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In this Oct. 23, 2012 file photo released by Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet, Chinese paramilitary police officers and residents converge on the body of Dorje Rinchen, a farmer in his late 50s, unseen, who self immolated on the main street in Xiahe, in northwestern China's Gansu province. (AP Photo/International Campaign for Tibet, File)

Tibetan Protests Against Chinese Rule In New Phase

Archives for نوفمبر 2012

Medical Questions About Gun Ownership Come Under Scrutiny

A pile of guns are displayed at a news conference. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) Should doctors be able to ask patients or patients’ parents whether they own a gun? What about health insurers, employers or health-care officials implementing the federal health law? Can they ask about gun ownership? The issue is playing out in Florida, where […]

Michelle Andrews
بواسطة Michelle Andrews
A pile of guns are displayed at a news conference. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Should doctors be able to ask patients or patients' parents whether they own a gun? What about health insurers, employers or health-care officials implementing the federal health law? Can they ask about gun ownership? The issue is playing out in Florida, where a federal judge in July issued a permanent injunction against enforcement of

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Dead On the Operating Table: A Q&A With Journalist Mina Kimes

A patient lays in a hospital bed in Kansas City, Mo. (Photo by Tim Samoff via Flikr) When the multibillion dollar medical device maker Synthes enticed doctors to use its bone cement on people’s spines, patients died on the operating table. The company’s actions led to indictments and prison time for executives. Journalist Mina Kimes […]

Marshall Allen
بواسطة Marshall Allen
A patient lays in a hospital bed in Kansas City, Mo. (Photo by Tim Samoff via Flikr)

When the multibillion dollar medical device maker Synthes enticed doctors to use its bone cement on people’s spines, patients died on the operating table. The company’s actions led to indictments and prison time for executives. Journalist Mina Kimes of Fortune magazine investigated how it all happened, talking to doctors who performed the

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Have US Drones Become A ‘Counterinsurgency Air Force’ For Our Allies?

Under the Obama administration, officials have argued that the drone strikes are only hitting operational Al Qaeda leaders or people who posed significant and imminent threats to the U.S. homeland. If you actually look at the vast majority of people who have been targeted by the United States, that’s not who they are.

Justin Elliot
بواسطة Justin Elliot
An armed US military Reaper drone over Afghanistan. (US Air Force/ Lt Col Lesley Pratt/ Flickr)

An armed US military Reaper drone over Afghanistan. (US Air Force/ Lt Col Lesley Pratt/ Flickr) On Sunday the New York Times reported that the Obama administration, prompted by the possibility of losing the election, has been developing a "formal rule book" to govern the use of drone strikes, which have killed roughly 2,500 people under

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São Paulo Officials Negligent On Human Rights

Mounted military police patrol in the Paraisopolis slum of Sao Paulo, Brazil, early Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) Authorities in Brazil’s São Paulo state are failing to provide security and justice for victims of human rights violations, according to Amnesty International. The organization said reports of police being involved in revenge killings has […]

Jill Langlois
بواسطة Jill Langlois
Mounted military police patrol in the Paraisopolis slum of Sao Paulo, Brazil, early Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Authorities in Brazil's São Paulo state are failing to provide security and justice for victims of human rights violations, according to Amnesty International. The organization said reports of police being involved in revenge killings has not been investigated properly for "many years,"reported BBC News. Its conclusions come at a time of

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Senate Dems Divided Over Cuts To Benefit Programs

In this Nov. 27, 2012, photo, White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Deep divisions among Senate Democrats over whether cuts to popular benefit programs like Medicare and Medicaid should be part of a plan to slow the government’s mushrooming […]

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press
In this Nov. 27, 2012, photo, White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Deep divisions among Senate Democrats over whether cuts to popular benefit programs like Medicare and Medicaid should be part of a plan to slow the government's mushrooming debt pose a big obstacle to a deal for avoiding a potentially economy-crushing "fiscal cliff," even if Republicans agree to raise taxes. Much of the focus during negotiations

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ACLU, Women Soldiers Sue Defense Department Over Combat Roles

Plaintiff Colleen Farrell, a U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant, speaks during a media conference Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) Four American female soldiers, along with the American Civil Liberties Union, are suing the Department of Defense over its restrictions on women in combat. The ACLU announced its lawsuit at a […]

Global Post
بواسطة Global Post
Plaintiff Colleen Farrell, a U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant, speaks during a media conference Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Four American female soldiers, along with the American Civil Liberties Union, are suing the Department of Defense over its restrictions on women in combat. The ACLU announced its lawsuit at a news conference on Tuesday. It’s asking for the DoD to remove restrictions against women serving in combat units, US News reported. With US Armed

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