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Dr. David L. Rimoin dies at 75; Cedars-Sinai geneticist
Dr. David L. Rimoin, a medical geneticist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center who pioneered studies of dwarfism and other skeletal abnormalities, died Sunday at the Los Angeles hospital. He was 75 and had been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer days...Tags: Genetics, Pancreatic Cancer, Science and Technology, Heart Disease, Diabetes
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Kony militia steps up attacks in Congo, Central African Republic
World NowA notorious militia that has terrorized Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo has stepped up its attacks this year, displacing more than 4,200 people, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday. The Lord’s Resistance Army and its infamous... -
Story behind missing Russian child takes a chilling turn
World NowThe case of a missing baby captured the hearts of Russians when the teenage mother pleaded on TV for its return. And then the story took a gruesome twist.... -
Happiness tops in Denmark, lowest in Togo, study says
World NowBhutan is leading an international meeting today at the United Nations, seeking “next steps towards realizing the vision of a new well being” that include gauging happiness in different countries. The South Asian state already uses has a... -
Court convicts former Congolese warlord of using child soldiers
World NowAfter waiting almost a decade for justice, Congolese victims of former warlord Thomas Lubanga saw him convicted Wednesday by the International Criminal Court at the Hague, the first verdict in the panel's 10-year history. Lubanga could face life... -
Kony video sequel tries to tackle some of the criticisms
World NowThe makers of an explosively popular video that spotlighted the brutality of a Ugandan guerrilla leader have released a second video that redoubles their calls to stop Joseph Kony and grapples with some of the criticisms aimed at their controversial... -
Movie review: 'Oka!'
"Oka!" ("listen" in the Akka language) takes audiences on an engaging journey to the Central African Republic, specifically the remote village of Yandombe, home to the Bayaka Pygmies.
Enter Larry Whitman (Kris Marshall), a New Jersey ethnomusicologist...Tags: Movies, Will Yun Lee, Kris Marshall, Natural Resources, Entertainment
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Bushmeat from Africa is being smuggled into Europe at an alarming rate, new study finds
L.A. UnleashedPARIS — The traders sell an array of bushmeat: monkey carcasses, smoked anteater, even preserved porcupine. But this isn't a roadside market in Africa -- it's the heart of Paris, where a new study has found more than 5 tons...... -
The U.S. must reengage with the International Criminal Court
The arrest warrant issued last week for Sudan President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir has thrown into stark relief a question the Obama administration and Congress need to address:
What are we going to do about the International Criminal Court?
The desire...Tags: Republican Party, Crimes, Lawyers, Human Rights, International Court or Tribunal
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Uganda's conflict spreads to Congo, where LRA rebels massacre villagers
The rebels targeted churches on Christmas Day.
Men were killed first, often stripped of shirts and pants, and then bound with their arms behind their backs. Rather than waste bullets, the attackers hacked victims in the back of the neck with machetes...Tags: Sex, Crimes, Wars and Interventions, International Court or Tribunal, International Law
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U.S. travel warnings and advisories
The State Department is warning Americans to avoid travel to these countries: Afghanistan; Algeria; Angola; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Burundi; Central African Republic; Colombia; Congo-Kinshasa; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Israel, the West Bank and Gaza; Ivory...Tags: Pakistan, U.S. Department of State, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Southeast Asia, Defense
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U.S. lends support in hunt for notorious African warlord Kony
CNNThe lush, green forests of central Africa have long been the playground and refuge of the continent's most-notorious warlord, Joseph Kony. His Lord's Resistance Army, which began with the aim of overthrowing the Ugandan government, has since spread to...Tags: International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions, International Court or Tribunal, CNN (tv network), International Law
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