UN rights body urges Libya to end widespread torture
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, Nov 2 (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights watchdog called on Libya on Friday to end what it called the systematic use of torture and to investigate allegations ... Full article
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Oct 13 - The chocolate industry is worth millions of dollars but cocoa farmers say they get peanuts for their produce At a recent summit in Ghana, cocoa producers from around Africa came together ...
By Oswaldo Rivas PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Soldiers searched for more bodies on Thursday after Hurricane Felix killed 38 people in Nicaragua, while 52 members of a group of ...
After year on year of food crisis appeals, is it time for a new kind of aid?
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Oct 13 - The chocolate industry is worth millions of dollars but cocoa farmers say they get peanuts for their produce At a recent summit in Ghana, cocoa producers from around Africa came together ...
By Oswaldo Rivas PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Soldiers searched for more bodies on Thursday after Hurricane Felix killed 38 people in Nicaragua, while 52 members of a group of ...
After year on year of food crisis appeals, is it time for a new kind of aid?
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When Ishmael Beah got caught up in Sierra Leone's civil war he was a 12-year-old boy obsessed by rap music. Within a year, he was a drugged-up killing machine. Beah spent more than two years ...
Inaction is not an option, says the UN's disaster prevention chief.
As the United Nations calls for help for 4 million displaced Iraqis, researcher Greg Hansen describes the risks faced by the aid workers trying to help them. I just got off the phone with ...
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