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U.N. committee slams Iran over human rights record (Reuters)

November 18th, 2010

Reuters - A U.N. General Assembly committee Tuesday accused Iran of serious human rights violations in a move that an incensed Iranian delegate said was orchestrated by the United States…

Habsburg heir takes Austria to human rights court (AP)

October 5th, 2010

AP - A descendant of the Habsburgs is taking Austria to the European Court for Human Rights for not allowing him to run for president.

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Pope on EU debt crisis: Save human ‘capital’ (AP)

June 12th, 2010

AP - Pope Benedict XVI has some advice for European banking and development officials trying to help the continent get through its economic and financial crisis.

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Head of large Congo human rights group found dead (AP)

June 3rd, 2010

AP - A leading Congolese human rights activist killed this week had suffered a pattern of intimidation because of his work, a senior U.N. official said Thursday, as a rights…

Grenada man hauls bucket of human heads to police (AP)

May 4th, 2010

AP - A Grenada man with two severed human heads in a bucket walked into a precinct station and presented his haul to horrified police, authorities said Tuesday.

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Russia points to human error in fatal Polish crash (AP)

April 12th, 2010

Polish soldiers stand guard near a sea of candles in front of the President Palace two days after Polish President Lech Kaczynski died in a plane crash, in Warsaw, early Monday, April 12, 2010. Kaczynski, his wife and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday, when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - Russian investigators suggested human error may have been to blame in the plane crash that killed the Polish president and 95 others, saying Monday that were no technical…