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U.N. panel cuts gay reference from violence measure (Reuters)

November 16th, 2010

Reuters - Arab and African nations succeeded Tuesday in getting a U.N. General Assembly panel to delete from a resolution condemning unjustified executions a specific reference to killings due to…

Panel 7: North American Futures - The Challenges of the 21st Century

October 6th, 2010

Panel 7: North American Futures - The Challenges of the 21st Century Moderator: Jeremy KB Kinsman (Conference Co-Chair, 2009-10 Regents’ Lecturer, UC Berkeley & former Canadian Ambassador) Panelists: Charles Doran…

Karzai to name panel for talks with insurgents (AP)

September 4th, 2010

Afghan policemen and U.S. soldiers examine the site of a suicide attack in Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. Afghan police say a suicide bomber on a motorcycle has killed five officers and one civilian in the increasingly violent northern province of Kunduz. (AP Photo/Javid Kargar)AP - President Hamid Karzai said Saturday he will name the members of a council next week to pursue peace talks with insurgents willing to renounce violence, honor the Afghan…

Karzai sets up panel to pursue talks with Taliban (AP)

September 4th, 2010

U.S. Marines prepare to carry one of two comrades wounded in an IED attack to a waiting U.S. Army Task Force Shadow medevac helicopter on a rescue mission west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. Aeromedical teams with the 101st Airborne's Task Force Destiny provide the fast medical evacuation of those wounded throughout southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he has formed a council to pursue peace talks with the Taliban.


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Panel: India must secure elephant reserves (AP)

September 1st, 2010

FILE -- In this April 9, 2007 file photo, a herd of wild elephants play at the Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Gauhati, India. India unveiled an ambitious plan Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 to save its dwindling elephant population with a multi-pronged strategy including creating new reserves, improvement of habitats and strict norms for elephants in captivity. 'Elephant corridors' which the animals use to move across forested regions straddling different states would be secured and protected by law to prevent encroachment by mining, irrigation or industrial projects leading to the destruction of the habitat Jairam Ramesh, minister for environment and forests said while declaring the elephant India's 'National Heritage Animal.â? (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)AP - India should protect its elephant population by securing its wildlife reserves, curbing poaching and restricting development in the corridors they use to travel between forested areas, a panel…

UN panel tells France to avoid mass Roma deportations (AFP)

August 27th, 2010

Roma Gypsies eat food received from volonteers at a new camp of Roma people after being resettled by an association a day after their deportation from another camp in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, northern France. The UN anti-racism panel on Friday called on France to avoid the collective expulsion of Roma Gypsies, but Paris dismissed its concerns and insisted its policy of repatriation was legal.(AFP/Philippe Huguen)AFP - The UN anti-racism panel on Friday called on France to avoid the collective expulsion of Roma Gypsies, but Paris dismissed its concerns and insisted its policy of repatriation…

Belgium church panel on sex abuse shuts after raid (AP)

June 28th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leads the Angelus prayer from the window of his private apartment in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican June 27, 2010. REUTERS/Max RossiAP - A Catholic panel investigating clerical sex abuse in Belgium is shutting down to protest a police raid on its church offices last week, the group’s chairman said Monday.


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Afghan president names new election panel chief (AP)

April 17th, 2010

U.S. Marines from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines sleep in a patrol base they rent from Afghani farmers in the area of Karez-e-Sayyidi, near Marjah district, Helmand province April 17, 2010. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CONFLICT)AP - Afghanistan’s president appointed a new head for the country’s election commission on Saturday, replacing a chairman accused of ignoring fraud during last year’s presidential vote.


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Parliament panel in Belgium approves banning burqa (AP)

March 31st, 2010

File - In this Nov. 30, 2006 file photo unidentified women are seen wearing a niqab in The Hague, Netherlands. A parliamentary committee in Belgium on Wednesday March 31, 2010, has unanimously voted to ban the wearing of full face-covering veils in public, a major step in the country's legislative process. The full House of Representatives is now expected to vote on the issue late April. (AP Photo/ Fred Ernst, File)AP - A parliamentary committee unanimously voted Wednesday to ban the wearing of face-covering veils in public, a major step in the legislative process that could make Belgium the first…

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