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(Moscow) – Russian authorities should stop blocking peaceful demonstrations, Human Rights Watch said today. (Dakar, January 29, 2010) – A new study shows that Hissène Habré, the former dictator of Chad, was well-informed of the hundreds of deaths in prisons operated by his political police, a coalition of human rights organizations said today. The announcement came on the eve of the 10th anniversary of his indictment in Senegal. read more (Amman) – Jordan should stop withdrawing nationality arbitrarily from Jordanians of Palestinian origin, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Authorities stripped more than 2,700 of these Jordanians of their nationality between 2004 and 2008, and the practice continued in 2009, Human Rights Watch said. U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa. HUNTSVILLE, AL — U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, released this statement this morning in response to President Barack Obama’s proposed budget, which eliminates the Ares rocket and plans to return to the moon: “The President’s proposed NASA budget begins the death march for the future of U.S. human … Rand Paul, the Republican Senate candidate in Kentucky and son of former presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. It wasn’t just a political fluke brought on by the surprise election of a Republican senator in true-blue Massachusetts. Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tim Kaine and DNC Black Caucus Chairwoman Virgie Rollins issued the following statements in recognition of Black History Month: In this week’s address the President pledges to rein the deficit, citing three specific steps to this end. He praises the Senate for restoring the pay-as-you-go law, discusses his proposal for a freeze in discretionary spending, and calls for a bipartisan Fiscal Commission to hammer out further concrete deficit reduction proposals. Good morning. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar greets President Barack Obama as he leaves the House Chamber at the conclusion of his State of the Union address, Jan. 27, 2010. Looking on are, from left, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates. Photo by Pete Souza. In a recent Townhall column, I wrote about the Berkeley High School Governance Council’s proposal to cut before- and after-school science labs and divert resources to “equity grants” to narrow the racial academic achievement gap The council called the gap at Berkeley, the widest in the state, “unconscionable.” |
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