NZ DISPUTES REPORT THAT IT SPIED ON JOURNALIST
By NICK PERRY In this Tuesday, July 9 2013 photo, War correspondent Jon Stephenson gives evidence in his defamation case against Defense Force chief Lieutenant General Rhys Jones in the High…
Human rights and civil liberties
THOUSANDS IN GERMANY PROTEST NSA SURVEILLANCE
Hundreds of demonstrators protest against supposed surveillance by the US National Security Agency NSA, durung a rally in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday July 27, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Roland Holschneider) BERLIN (AP) —…
CORRECTION: HONDURAS-DEATH SQUADS STORY
By ALBERTO ARCE FILE – In this undated file image obtained by the Associated Press on Feb. 14, 2013, a man lies on the ground surrounded by unidentified people. On…
REPORT: WORLD TURMOIL MEANS FEWER HAVE FREE PRESS
By PETER JAMES SPIELMANN FILE – In this July 17, 1997 file photo, David Hoffman sits inside his self-built newsstand on Lexington Avenue in New York. According to democracy watchdog…
BANGLADESH BUILDING COLLAPSE VICTIMS BURIED
By CHRIS BLAKE and FARID HOSSAIN Army personnel watch as workers toil in the collapsed garment factory building, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Emergency workers hauling…
COLLAPSED BUILDING OWNER MAY FACE 7 YEARS IN JAIL
By FARID HOSSAIN and CHRIS BLAKE A Bangladeshi rescuer looks out from a hole cut in the concrete as he looks for survivors at the site of a building that…
ARGENTINE CONGRESS AIMS TO ‘DEMOCRATIZE’ COURTS
By MICHAEL WARREN A man wearing a mask on his head takes a picture of the Congress as he protests the comprehensive judicial reform proposed by President Cristina Fernandez in…
BOMBING PROBE HIGHLIGHTS EXPANSION OF SURVEILLANCE
By DAVID CRARY In this Monday, April 15, 2013, photo, spectators make pictures with camera phones during the Boston Marathon in Boston, before two bombs exploded at the finish line…