GOVT TO DECLASSIFY SOME SECRET COURT OPINIONS
By FREDERIC J. FROMMER This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June…
Human rights and civil liberties
NEW MALI PRESIDENT KEITA SWORN INTO OFFICE
By BABA AHMED Mali’s new president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, is sworn in at an official ceremony in Bamako, Mali, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. Keita took the oath of office Wednesday,…
MEXICO BUS DRIVERS IDLE AFTER ‘REVENGE’ KILLINGS
By RICARDO CHAVEZ In this Aug. 29, 2013 photo, forensic workers examine the scene where a bus driver was allegedly killed by a self-styled “bus driver hunter,” in Ciudad Juarez,…
NY CASE PUTS N-WORD — USE AMONG BLACKS ON TRIAL
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Brandi Johnson, left, and her lawyer, Marjorie M. Sharpe, leave federal court in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, after a civil jury awarded $30,000 in punitive…
MO. SLAYING CASE MAY HINGE ON PROPERTY RIGHTS
By JIM SALTER In a Aug. 16, 2013, photo James Crocker, left, is escorted to court for a prelimiary hearing in Steeleville, Mo. Crocker had grown weary of the canoe…
INDIA SAYS 1 WOMAN KILLED EVERY HOUR OVER DOWRY
FILE – In this Wednesday, July 4, 2007 file photo, Indian woman Pooja Chauhan, in her undergarments and carrying a baseball bat and bangles in her hands, marches to the…
MANDELA REMAINS IN HOSPITAL, CONDITION UNCHANGED
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA FILE- Former South African President Nelson Mandela as he celebrates his 94th birthday in Qunu, South Africa, in this file photo dated Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Mandela…
‘DREAM’ CEREMONIES REVEAL POLITICAL SEGREGATION
By JESSE WASHINGTON FILE – In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 file photo, from left, President Barack Obama, former President Jimmy Carter, first lady Michelle Obama, and former President Bill…