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U.N. report: Syrian government, rebels continue killings, abuses
World NowThe Syrian regime has continued to slay protesters and ordinary people, committing “gross violations” as the bloodied country grows increasingly militarized, pitting regime forces against armed rebels, according to a new report from a United... -
Azerbaijan faces critics as host of Eurovision singing contest
World NowStreet protests and clashes. Cyberattacks. Angry words from Iran. This probably wasn’t the kickoff that Azerbaijan had hoped for as it hosts Eurovision, a glitzy singing contest this week that aims to pit the best crooners and chanteuses on the... -
Raphael Saadiq, Moby booked for free Century City concerts
Pop & HissThe heavy commercial district that is Century City will be getting an injection of rock 'n' roll this summer. In conjunction with the upcoming exhibit “Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present,” KCRW-FM has revealed... -
West African troops in Guinea-Bissau to restore order after coup
World NowA West African bloc is sending hundreds of troops to the tiny nation of Guinea-Bissau, part of a regional attempt to restore order after the latest military coup in its tumultuous history.... -
Women on Cannes red carpet -- but not in directors' chairs
World NowJane Fonda and Alec Baldwin were there on the red carpet. Marilyn Monroe made an appearance -- if only on a poster. There was even an improbable camel. But one thing was glaringly missing at the Cannes Film Festival as it kicked off Wednesday in a... -
U.S. escalates clandestine war in Yemen
World NowIn an escalation of America’s clandestine war in Yemen, a small contingent of U.S. troops is providing targeting data for Yemeni airstrikes as government forces battle to dislodge Al Qaeda militants and other insurgents in the country’s... -
Amnesty International: Mali facing its worst crisis in 50 years
World NowMali is confronting its worst challenge since independence in 1960, according to London-based rights group Amnesty International in a report released Wednesday, with a severe humanitarian emergency, human rights abuses by rebel militias in the north,... -
Russian gay activist fined for promoting homosexuality
World NowThe founder of the Moscow gay pride movement was convicted Friday of promoting homsexuality and fined $167 in the first prosecution under a controversial new St. Petersburg municipal law that human rights activists have denounced as homophobic.... -
China and U.S. face choices in Chen case, none perfect
World NowNo resolution to the diplomatic challenges facing the United States and China over what happens to blind dissident Chen Guangcheng is likely to both ease Chinese embarrassment and cast the Obama administration as a staunch defender of human rights,... -
Human rights activists doubt China will protect Chen Guangcheng
World NowHuman rights activists cast doubt Wednesday on whether China would hold to its assurances to protect escaped dissident Chen Guangcheng, worried for his safety after his departure from the U.S. Embassy.... -
Jailed dissidents in Bahrain granted new trials
World NowA Bahraini activist who has refused food for months and a score of others convicted of plotting against the Persian Gulf state were granted retrials Monday, meeting a key demand of human rights groups who have argued that the military trials carried out... -
Map: Nations that used the death penalty last year
World NowAt least 676 people were executed across the globe last year for crimes ranging from sorcery to sodomy to murder, according to a new annual report from Amnesty International. Executions rose steeply in the Middle East and North Africa, up almost 50%...
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