NewsRack: flenvcenter/Human-Rights-and-Indigenous-Rights_National

Teaching children how to manage money - Washington Post: Nation

Sonja Ryst — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Teaching children how to manage money

Men detained in Grand Forks over immigration status - Twincities.com: News

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Four men were questioned Thursday by U.S. Border Patrol agents outside a Somali-owned cafe on South Washington Street. Three were handcuffed and taken into custody until their immigration status could be determined, a Border Patrol spokesman said.

Flying the Flag; Faking the News - Truthout - All Articles

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Edward Bernays, the American nephew of Sigmund Freud, is said to have invented modern propaganda. During the First World War, he was one of a group of influential liberals who mounted a secret government campaign to persuade reluctant Americans to send an army to the bloodbath in Europe. In his book, "Propaganda," published in 1928, Bernays wrote that the "intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses was an important element in democratic society" and that the

Department of Justice Sues Maricopa County Sheriff's Office for Refusing to ... - truthout - compliance - Google News

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Department of Justice Sues Maricopa County Sheriff's Office for Refusing to ... - truthout

Davis Case Reignites Death Penalty Debate - Truthout - All Articles

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A federal judge in Georgia upheld the murder conviction of death row inmate Troy Davis last week, following a special evidentiary hearing that was ordered by the US Supreme Court to determine whether he was innocent. The high court took the unusual step of directing the federal judge in charge of the case, US District Judge William Moore, to re-examine it after Davis and his lawyers presented evidence that the reliability of witness statements used by the prosecution was questionable. read ...

Portuguese court convicts all 7 defendants of child sex abuse after 6-year trial - Star Tribune: World

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Police say attacks on Pakistani minorities kill 44 - Star Tribune: Latest

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Suicide bombings targeting religious minorities killed at least 44 people in Pakistan on Friday, sharply driving up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country already battered by massive flooding.

NAACP Monitors Tea Party 'Racism And Other Forms Of Extremism' - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

The Washington Post — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

NAACP leaders have a message for the members of the tea party movement: We're watching you....

Will Feminists Rally Around Sarah Palin? - Newsweek Top Stories

Julia Baird — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Vanity Fair’s profile of the ex-governor reminds us that even when it seems we’ve accepted that a woman can have a job and still love her children, some people still think it’s fair to judge a female public figure on the basis of what kind of parent—and wife—she is.

Suicide bomb blast kills 42 in Pakistan - L.A. Times - World News

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Suicide bomb blast kills 42 in Pakistan

Flood Refugees in Karachi Relief Camp Complain of Government Corruption and Inefficiency - Democracy Now!

mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

It's been a month since torrential rains triggered the worst floods in Pakistan's recent history. Nearly 20 million people are homeless or hungry, with one million people displaced in the past week alone. The official death toll is at 1,760 but is expected to rise as survivors are threatened by diseases. Madiha Tahir, a freelance journalist in Pakistan, files a report from the Razzaqabad relief camp in Karachi.

$547 Million Can’t Paper Over Failure of Afghanistan War - AlterNet

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The Pentagon’s public relations machine is working overtime these days trying to sell a theme of “progress” in Afghanistan to push back against calls to end the war. The message machine behind this push is gargantuan, costing $547 million and employing more than 27,000 people. But, as our latest Rethink Afghanistan video shows, all that [...] ...

Guess who is the next terrorist? Your neighbour next door! - rabble.ca - News for the rest of us

rabble staff — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The recent arrest of four young men in Ottawa has been portrayed by the media and by some security analysts as a brand new threat: the radicalization of youth. The typical terrorist is no longer a sombre looking foreigner or an immigrant with a heavy accent immersed in martial arts -- instead he is a middle-class family man, funny, "well integrated," and well educated that you can never detect or almost never... read ...

S. Korea, U.S. to Hold New War Games - Wall St. Journal: World

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

South Korea and the U.S. will hold joint antisubmarine exercises in another show of force against North Korea, as Pyongyang renewed threats against the drills.

Prosecutor says Portuguese court finds all 7 defendants guilty in major child sex abuse trial - Star Tribune: World

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Attack in Tajikistan Highlights Fears of Militancy - NY Times: World

By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A car rigged with explosives rammed into a police station in northern Tajikistan, wounding at least 25 people in an apparent suicide attack, Tajik police officials said.

Campaigning to end segregation of Romani children Slovak schools - Livewire - Amnesty International blogging for human rights

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Fotis Filippou, Campaigner in the EU Team and Barbora Cernusakova, Researcher in the EU Team are blogging from Bratislava, Slovakia. We have been in Bratislava, Slovakia since the beginning of the week, in preparation for the launch of the new phase in Amnesty International’s campaign to end segregation of Romani children in Slovak schools. Thursday, 2 September, [...]

43 killed in Pakistan blast - CNN: Top Stories

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside an Ahmadi worship place in northwestern Pakistan Friday, killing a pedestrian, police said.

2 Vt. teenagers hurt in Concord ATV crash - Boston Globe: Vermont

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

2 Vt. teenagers hurt in Concord ATV crash

The Cakewalk War (Pat Buchanan) - Yahoo: Opinion/Editorial

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Pat Buchanan - Six months before the invasion of Iraq, Taki Theodoracopulos, Scott McConnell and this writer launched a new magazine, The American Conservative. Goal: Convince our countrymen that invading Iraq would be imperial folly.

Judges: Karadzic trial could take extra 2 years - Seattle Times: Nation & World

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Judges are warning that Radovan Karadzic's genocide trial could take up to two years longer than expected if prosecutors and the former Bosnian Serb leader do not speed up the case.

Tony Blair's Big Lie of Omission - Mother Jones

David Corn — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

In his new (self-serving, of course) memoir, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair praises George W. Bush as a man of "genuine integrity and as much political courage as any leader I have ever met." Yet Blair leaves out of the 700-page tome any mention of a meeting he had with Bush in which the US president proposed a plan to trigger the Iraq war through outright deceit. The early media coverage of Blair's book, A Journey: My Political Life , has zeroed in on his complex and dramatic relationship with Gordon Brown, his onetime political soulmate. (Blair writes about him as one would an ex-lover.) Yet Blair devotes a serious chunk to defending his decision to partner up with Bush for the Iraq war. "I can't regret the decision ...

US Justice Department sues Ariz. sheriff in civil rights probe; Arpaio calls lawsuit 'a ruse' - Chicago Tribune: Nation

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

US Justice Department sues Ariz. sheriff in civil rights probe; Arpaio calls lawsuit 'a ruse'

Judges: Karadzic trial could take extra 2 years - Boston Globe: Latest

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Judges: Karadzic trial could take extra 2 years

Last Slap Around the Bush - American Spectator

Jay D. Homnick — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Last Slap Around the Bush