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- Shell to Pay Out $15.5 Million to Settle Landmark Lawsuit over Death of Nigerian Activist Ken Saro-Wiwa
The oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay a $15.5 million settlement to avoid a trial over its alleged involvement in human rights violations in the Niger Delta. The case was brought on behalf of ten plaintiffs who accused Shell of complicity in the 1995 executions of Nigerian writer and en… more
Tue Jun 09 02:41pm IRST
- Sen. Bernie Sanders and Nurses Union Leader Rose Ann DeMoro Urge Obama to Embrace Single-Payer Healthcare System
President Obama is expected to host a group of Democratic Congress members at the White House later today. The meeting comes one week after Obama said he would consider supporting a mandate-based approach to healthcare and the creation of a public insurance option. more
Tue Jun 09 03:11pm IRST
- Headlines for June 9, 2009
CIA: Keep Documents from Bush Era Sealed Shell Pays $15.5 Million in Niger Delta Case Peruvian Indigenous Leader Seeks Asylum Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Don t Ask, Don t Tell Supreme Court Justices Delay Sale of Chrysler Court: Judges Must Avoid Appearance of Bias Court Declines to Hear Cas… more
Tue Jun 09 02:30pm IRST
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Source: Democracy Now!
- Habakkuk 3:19
“The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights. For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com . Copyright (C) NIV. All Rights Reserved. more
Mon Jun 08 03:38pm IRST
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Source: Bible Gateway's Verse of the Day
- Young brides: A miserable life for little girls in Saudi Arabia
In Islam, there is no such concept of free will, especially with respect to women folk. They are treated as mere commodities in the hands of men. They are battered, molested, killed when they ask for freedom. To make the situation worse, women have given no say in their own marriage. Girls less tha… more
Mon Dec 22 03:41pm IRST
- The painful lives of Iraqi women go on on...
What would a woman get if she dares to hold a professional job? Abduction, rape and murder, yes this is what she would receive at least in Iraq! Religious extremists in the southern Iraqi city of Basra are busy slaughtering the women folk who are going against their religious doctrines by stepp… more
Sun Sep 14 08:14pm IRST
- Do muslim women in western society have a choice?
Morsal Obeidi was just 16, she wanted to live like the other girls in Germany. Free to make choices. But she paid dearly for aspiring to be free, her brother stabbed her 20 times. This honour killing right in the heart of Germany has sparked huge debate about muslim women, the choices they have an… more
Mon Sep 15 07:01pm IRST
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Source: The Muslim Woman