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- Denmark Update - October 2009 8 Nov 2009 04:39 GMT
... Denmark is a major international donor to the ... pooled funds from Denmark, Switzerland, Holland, and Sweden to 25 Israeli and Palestinian NGOs. ,” a ...
- Journalists in Former Soviet Union Face Mounting Dangers 8 Nov 2009 02:37 GMT
... Journalists in Former Soviet Union Face Mounting Dangers ... brute force." In the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, the media are far less ...
- 16 killed in Nepal as bus falls from mountain 8 Nov 2009 07:30 GMT
... New Delhi - The remote town of Tawang in ... together at the United Nations to protect human rights in places of crisis, particularly in the ... call came in a letter sent to Swedish Prim... New Delhi - At least 22 people ...
- Iran: 'The regime's legitimacy has disappeared' 8 Nov 2009 06:15 GMT
... recently accepted the Olof Palme prize in Sweden for championing women’s rights. She was awarded ... travel restrictions prevented her from accepting it. Swedish-based socialist spoke with Ardalan about the situation ...
- In eastern Europe, people pine for socialism 8 Nov 2009 02:10 GMT
... BELENE, Bulgaria (Reuters) - In the dense forests ... seen the biggest fall in Ukraine, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Hungary. The poll showed 30 percent ... nearer three-quarters in 1991. Surveys by U.S.-based human rights group Freedom House show backsliding or stagnation ...
- Gideon Levy / Netanyahu, stop being afraid and sowing fear 8 Nov 2009 02:11 GMT
... Cast Lead, offered bold initiatives to promote human rights in the territories while pledging to completely ... Israel's standing. There's the vulgar reprimand of Norway over Knut Hamsun, the literary giant and Nazi ... the Scandinavian country; the ridiculous threats against Sweden because of the organ-harvest article which appeared in ...
- 'Russia and UK share objective interest in cooperation' 8 Nov 2009 05:15 GMT
... In his weekly address to the media, Andrey Nesterenko has ... negotiations with Lokke Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark, progress in START talks with the US and ... standing was also expressed at the UN Human Rights Council. We’re all aware of the results ...
- Why EU should confront Eritrea 8 Nov 2009 05:10 GMT
... as famous for its appalling democratic and human rights abuses as it is for its sardonic ... and Kjell Mondevik, former Prime Minister of Norway. Evidently, this gathering is not suitable for the ...
- SPECIAL REPORT: In eastern Europe, people pine for socialism 8 Nov 2009 00:55 GMT
... BELENE, Bulgaria (Reuters) – In the dense forests ... 72 percent in 1991. In Bulgaria and Lithuania the slide was to just over half ... said , an historian from the Memorial human rights group. "It's a conscious policy. They are ...
- SPECIAL REPORT - In eastern Europe, people pine for socialism 8 Nov 2009 02:54 GMT
... BELENE, Bulgaria (Reuters) – In the dense forests ... 72 percent in 1991. In Bulgaria and Lithuania the slide was to just over half ... said , an historian from the Memorial human rights group. "It's a conscious policy. They are ...
- Lesbian kiss girls win 1000 pounds over nightclub ban! 8 Nov 2009 02:54 GMT
... London, Nov 7 (ANI): Two lesbians, who were asked ... appeal by the Spy Bar in Stockholm, Sweden, against a lower court's payout ruling. "The women ... asked for special treatment, but for basic human rights," the Sun quoted Katri Linna, of Sweden's ...
- Obama's Asia tour kicks off at critical time on home front 8 Nov 2009 08:41 GMT
... -- President Barack Obama will leave the country for ... weeks before an international gathering in Copenhagen, Denmark, to seek a global treaty to reduce greenhouse ... as well as the thornier issues of human rights, democracy, religious freedom, the Dalai Lama, the ...
- Obama trip puts spotlight on growing power of Asia 8 Nov 2009 08:52 GMT
... Employees of a Japanese mask maker wear masks ... weeks before an international gathering in Copenhagen, Denmark, to seek a global treaty to reduce greenhouse-gas ... as well as the thornier issues of human rights, democracy, religious freedom, the Dalai Lama, the ...
- Amnesty calls on EU, India to protect human rights in South Asia 7 Nov 2009 08:49 GMT
... New Delhi - The European Union and India should ... together at the United Nations to protect human rights in places of crisis, particularly in the ... call came in a letter sent to Swedish Prime Minister Frederik Reinfeldt, whose country currently holds ...
- Norway drops Israel war crimes lawsuit 7 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... a complaint filed by a group of Norwegian lawyers accusing Israeli leaders of war crimes ... further, The lawyers filed the motion under Norway's universal jurisdiction law. Frigaard said Norway "must ... report was commissioned by the United Nations Human Rights Council and Israel refused to cooperate with ...
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