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David Meier, right, special consul to the Governor appointed to lead the review of drug convictions which might have been compromised by a State Police drug testing lab, leads a meeting at the Department of Public Safety in Boston, Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Mass. Lab Probe Starts With 1,140 Inmate Cases

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Immigration Charges For Accused Commando In Dos Erres Massacre

Human rights activist Brenda Hernandez, right, wears a mask saying she’s portraying Zury Rios Sosa, daughter of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, in Guatemala City, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) A former Guatemalan Army lieutenant was extradited Friday from Canada to stand trial in Southern California on federal charges related to the massacre […]

Sebastian Rotella
بواسطة Sebastian Rotella
Human rights activist Brenda Hernandez, right, wears a mask saying she's portraying Zury Rios Sosa, daughter of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, in Guatemala City, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A former Guatemalan Army lieutenant was extradited Friday from Canada to stand trial in Southern California on federal charges related to the massacre of 250 people in a Guatemalan village in 1982, a case that has resulted in landmark human rights prosecutions in Guatemala and the United States. U.S. federal officers took custody of Jorge

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US And Others Have ‘Licence To Ignore International Law’ In Somalia

Somali soldiers stand by the body of a hotel worker, left, who died following two explosions which occurred near the gate of the temporary home of Somalia’s new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) The Somali government has given free rein to international forces including the […]

Jack Serle
بواسطة Jack Serle
Somali soldiers stand by the body of a hotel worker, left, who died following two explosions which occurred near the gate of the temporary home of Somalia's new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

The Somali government has given free rein to international forces including the US and African Union to act with impunity in the country, a number of sources have told the Bureau. During the country’s two decades of conflict, its frail government invited numerous outside forces in to help fight threats such as the al Shabaab Islamic militant

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Guatemalan Massacre Survivor Wins Political Asylum In US

The Guatemalan flag is shown in Carson, Calif. on June 9, 2007. (Photo by Ruth L. via Flikr) U.S. immigration authorities have granted political asylum to Oscar Ramírez Castañeda, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who learned only last year that he was a survivor of a civil war massacre of 250 villagers in 1982. Ramírez, […]

Sebastian Rotella
بواسطة Sebastian Rotella
The Guatemalan flag is shown in Carson, Calif. on June 9, 2007. (Photo by Ruth L. via Flikr)

U.S. immigration authorities have granted political asylum to Oscar Ramírez Castañeda, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who learned only last year that he was a survivor of a civil war massacre of 250 villagers in 1982. Ramírez, a 33-year-old father of four who lives near Boston, received a letter Saturday from U.S. Citizenship and

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Continued Presence Of Demonstrations In Quebec Shows Power Of A Movement

Over 200,000 students from all over Québec protesting against the tuition fee hikes walked down the streets of Montreal on March 22, 2012. (Photo by Tina Mailhot-Roberge) (MintPress) – Quebec student groups celebrated this week after newly elected Premier Pauline Marois announced the government would cancel proposed tuition hikes. Over a year of sustained public demonstrations, […]

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels
Over 200,000 students from all over Québec protesting against the tuition fee hikes walked down the streets of Montreal on March 22, 2012. (Photo by Tina Mailhot-Roberge)

(MintPress) – Quebec student groups celebrated this week after newly elected Premier Pauline Marois announced the government would cancel proposed tuition hikes. Over a year of sustained public demonstrations, often drawing upward of 100,000 people proved successful in pressuring the government to end plans for a tuition increase. The win, while

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With Policies And Rights Threatened, Teachers Unions Continue To Fight Across US

In this Aug. 22, 2012 photo, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis speaks at a Chicago Board of Education meeting in Chicago. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong) (MintPress) – While the teachers’ strike in Chicago may have winded down, the battle over the future of the education system is raging on across America, with unions clinging to collective bargaining […]

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak
In this Aug. 22, 2012 photo, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis speaks at a Chicago Board of Education meeting in Chicago. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

(MintPress) – While the teachers’ strike in Chicago may have winded down, the battle over the future of the education system is raging on across America, with unions clinging to collective bargaining rights and tenure policies. All the while, sponsored legislation continues to be dispersed and adopted by state legislators, who are looking to be the

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Corporate Lobbyists Influencing The Safety Of Our Food Supply

In this file photo taken Sept. 22, 2011, rice grows in a field near Alicia, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File) (NEW YORK) MintPress – Less than two weeks before the official presidential debates, President Obama and Mitt Romney went head to head on this week’s 60 Minutes, albeit in separate interviews, on several policy issues, […]

Lisa Barron
بواسطة Lisa Barron
In this file photo taken Sept. 22, 2011, rice grows in a field near Alicia, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

(NEW YORK) MintPress – Less than two weeks before the official presidential debates, President Obama and Mitt Romney went head to head on this week’s 60 Minutes, albeit in separate interviews, on several policy issues, both foreign and domestic, with the economy clearly dominating the latter. Among the main bread and butter issues for the 99% is of

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