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Opinion: Can George Clooney Help Prevent Genocide in Sudan?

(Oct. 13) -- George Clooney has certainly had more lavish accommodations than the hut where he stayed recently on a fact-finding tour in south Sudan. The Academy Award-winning actor returned with a stark warning: An agreement must be negotiated now about the fate of south Sudan after a Jan. 9, 2011, referendum or Africa...

North Korean Health Throw-Down: WHO Critical of Amnesty Report

(July 16) -- Is North Korean health care "the envy" of developed countries, or a system so low on resources that doctors are now performing amputations without anesthesia? That's a question being debated by two major international health agencies this week, after the World Health Organization today critiqued a scathing...

Amputations Without Anesthesia in NKorea

(July 15) -- North Korea's health system is in dire shambles, with amputations being performed without anesthesia, often under candlelight in impoverished hospitals where doctors are paid in cigarettes. That's according to a report released today by Amnesty International, outlining disastrous medical conditions in the...

Can US Be Haven for Those Who Sanction Torture?

SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 19) -- When Mohamed Ali Samantar, former prime minister of Somalia, arrived in the United States in 1997, he quietly took up residence in Virginia, far from the violence and chaos of his homeland. Now he has become the focal point of a Supreme Court case that will decide whether he can be held...

Would-Be Arsonist Catches Fire After Being Tasered

(Feb. 1) -- After threatening to burn down a house, an Australian man caught fire when police shot him with a Taser gun. The 44-year-old suspect, whose name has not yet been released, had locked himself inside a house on Monday in Forrestfield, a suburb of Perth, according to the Australian Broadcasting Co. (ABC). Once...

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12/09/10 Yorktown High School Amnesty International Club... Source: Yorktown Patch - Yorktown NY As part of Human Rights Week, and to celebrate the 62nd anniversary ofthe Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Dec. 10, the Yorktown High School AmnestyInternational Club will participate in a number of events.