Archives for أبريل 2014

Famine Fears In South Sudan, But Leaders Unconcerned

In this Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014 file photo, 7-month-old boy Dhieu Ding Chol, left, and 5-month-old boy Thuch Jong Kuch, right, are held by their mothers as they receive treatment for dehydration, vomiting and diarrhea, likely caused by the lack of any sanitation where they are now living, at a clinic run by Medecins Sans […]

بواسطة Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — More than 1 million people in South Sudan have fled their homes at a crucial time of the year: planting season. Famine, aid officials say, could be the result, and the U.N.'s top official for human rights said Wednesday she is appalled by the apparent lack of concern by the country's two warring leaders that mass hunger

A Look At Syrian Refugees In Neighboring Countries

The massive numbers of Syrians fleeing the civil war has stretched the resources of neighboring countries and raised fears of violence spreading in the region.

بواسطة Associated Press

The massive numbers of Syrians fleeing the civil war has stretched the resources of neighboring countries and raised fears of violence spreading in the region. The U.N. estimates there are nearly 2.7 million Syrians registered in neighboring countries, with more than 67,500 more awaiting registration. There also are hundreds of thousands who are

Abducted Girls Forced To Marry Nigerian Extremists

FILE – In this Monday April 21, 2014 file photo, four female students of the government secondary school Chibok, who were abducted by gunmen and reunited with their families, walk in Chibok, Nigeria. A civil society group says Wednesday April 30, 2014, that villagers are reporting that scores of girls and young women who were […]

بواسطة Associated Press

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Scores of girls and young women kidnapped from a school in Nigeria are being forced to marry their Islamic extremist abductors, a civil society group reported Wednesday. Parents say the girls are being sold into marriage to Boko Haram militants for 2,000 naira ($12), Halite Aliyu of the Borno-Yobe People's Forum told The

Colorado Works On New Rules For Edible Marijuana

This April 18, 2014 file photo shows edible marijuana products on display at a medical marijuana dispensary in Denver. Colorado’s marijuana experiment is under threat by the very popularity of eating it instead of smoking it, so the pot industry is joining health officials and state regulators in studying the problem of consumers eating too […]

بواسطة Associated Press

DENVER (AP) — Colorado's marijuana experiment is threatened by the very popularity of eating it instead of smoking it, leading the pot industry to join health officials and state regulators to try to curb the problem of consumers ingesting too much weed. A task force that's meeting Wednesday planned to start work on refining Colorado's rules on

Iraq Election Violence: Many Killed, Wounded

An Iraqi elderly woman shows she ink-stained finger after casting her vote inside a polling station for parliamentary elections in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Iraq is holding its third parliamentary elections since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) Bombs and ballots took place on the eve of the […]

Bombs and ballots took place on the eve of the Iraq elections. Here are stories reported by Antiwar and the Associated Press on the day's events.   67 Killed, 115 Wounded on Eve of Iraq Elections By: Margaret Griffis On the eve of parliamentary elections, at least 67 Iraqis were killed and 115 more were wounded. Bombers again struck in

Study: Number Of Innocent People Sentenced To Death Much Higher Than Thought

Researcher: ‘Most of these undiscovered innocent capital defendants have been re-sentenced to life in prison, and then forgotten.’

بواسطة Sarah Lazare

At least one in 25 people sentenced to death in the United States is innocent. So finds a damning study published Monday in leading scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The authors, hailing from Pennsylvania and Michigan, employ a statistical technique called "survival analysis" to arrive at their