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January 5, 2013 (TSR) - US Air Force instructor Christopher Jackson has pleaded guilty to charges of having sex with two female trainees amid widespread sex scandal at the US…
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January 4, 2013 (TSR) - A Saudi Arabia air force sergeant has been charged with raping a teenage boy who was visiting the Las Vegas Strip on New Year’s Eve.…
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January 4, 2013 (TSR) - U.S. President Barack Obama has signed the National Defense Authorization Act of the 2013 fiscal year, the White House said on Thursday. According to the…
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by Fran Quigly, Director of International Human Rights track and Senior Advisor, IU Center for Global Health January 2, 2013 (TSR) - Last month, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced…
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by James Marc Leas, Co-Chair of the National Lawyers Guild Free Palestine Subcommittee December 29, 2012 (TSR) - Supporting all aspects of the Israeli assault on Gaza in November, President…
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December 26, 2012 (TSR) - The Russian Federation Council approved on Wednesday a law prohibiting the adoption of Russian children by Americans. The bill was previously supported by Russia’s State…
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December 25, 2012 (TSR) - The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has employed ‘counterterrorism agents’ to investigate the Occupy Wall Street movement, evidently regarding the movement’s activities as domestic…
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December 22, 2012 (TSR) - Five Iranian armed groups have become the first to sign up to new covenant aimed at reducing sexual violence in conflict situations, a pledge developed…
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December 22, 2012 (TSR) - Some 40,000 undocumented Rohingya refugees are being adversely affected by a government ban four months ago on NGOs working at two makeshift sites in southeastern…
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December 22, 2012 (TSR) - Queen Elizabeth II’s chaplain Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, tipped to become one of Britain’s first women bishops, said Saturday that the Church of England is struggling…
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December 21, 2012 (TSR) - The number of sexual assaults reported on the campuses of the nation’s military academies increased by nearly a quarter over the 2010-2011 academic year, according…
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Original L’Humanité article in French by Pierre Ivorra, Translated by Gene Zbikowski and Reviewed by Bill Scoble December 12, 2012 (TSR) - In France, a 0.5% fall in household purchasing…
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