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Pelosi Statement on Shooting at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement yesterday about the shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: “Today’s shooting at the…
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Burmese Political Prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi Featured in PM Gordon Brown’s “Courage”
In his 288 page book entitled “Courage: Eight Portraits,” U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown writes about Burmese political prisoner Aung San…
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Aung San Suu Kyi’s Trial Delayed in Myanmar
AP reports that the trial of Myanmar’s opposition leader and political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi was delayed for a week…
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tiananmen Square Anniversary
U. S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor yesterday in a show of support of H.R.…
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World Became Less Peaceful in 2008
The global economic recession and an increase in violent conflict and political instability around the planet have taken a toll on…
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Amnesty International – Recession is Now a Human Rights Crisis
Amnesty International, in its 2009 annual report on the state of human rights issued May 27th, found that underlying the global…