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united-nations-human-rights: I am appalled by the atrocities committed in El-Houleh. Preliminary investigations indicate that the attacks possibly directed at the civilian population have resulted in the killings of 108 people, including 49 children, and 34 women… “Once again, I urge the Security Council to consider referring the case of Syria to the International Criminal Court,” said UN human rights chief Navi Pillay at the Human Rights Council’s special session on the killings in El-Houleh in Syria, 1 June 2012. Read Pillay’s full speech: http://bit.ly/LdsIEt According to witnesses we interviewed, most of the 108 victims of the killings in El Houleh…
Clinton rejects Putin’s claim that Russia takes no side in Syrian conflict Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she doesn’t quite buy the claim that Russia is neutral in the Syrian conflict. Well, who does?
Robert Mugabe asked to be UN ‘leader for tourism’ The Zimbabwe president, accused of ethnic cleansing and bankrupting his country, asked to champion tourism .
Supporters and Critics of Annan See Crisis in Syria as a Threat to His Legacy After excelling in diplomacy for years, Kofi Annan is being criticized for his peace plan for Syria, which continues to have violence despite a cease-fire.
thepoliticalgirl-blog: All hail women! Pres. Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom awards today at the White House. The fabulous women honorees included Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison, American labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Clara Fernandez Huerta, Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low (who couldn’t attend) and former NCAA basketball coach Pat Summit.
Who works the most hours in Europe? Hungary is second on the most hours worked list, and also second on the least productive list. It’s not at all surprising knowing Hungarian work ethics (both on employers’ and employees’ sides). I think it’s specific of post socialist countries – during long decades of full employment economy people learned well how to pretend to be working. It explains why none of those states are on the most productive list. And in general, there seems to be an inverse connection between number of hours worked and productivity. But enough of late night sociological…
Secret ‘Kill List’ Proves a Test of Obama’s Principles and Will President Obama has placed himself at the helm of a top secret process to designate terrorists for kill or capture, reserving the final say on approving lethal action, say current and former aides.
Early Morning Rain: BBC News confuses United Nations and video game logos seriously?! 😐 early-morning-rain: The BBC has apologized to its viewers after mistakenly showing a graphic from the computer game Halo instead of the United Nations Security Council during one of its news broadcasts. The error occurred during a new segment last week on the continuing unrest in Syria.
