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Syria One Year Later: Growing Evidence of Torture, Detainee Abuse
Bisat al-rih is Arabic for "flying carpet," but for those detained by the Syrian regime, it can mean being blindfolded, stripped down to the underpants and strapped to a foldable wooden board.
March 14, 2012
New Arrests in Murdoch Phone Hacking Investigation
Rebekah Brooks, the former CEO of News International and former editor of two British tabloids, The Sun and The News of the World, was reportedly arrested today, along with her husband and five other people, on suspicion of corrupting justice.
March 13, 2012
Rare Video Evidence of Torture in Syrian Hospitals
Last night Channel 4 aired chilling footage of evidence of what appears to be the torture of injured Syrian civilians in a military hospital in Homs.
March 6, 2012
One Woman's Proposal to Halt the Violence in Syria
Over the past few months, one woman has driven the debate over whether and how the international community should intervene in the Syrian crisis.
March 2, 2012
First Post-Fukushima Safety Rules Approved by NRC
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission moved to adopt new safety regulations, eight months after the NRC's Fukushima task force issued its recommendations, and almost a year after the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan.
March 2, 2012