Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2178 world Human Rights en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:41:24 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2178 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_mideast_afp/uaemediarights afp/20090703/uaemediarights AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:41:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_mideast_afp/uaemediarights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246646455335-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=oTowsLu2AWyWNzPYxuyFZQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Local newspapers are dispalyed at a supermarket in Dubai in February 2009. Human Rights Watch has accused the United Arab Emirates of a "serious attack" on press freedom after a newspaper was suspended for reporting the alleged doping of race horses owned by UAE royalty.(AFP/File/Marwan Naamani)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Human Rights Watch has accused the United Arab Emirates of a "serious attack" on press freedom after a newspaper was suspended for reporting the alleged doping of race horses owned by UAE royalty.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_mideast_afp/uaemediarights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246646455335-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=oTowsLu2AWyWNzPYxuyFZQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Local newspapers are dispalyed at a supermarket in Dubai in February 2009. Human Rights Watch has accused the United Arab Emirates of a "serious attack" on press freedom after a newspaper was suspended for reporting the alleged doping of race horses owned by UAE royalty.(AFP/File/Marwan Naamani)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_ngos ap/20090703/eu_russia_ngos AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:47:42 GMT AP - Russia's lower house of parliament on Friday approved a bill easing restrictions on the country's beleaguered human rights groups and other non-governmental organizations. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/wl_nm/us_minorities_threat nm/20090702/us_minorities_threat Reuters world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:51:12 GMT Reuters - Countries on the front line in the "war on terror" are using the battle against extremists as a smokescreen to crack down on minority groups, an international human rights group said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_war_crimes ap/20090702/ml_israel_war_crimes AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:40:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_war_crimes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.7122bdf44f024974beb896303ffe6147.mideast_israel_war_crimes_jrl139.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=DT9YdcWVYrW0VSpcoHdPWw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2009 file photo, a Palestinian man looks up as white smoke rises from a building following an explosion caused by Israeli military operations in Gaza city. Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of Gaza Strip homes in attacks that amounted to war crimes, Amnesty International charged Thursday July 2, 2009, in the first in-depth human rights group report on the recent war in Gaza. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Amnesty International accused Israel and Palestinian militants of war crimes Thursday in the most comprehensive report on the recent Gaza war. Both sides rejected the findings.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_war_crimes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.7122bdf44f024974beb896303ffe6147.mideast_israel_war_crimes_jrl139.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=DT9YdcWVYrW0VSpcoHdPWw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2009 file photo, a Palestinian man looks up as white smoke rises from a building following an explosion caused by Israeli military operations in Gaza city. Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of Gaza Strip homes in attacks that amounted to war crimes, Amnesty International charged Thursday July 2, 2009, in the first in-depth human rights group report on the recent war in Gaza. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/wl_nm/us_korea_north_rights nm/20090702/us_korea_north_rights Reuters world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:00:02 GMT Reuters - North Korea's leaders have assured stability in the communist country by instilling a sense of paranoid nationalism and carrying out massive human rights abuses, experts say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazarightsamnestyisrael afp/20090702/mideastconflictgazarightsamnestyisrael AFP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:24:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazarightsamnestyisrael"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246519414422-1-0.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=NcLpd9wr0cakRqCSLY5Lnw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Smoke billows from the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah after an Israel air strike in February. Israel rejected an Amnesty International report that accused it of committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip, and said the human rights group was manipulated by Hamas.(AFP/File/Said Khatib)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Israel rejected an Amnesty International report that accused it of committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip, and said the human rights group was manipulated by Hamas.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazarightsamnestyisrael"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246519414422-1-0.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=NcLpd9wr0cakRqCSLY5Lnw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="photo" title="Smoke billows from the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah after an Israel air strike in February. Israel rejected an Amnesty International report that accused it of committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip, and said the human rights group was manipulated by Hamas.(AFP/File/Said Khatib)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_afp/somaliairaqpakistanminorityrightsngo afp/20090702/somaliairaqpakistanminorityrightsngo AFP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:40:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_afp/somaliairaqpakistanminorityrightsngo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246513048162-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ZPqz0QjlAxdFzJvKUkBYgg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Hard-line Al-Shebab militants patrol in southern Mogadishu's Bakara market during a raid by the group to find traders that sell expired food. Somalia remains the world's most dangerous country for minority groups, followed by Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan and Myanmar, a leading human rights group said.(AFP/Mustafa Abdi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Somalia remains the world's most dangerous country for minority groups, followed by Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan and Myanmar, a leading human rights group said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_afp/somaliairaqpakistanminorityrightsngo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246513048162-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ZPqz0QjlAxdFzJvKUkBYgg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Hard-line Al-Shebab militants patrol in southern Mogadishu's Bakara market during a raid by the group to find traders that sell expired food. Somalia remains the world's most dangerous country for minority groups, followed by Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan and Myanmar, a leading human rights group said.