About 40 riders on horseback blocked traffic on the main highway of Nevada’s capital city Friday to deliver petitions to Gov. Brian Sandoval against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management over grazing rights on federal land. The rally ended a…
Four Palestinian girls, at least one of whom is under the age of criminal culpability, are detained and brought for interrogation — without their parents being present — based on a complaint made by…
Western backers of the Ethiopian education system should not ignore reports of violent clashes on university campuses. Over the past 15 years, Ethiopia has become home to one of the world’s fastest-growing higher education systems. Increasing the number of…
Hundreds of survivors of the world’s worst industrial disaster burned effigies of two Olympics officials Friday to protest Dow Chemical’s sponsorship of the London Games. The protests were on the eve of the 27th anniversary of the disaster in…
A gay rights activist in Uganda, where a bill that would punish gays with prison or death has stirred worldwide outrage, received the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award in Washington on Thursday. Ethel Kennedy, the widow of the…
Police in Turkey have fired tear gas at angry crowds frustrated with the state response to two fatal earthquakes. Rescue teams are still searching for survivors in the city of Van following a 5.7 magnitude quake on Wednesday that killed…
From atop the No. 85 crane’s cab 35 meters above Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction’s (HHIC) Yeongdo Shipbuilding Yard in Busan, Kim Jin Sook has been protesting the company’s December 15, 2010 announced plan of a reduction in the workforce,…
The MDC led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is publicly blaming ZANU PF for the violence that rocked Chitungwiza on Sunday that forced the party to cancel its rally at Chibuku stadium. The violence, which was reportedly orchestrated, targeted…
Women’s libbers who stormed the Albert Hall in 1970 say that if the beauty pageant goes on, so does the campaign «You’d think after 40 years things would have changed, wouldn’t you?» said Jo Robinson, waving placards as…
