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Ma Kyi, displaced by Myanmar violence: “Everything was on fire” MEIKTILA, 25 March 2013 (IRIN) - Ma Kyi, a 30-year old widow, wonders whether she will ever be able to return home. She is among 3,600 newly displaced people staying at Basic Education High School No. 1, in the central Myanmar town of Meiktila, following deadly sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims residents last week. full report Analysis: Is international pressure failing in Sri Lanka? BANGKOK, 21 March 2013 (IRIN) - The UN Human Rights Council approved on 21 March a second resolution requesting the Sri Lankan government to do more to address alleged wartime rights violations, but observers question whether such resolutions can create meaningful change. full report Analysis: Rethinking food insecurity in Nepal’s Karnali region
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Judge Gives American 35 Years For Plotting Mumbai Attacks January 24, 2013, 3:54 pm ET · by Sebastian Rotella ProPublica Although David Coleman Headley avoided the death penalty, Judge Harry Leinenweber says the sentence “will keep him under lock and key for the rest of his natural life.” Mumbai Massacre Accomplice Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison
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This post is a bit longer than most, but the story is a bit more involved than most. It’s got a little bit of everything — if by “everything” one means atomic patents and mysterious deaths . Manhattan Project inventions: Patents 2,708,656 , 2,709,222 , 3,956,658 , and 3,358,605 .
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17 juillet 2009 Dans la journée du 14 juillet, Monsieur KENNOUDI, ressortissant marocain, retenu au centre de rétention administrative (CRA) du Mesnil-Amelot (77) depuis le 25 juin est emmené à Roissy. Il a protesté contre son troisième embarquement et a été plus que malmené par les policiers, au point que les gendarmes de l'escorte du centre de CRA, sont intervenus et ont témoigné en sa faveur, selon M.