(AFP/Mustafa Abdi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/wl_canada_nm/canada_summary nm/20090701/canada_summary Reuters science Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:58:12 GMT Reuters - With only five months to go until a new global pact on climate change, none of the Group of Eight nations is doing enough to curb global warming, with Canada and the United States ranking bottom, a study said on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/wl_asia_afp/vietnamjusticerights afp/20090701/vietnamjusticerights AFP world Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:35:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/wl_asia_afp/vietnamjusticerights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246430094555-1-0.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=pv9JJIonmRq89dIrfwW6YA--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="A photo of a local police newspaper in Hanoi in mid June shows a photo of lawyer Le Cong Dinh being arrested in Ho Chi Minh City. The Vietnamese human rights lawyer who has been arrested for "propaganda" against the state has been barred from practising his profession, a bar association official has said.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Vietnamese human rights lawyer arrested for "propaganda" against the state has been barred from practising his profession, a bar association official has said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/wl_asia_afp/vietnamjusticerights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246430094555-1-0.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=pv9JJIonmRq89dIrfwW6YA--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="photo" title="A photo of a local police newspaper in Hanoi in mid June shows a photo of lawyer Le Cong Dinh being arrested in Ho Chi Minh City. The Vietnamese human rights lawyer who has been arrested for "propaganda" against the state has been barred from practising his profession, a bar association official has said.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20090630/wl_oneworld/world3649771246396857 oneworld/20090630/world3649771246396857 OneWorld.net world Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:19:55 GMT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 30 (OneWorld.net) - Survivors of torture joined human rights activists in the streets of Washington, DC last week to demand prosecution of those involved in planning and implementing U.S. torture policies. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazarightsweapons afp/20090630/mideastconflictgazarightsweapons AFP world Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:09:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazarightsweapons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246374506602-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=MosLZoR8mK04KHhwiFpjaQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Israeli drones fly over the Gaza Strip in January 2009, as seen from Gaza City. According to the US-based Human Rights Watch, Israeli armed drones killed scores of Palestinian civilians during the Gaza war despite their cutting-edge targeting technology.(AFP/File/Mahmud Hams)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Israeli armed drones killed scores of Palestinian civilians during the Gaza war despite their cutting-edge targeting technology, the US-based Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazarightsweapons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246374506602-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=MosLZoR8mK04KHhwiFpjaQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Israeli drones fly over the Gaza Strip in January 2009, as seen from Gaza City. According to the US-based Human Rights Watch, Israeli armed drones killed scores of Palestinian civilians during the Gaza war despite their cutting-edge targeting technology.(AFP/File/Mahmud Hams)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/wl_nm/us_israel_palestinians_drones nm/20090630/us_israel_palestinians_drones Reuters world Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:33:00 GMT Reuters - Missile-firing Israeli drones unlawfully killed at least 29 Palestinian civilians during the Gaza Strip war, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_gaza_drones ap/20090630/ml_israel_gaza_drones AP world Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:06:07 GMT AP - Human Rights Watch charged Tuesday that Israeli pilots failed to verify targets of drone aircraft at least six times during the Gaza war, firing missiles that killed at least 29 civilians. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaun afp/20090629/mideastconflictgazaun AFP world Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:17:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246272869184-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=UbMtaF4Z_94CYl4BlHsyEQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A Palestinian boy plays with a balloon amongst the rubble of his house which was destroyed during Israel's 22-day offensive in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, April 2009. A UN human rights mission listened to testimony about the suffering of children in the Gaza Strip before wrapping up two days of public hearings into alleged Israeli war crimes.(AFP/File/Mohammed Abed)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A UN human rights mission listened to testimony about the suffering of children in the Gaza Strip on Monday before wrapping up two days of public hearings into alleged Israeli war crimes.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246272869184-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=UbMtaF4Z_94CYl4BlHsyEQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Palestinian boy plays with a balloon amongst the rubble of his house which was destroyed during Israel's 22-day offensive in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, April 2009. A UN human rights mission listened to testimony about the suffering of children in the Gaza Strip before wrapping up two days of public hearings into alleged Israeli war crimes.(AFP/File/Mohammed Abed)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090628/wl_nm/us_security_osce nm/20090628/us_security_osce Reuters world Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:20:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090628/wl_nm/us_security_osce"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090628/i/r906974909.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=Q1URKPJI1C1sWYBmlqrN_Q--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Foreign Ministers Alexander Stubb (R) of Finland, Bernard Kouchner (L) of France and Miguel Angel Moratinos of Spain prepare themselves ahead of an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) informal ministerial meeting in Corfu June 28, 2009. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The West told Russia on Sunday that its proposal for a pan-Europe security pact must not undermine NATO or a continental security and human rights group.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090628/wl_nm/us_security_osce"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090628/i/r906974909.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=Q1URKPJI1C1sWYBmlqrN_Q--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="Foreign Ministers Alexander Stubb (R) of Finland, Bernard Kouchner (L) of France and Miguel Angel Moratinos of Spain prepare themselves ahead of an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) informal ministerial meeting in Corfu June 28, 2009. