In August 2012, Lakhdar Brahimi replaced Kofi Annan as special envoy from the United Nations and the Arab League to Syria. In announcing the appointment, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon declared…
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If women are raped in Honduras they now have no legal way to keep from becoming pregnant without fear of imprisonment. In February 2012, the Honduran Supreme Court voted to…
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For Second Year Obama Waives Ban on Aid to Countries Using Children Soldiers The United States’ Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 prohibits the U.S. government from providing funding, military…
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“For more than a century black men and women traveling through predominantly white neighborhoods have been questioned for no reason – simply because police officers felt they didn‘t belong there,”…
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Shoppers worldwide are using 500 billion to one trillion single-use plastic bags per year. The average use time of a plastic bag is 12 minutes. Plastic bags pollute our waters,…