Today, Human Rights Watch released a report showing that a wave of unprecedented violence against men suspected of homosexual activity has claimed the life of hundreds with many more tortured. The New-York based human rights organization’s report is titled: “They want us exterminated.” It is based on interviews of Iraqis victimized by such violence. Human [...]
On August 20, about 17 million Afghans will go to the polls. The elections are taking place in a country at war. Since the previous presidential election of 2004, the security situation in Afghanistan has become considerably worse. The Taliban insurgency has re-gained momentum, allowing the militants to control some areas in the South and [...]
It’s official. Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison will indeed run against Rick Perry for the governorship in the state of Texas in 2010. But the fight may become quite nasty.
The mask comes off as the Secretary for Health and Human Services tells the host of CNN’s “State of the Union” this morning that the public option is not an “essential element.”
Today, the Taliban made numerous threats to attack polling stations and to arm, in very specific & gruesome ways, Afghans who intend to participate in the elections. The threats were made in leaflets, posted overnight. Some of them warning that the Taliban would cut off the noses and ears of those who vote on Thursday. [...]
