A U.S. government panel listed 13 countries Friday as "egregious" violators of religious freedom. The U.S.
Nations with worst religious tolerance named
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Taliban threatens attacks over U.S. surge
A Taliban leader has instructed fighters in Afghanistan to target U.S. and other coalition troops in response to the United States sending more troops into the war.
Ship’s cook seized by pirates blames employers
A crew member on a U.S.-flagged cargo ship captured by pirates off the coast of Somalia is suing his employers, claiming they sent him into pirate-infested waters without adequate protection, his attorney said Monday. Richard Hicks of Royal Palm Beach, Florida, a crew member on the Maersk Alabama, was set to file suit Monday against Waterman Steamship Corp. and Maersk Line Limited, according to the attorney, Terry Bryant
Jesse Jackson offers to go to Iran to help free journalist
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Afghanistan to change controversial ‘rape’ law
The Afghan government will change a law that critics say legalizes rape within marriage for Shia Muslims, President Hamid Karzai told CNN Thursday.
Iraqi shoe-thrower’s jail sentence reduced by a third
Iraq’s federal appeals court has reduced the sentence for the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at then-President Bush at a news conference in December, his lawyer told CNN on Tuesday. Muntadhar al-Zaidi will serve one year in jail instead of three, the attorney said.
McCain predicts Iraq war over by 2013
Sen. John McCain envisions that by 2013, the Iraq war will be won, but the threat from the Taliban in Afghanistan won’t be eliminated, even though Osama bin Laden will have been captured or killed.
Army vet billed $3,000 for war wounds
Erik Roberts, an Army sergeant who was wounded in Iraq, underwent his 13th surgery recently to save his right leg from amputation. Imagine his shock when he got a bill for $3,000 for his treatment. “I just thought it was bull—- that I’m getting billed for being wounded in Iraq doing my job.
Belarus: Can Europe Really Change the Continent’s ‘Last Dictatorship’?
Belarus is in many ways a post-Soviet nation in name only. Its state security service is still called the KGB and the iron-fisted rule of President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has led the U.S
Remittances expected to fall by $15B
The money that foreign workers send home will shrink by $15 billion this year, as the global economy limps along, the World Bank projects. A ruling from the U.N.