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- How to stop Islam's march against human rights: Empower women 3 Dec 2009 08:13 GMT
... Once again, Washington, DC writer Don Collins, offers a paradigm shift to give the women of ...
- D.C. Gives Preliminary Yes' to Same-Sex Marriage 3 Dec 2009 05:20 GMT
... D.C. Gives Preliminary ‘Yes’ to Same-Sex Marriage By an 11-2 margin the District of Columbia is only a few steps away from ... litmus test as to one's commitment to human rights -- to justice." Supporters and opponents of ...
- Open Access for Journalists to Lao Hmong Refugee Crisis in Thailand, Laos Urged 3 Dec 2009 06:11 GMT
... Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and others have issued repeated reports about the plight of ...
- D.C. Council gives first nod to marriage equality bill 3 Dec 2009 00:35 GMT
... The City Council of Washington, D.C. voted 11 to 2 ... bill, passed in April, which enabled the District of Columbia to recognize same-sex marriages licensed in other ... review period. Sultan Shakir, director of the Human Rights Campaign’s east coast field operation, said HRC ...
- NY Senate defeats marriage equality 3 Dec 2009 00:35 GMT
... Following one of the most dramatic and emotional discourses ... Marty Rouse, national field director for the Human Rights Campaign, which operated phone banks for constituents ... and South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Nebraska," read Senator Eric Adams, an ...
- Breastfeeding a Child May Protect Women from Metabolic Syndrome, a Condition Linked to Diabetes and 3 Dec 2009 13:40 GMT
... Breastfeeding a Child May Protect Women from Metabolic ... recognition by the World Health Organization and UNICEF as Baby-Friendly(TM) birth facilities for offering an ... million members in nine states and the District of Columbia. Care for members and patients ...
- Breastfeeding protects women from metabolic syndrome, a diabetes and heart disease predictor 3 Dec 2009 14:05 GMT
... Breastfeeding protects women from metabolic syndrome, a diabetes ... recognition by the World Health Organization and UNICEF as Baby-Friendly™ birth facilities for offering an ... million members in nine states and the District of Columbia. Care for members and patients ...
- Activist presses hunger strike 3 Dec 2009 06:47 GMT
... Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights expressed grave concern over the health of ... lawyer said. The RFK center, based in Washington D.C., gave Haidar a human rights award in 2008 ...
- The Debt owed to General Marshall and his Plan 3 Dec 2009 15:46 GMT
... It was in the dark of night that the East German army ... peace, freedom, democracy, and the protection of human rights throughout Western Europe -- and, since 1989, ... birth. James Thunder practices law in the Washington DC area. The views and opinions expressed herein are those ...
- 12/02/09 Remarks by Afghan Ambassador to the US Said Jawad 3 Dec 2009 00:35 GMT
... Remarks by Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States Said ... for our women to reclaim their basic human rights and for millions of refugees to, finally, ...
- President Obama's Speech on Afghanistan and Pakistan 3 Dec 2009 15:16 GMT
... President Obama's Speech on Afghanistan and Pakistan Prepared Remarks of ... paralyzed economy, and the denial of basic human rights to the Afghan people - especially women ...
- Tribunal to hear case charging Canadian human rights violations 2 Dec 2009 01:54 GMT
... Published: December 01, 2009 5:00 PM Updated: December 01, 2009 ... victory in its case before an international human rights tribunal. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ...
- World AIDS Day: IAC to be held in D.C.; examination of Obama's HIV/AIDS efforts; UNICEF report 2 Dec 2009 07:16 GMT
... During a briefing on the eve of Monday, Secretary of State ... to the report (Miller, 11/30). Despite Gains, UNICEF Report Highlights Impact Of HIV/AIDS On Children Despite ... cooperation within a framework of respect for human rights as a cornerstone of effective and equitable ...
- D.C. Council Approves Same-Sex 'Marriage' Law 2 Dec 2009 03:55 GMT
... By Kathleen Gilbert and Peter Smith 12/2/2009 The vote went ... (LifeSiteNews.com) - By a lopsided majority, the District of Columbia City Council voted this afternoon to approve ... initiative amounted to a violation of homosexuals' "human rights." Jackson has argued that the BOEE's decision ...
- Lawyer Fined $500 for Disorderly Conduct in D.C. Federal Courthouse 2 Dec 2009 07:12 GMT
... Prosecutors in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday abandoned two felony ... defendant, Ning Ye, a solo defense and human rights lawyer who is licensed in New York, ... in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Ye, who at the time was representing ...
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