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/wl_mideast_afp/saudiattacksqaedatrial afp/20090628/saudiattacksqaedatrial AFP world Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:02:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/wl_mideast_afp/saudiattacksqaedatrial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090628/capt.photo_1246201299404-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=pHBJj1.oAC6mXrqwa0qMfQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Saudi security personnel are pictured in 2006. Saudi militants being tried in special secret courts are allowed to have lawyers to help their defence(AFP/File/Hassan Ammar)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Saudi militants being tried in special secret courts are allowed to have lawyers to help their defence, the country's top human rights official said on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/wl_mideast_afp/saudiattacksqaedatrial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090628/capt.photo_1246201299404-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=pHBJj1.oAC6mXrqwa0qMfQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Saudi security personnel are pictured in 2006. Saudi militants being tried in special secret courts are allowed to have lawyers to help their defence(AFP/File/Hassan Ammar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/wl_afp/iranunrestrights afp/20090628/iranunrestrights AFP world Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:43:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/wl_afp/iranunrestrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090628/capt.photo_1246199883041-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=MQNtGB6FczbpCMUsw1gf1A--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Iranian policemen beat a demonstrator with batons during a protest against the election results in Tehran on June 14. The Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has warned that more than 2,000 people are still in detention and hundreds more are missing in Iran since a government crackdown on protests over a disputed presidential election.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - More than 2,000 people are still in detention and hundreds more are missing in Iran since a government crackdown on protests over a disputed presidential election, the FIDH human rights group said on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/wl_afp/iranunrestrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090628/capt.photo_1246199883041-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=MQNtGB6FczbpCMUsw1gf1A--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Iranian policemen beat a demonstrator with batons during a protest against the election results in Tehran on June 14. The Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has warned that more than 2,000 people are still in detention and hundreds more are missing in Iran since a government crackdown on protests over a disputed presidential election.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaunrights afp/20090628/mideastconflictgazaunrights AFP world Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:33:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaunrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090628/capt.photo_1246199041613-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=cS0zGRsfH_9gDGNHvHsPNQ--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="Palestinian civilians run for cover during an Israeli strike over a UN school in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia in January 2009. A UN human rights mission has listened as witnesses described in gruesome detail the Israeli shelling of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip during a three-week offensive at the turn of the year.(AFP/File/Mohammed Abed)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A UN human rights mission on Sunday listened as witnesses described in gruesome detail the Israeli shelling of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip during a three-week offensive at the turn of the year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaunrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090628/capt.photo_1246199041613-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=cS0zGRsfH_9gDGNHvHsPNQ--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="photo" title="Palestinian civilians run for cover during an Israeli strike over a UN school in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia in January 2009. A UN human rights mission has listened as witnesses described in gruesome detail the Israeli shelling of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip during a three-week offensive at the turn of the year.(AFP/File/Mohammed Abed)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/wl_afp/usmyanmarrightsbush afp/20090628/usmyanmarrightsbush AFP world Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:37:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/wl_afp/usmyanmarrightsbush"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090628/capt.photo_1246167411773-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=5ACIsEQeCHsJyjt0vO6utA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Former US first lady Laura Bush called for new international pressure on Myanmar in order to force its military leaders to stop human rights abuses.(AFP/White House/File/Joyce N. Boghosian)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Former US first lady Laura Bush called for new international pressure on Myanmar in order to force its military leaders to stop human rights abuses.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/wl_afp/usmyanmarrightsbush"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090628/capt.photo_1246167411773-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=5ACIsEQeCHsJyjt0vO6utA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Former US first lady Laura Bush called for new international pressure on Myanmar in order to force its military leaders to stop human rights abuses.(AFP/White House/File/Joyce N. Boghosian)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090627/ts_nm/us_nato_russia nm/20090627/us_nato_russia Reuters topstories Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:59:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090627/ts_nm/us_nato_russia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090627/capt.photo_1246122313339-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=L39GIRQw87avW2C6WTXDQA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="The NATO-Russia Council is "up and running" again, NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, seen here on June 25, 2009, said Saturday after the resumption of talks between NATO and Russian foreign ministers.(AFP/File/Stanislav Filippov)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - NATO and Russia on Saturday resumed formal cooperation on broad security threats but failed to bridge major differences over Georgia in their first high-level talks since the war in the Caucasus region.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/humanrights/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090627/ts_nm/us_nato_russia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090627/capt.photo_1246122313339-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=L39GIRQw87avW2C6WTXDQA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="The NATO-Russia Council is "up and running" again, NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, seen here on June 25, 2009, said Saturday after the resumption of talks between NATO and Russian foreign ministers.(AFP/File/Stanislav Filippov)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)