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    Feb 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Belarus border guard reportedly sentenced over teddy bear drop

    A Belarusian border guard reportedly will spend two years behind bars for failing to tell his superiors about a Swedish plane that entered the country in July to make an air drop -- of teddy bears.&nbsp;<strong></strong>
    A Belarusian border guard reportedly will spend two years behind bars for failing to tell his superiors about a Swedish plane that entered the country in July to make an air drop -- of teddy bears.  Hundreds of plush bears with parachutes and protest...

    Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, International Law, Punishment, Human Rights Watch

    2. Feb 7, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  2. Four ladies from Burma

    WASHINGTON -- When Burma's Zin Mar Aung was placed in solitary confinement for trying to organize students in 1999, Bill Clinton was president of the United States.
    WASHINGTON -- When Burma's Zin Mar Aung was placed in solitary confinement for trying to organize students in 1999, Bill Clinton was president of the United States. When she was released, Barack Obama was in the Oval Office. Zin Mar Aung says she...

    Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, Hillary Clinton, Abusive Behavior

    3. Feb 7, 2013 |Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  3. Guillermo Martinez: No matter what is said, rights abuses abound in Cuba

    For decades, the accusations of Cuban exiles about human rights abuses in Cuba have been questioned. It was 37 years ago when a local South Florida newspaper questioned Cuban exiles when they said the Castro regime held thousands of political...

    Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Cuba, Travel, International Law

    4. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  4. 'Working holidays' considered as recognition for S.D. veterans

    PIERRE – The state Senate has already given its OK for a new working holiday in South Dakota called Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day. Now the state House of Representatives will weigh in on two more in recognition of groups of special veterans.  ...

    Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Memorial Day, Politics, Veterans Day, Vietnam

    5. Jan 11, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Stan Lee to debut Kids Universe imprint Feb. 2

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.com
    Stan Lee. (POW entertainment) Just two weeks after celebrating his 90th birthday, comics icon Stan Lee shows no signs of ......
    6. Jan 8, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited

  6. $5 million paid to Iraqis over Abu Ghraib

    A defense contractor whose subsidiary was accused in a lawsuit of conspiring to torture detainees at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq has paid $5.28 million to 71 former inmates held there and at other U.S.-run detention sites between 2003 and 2007.
    A defense contractor whose subsidiary was accused in a lawsuit of conspiring to torture detainees at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq has paid $5.28 million to 71 former inmates held there and at other U.S.-run detention sites between 2003 and 2007....

    Tags: Lawyers, CACI International Incorporated, Democratic Party, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice

    7. Jan 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Rights and the 'war on terror'

    Congress and President Obama have been buffeted by criticism for the way they handled, or mishandled, legislation designed to prevent the economy from going over the so-called fiscal cliff. Comparatively, little attention has been paid to another recent failure of statesmanship by both of those branches of government: the perpetuation of laws and policies that undermine civil liberties and government transparency in the name of the "war on terror."
    Congress and President Obama have been buffeted by criticism for the way they handled, or mishandled, legislation designed to prevent the economy from going over the so-called fiscal cliff. Comparatively, little attention has been paid to another recent...

    Tags: National Security, Lawyers, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Dianne Feinstein

    8. Jan 4, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Mo Yan fires verbal cannons in 'POW!'

    While the jury is still out as to whether the Chinese writer Mo Yan, who is said to have been toeing the party line, truly deserves the Nobel Prize for Literature, there is little doubt that his novel “POW!” — with its Rabelaisian...

    Tags: China, Literature, Entertainment Events, Chicago Tribune, Mo Yan

    9. Dec 30, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Czech native shines a spotlight on a forgotten generation

    Czechoslovakia had its share of heroes during the 40-plus years the Eastern European nation endured Soviet domination &mdash; most notably the reformers crushed during the infamous Prague Spring of 1968 and the protesters whose nonviolent Velvet Revolution ended that domination in 1989. Their stories have been well documented, and such figures as Alexander Dubcek and Vaclav Havel have achieved worldwide fame.
    Czechoslovakia had its share of heroes during the 40-plus years the Eastern European nation endured Soviet domination — most notably the reformers crushed during the infamous Prague Spring of 1968 and the protesters whose nonviolent Velvet...

    Tags: Prague (Czech Republic), Canterbury, Towson University, Arts and Culture, Arts

    10. Dec 20, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. The shameful treatment of foreign children in U.S. custody

    The State Department revealed this month that the United States has detained more than 200 children at its military prison in Afghanistan. I represent one of them, a boy who left his parents' home in Karachi, Pakistan in July 2008, when he was 14, on a...

    Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Lawyers, Armed Conflicts, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Military

    11. Dec 19, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  11. Letters to the Editor - Dec. 20

    Libya, North Vietnam a contrast in military response To the editor: I am outraged at the recent handling of events in Benghazi, Libya, and am reminded of a very different reaction by the American government when it had the opportunity to rescue its...

    Tags: Firearms, Murder, Politics, Vietnam, Richard Nixon

    12. Dec 12, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Funeral scheduled for last of 28 wrongfully convicted in WWII riot

    Roy Laine Montgomery carried a quiet hurt and shame with him for 68 years, ever since the World War II veteran's country wrongly imprisoned him.
    Roy Laine Montgomery carried a quiet hurt and shame with him for 68 years, ever since the World War II veteran's country wrongly imprisoned him. He was one of 28 African-American soldiers falsely convicted in connection with the lynching of an Italian...

    Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Defendants, Trials

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