. Government security forces kept dozens of...

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Ghana: Locals Asked to Desist From Mob Action

A Researcher and lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba, Mr. Vincent Adzahlie, has asked Ghanaians to desist from mob violence. He said there have been cases when alleged suspects who have turned out to be innocent...

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Bangladesh: Appeals for commutation of death sentences

Amnesty International calls on the Bangladesh authorities not to carry out death sentences against five men found guilty of the killing 34 years ago of then President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and members of his family

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China: Activists under threat after Obama visit

Vrijdag 20 november 2009 | Amnesty International ] Chinese authorities must stop the harassment and arbitrary detention of dozens of human rights lawyers and activists who were targeted during US President Obama's visit to the...

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Amnesty International visits Honduras to assess human rights situation

An Amnesty International delegation will be travelling to Honduras between 24 November and 4 December to assess the human rights situation in the context of the political crisis facing the Central American nation.

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USA: Future of Guantánamo detainees must be resolved

The US government must redouble efforts to resolve the future of detainees still held at the military facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Amnesty International said after President Barack Obama acknowledged his administration...

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Palestinians accuse Israel settlements of diverting water (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - The Hmoud family once prospered in this arid Palestinian farm village by cultivating banana and eggplant crops, earning enough to send a son abroad for medical school and to build a house with a...

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