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(Jerusalem) – Hamas authorities in Gaza should bring to justice those responsible for a rocket attack that killed a civilian in Israel on March 18, 2010, Human Rights Watch said today. Ansar al-Sunna, a previously unknown Palestinian armed group in Gaza, claimed responsibility for the attack. (Washington, DC) – Honduras should conduct a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into a recent wave of killings and threats against journalists, Human Rights Watch said today. Three journalists have been killed in March, and five others have been threatened. (Washington, DC) – Spanish authorities should abide by the United Nations call for an end to its 1977 amnesty law rather than prosecuting a judge seeking accountability for past abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. South Carolina’s lieutenant governor will be making his bid for governor official. High-income families would be hit with a tax increase on wages and a new levy on investments under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul bill. A federal grand jury has issued subpoenas to a Republican campaign committee and companies in Nevada in a probe of Sen. This morning, President Obama traveled across the Potomac to speak at George Mason University in Virginia, where he delivered his closing argument on health reform just days before a final vote in the House of Representatives: Momentum for passing health insurance reform is growing faster and faster. While we are raking in more endorsements than we can count, the opposition is fizzling out. Just today, Representatives Boccieri (D-OH), Wilson (D-OH), Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Langevin (D-RI) and Titus (D-NV) stood up for more affordable care, expanded coverage, and deficit reduction by declaring their [...] Want any more proof that Republicans are in the throes of desperation? They are forging counterfeit memos intended to scare Americans about Medicare. Soon after it was passed around to the Press, TPM exposed the memo as a fake. While Republicans have used smears and lies to scare Americans about Medicare throughout this [...] An increase in harassment, arbitrary arrests, detentions, torture or other forms of ill-treatment by security forces is anticipated ahead of April’s elections. |
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