Published on May,24 2012 - by Agence France Presse
Drug cartels and other criminals, at times colluding with Mexican authorities, killed and abducted thousands of people last year, Amnesty International said in its annual report.The London-based rights watchdog also ...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Forbes
...ld impact 8% of the workforce. It will take one-time charges of about $3.3 billion to finance the reduction-in-force. Whitman said she changed out the management for the struggling Autonomy division, purchased for about ...
Published on May,24 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
Parental education has a far larger bearing on children’s exam results in England than in other developed nations, according to research. Pupils with bright mothers and fathers are more likely to exceed national a ...
Published on May,23 2012 - by Reuters
...orruption in Illinois, he reduced it. "People think longer and harder about misbehaving in part because of the force of his office," said Shaw. After Blagojevich was charged with trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat Presi...
Published on May,23 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
The Olympic flame is not sacred, but there is alchemy at work on its journey around England this week. Cynicism is being turned into excitement, the endless winter has given way to summer, and on Wednesday it even ...
Published on May,23 2012 - by Agence France Presse
Amnesty International on Thursday accused Myanmar's military of committing crimes against humanity in ethnic conflict zones, where ongoing fighting has overshadowed sweeping political changes.The rights group also ...
Published on May,23 2012 - by Forbes
...asement? Not principal owner John Henry or President Larry Lucchino. Not Valentine either. No, the galvanizing force at Fenway is a guy who many thought might not be back in Boston after last year?s collapse: the team?s ...
Published on May,23 2012 - by Agence France Presse
...human rights watchdog accused the government of President Bashar al-Assad of using "lethal and other excessive force against peaceful protesters.""The pattern and scale of state abuses may have constituted crimes against...
Published on May,23 2012 - by Agence France Presse
...Amnesty International criticized the United States on Wednesday for its use of lethal force, particularly for the "unlawful" killing of Osama bin Laden in a clandestine US commando raid in Pakistan last May."The US admin...
Published on May,23 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...int”, he said, “Britain will have to decide: do we do things because that relationship is actually the driving force for us, or do we say no to something and risk the relationship as a result?” Joining the US-led war on ...