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India: Ensure Access to Pain Treatment

(Tiruchirapalli) – India’s government should act urgently to ensure access to pain medications, Human Rights Watch said ahead of a national conference on palliative care in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu.
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Nigeria: Acting President Should Address Abuses

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Indonesia: Reopen Inquiry Into Activist’s Murder

(New York) – The Indonesian police should follow the recommendation of a special National Human Rights Commission team and reopen their investigation into the 2004 murder of Munir bin Thalib, a leading human rights lawyer, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Texas gov. candidate questions any US role in 9/11

A Republican gubernatorial candidate said Thursday she has questions about whether the U.S. government was involved in the Sept.

Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart Won’t Seek Reelection; Mario Diaz-Balart Will Switch Districts

Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart has announced that he won’t seek re-election in 2010. Diaz-Balart, only 55 years old, has spent the last 16 years representing Florida’s 21st congressional district.

Perry seeks reimbursement for detained immigrants

Gov. Rick Perry called on the federal government Wednesday to reimburse Texas in full for holding illegal immigrants in state prisons, reviving a symbolic message of border security woes made by other governors in previous years.

If you had a million dollars…

From DNC Chairman Tim Kaine:
“A million dollars is not a lot of money.” That’s what RNC Chairman Michael Steele thinks, anyway.
To most Americans, that’s crazy talk. But it’s no surprise coming from the head of a party that prefers favors for Wall Street to jobs on Main Street.
How long would it take you to earn [...]

Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

President Barack Obama participates in a Q&A session during the U.S Conference of Mayors meeting in the East Room of the White House, Jan. 21, 2010. Photo by Pete Souza.

Minority Group Offers Whites-Only Scholarships

I’ll have to check the Civil Rights Act to confirm, but I’m pretty sure this is illegal, too.
In fact, “whites-only” anything is viewed as the ultimate form of unfairness, injustice, flat-out racism, and the root of all the world’s evil.
Conservative groups likely will challenge the scholarship program. Will liberal groups do the same? They balked [...]

Minority Group Offers Whites-Only Scholarships

I’ll have to check the Civil Rights Act to confirm, but I’m pretty sure this is illegal, too.
In fact, “whites-only” anything is viewed as the ultimate form of unfairness, injustice, flat-out racism, and the root of all the world’s evil.
Conservative groups likely will challenge the scholarship program. Will liberal groups do the same? They balked [...]

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