Natalya Estemirova, who won numerous international awards for her work, was bundled into a car as she left her home in Grozny, the Chechen capital. Her body was later found by the side of a road in the neighbouring province ...Read More
LAS VEGAS -With nominations in five categories including album of the year, the Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Calle 13 is a favorite to win a Latin Grammy in Las Vegas — which might have producers of the international awards ceremony ...Read More
Four-legged screen stars are vying for the Fido Film Awards, billed as the canine equivalent of the Oscars. Nominees announced Friday include the animated dog stars of "Bolt" and "Up," the titular mutt in "Marley and Me" and - in a ...Read More
LONDON -- Four-legged screen stars are vying for the Fido Film Awards, billed as the canine equivalent of the Oscars. Nominees announced Friday include the animated dog stars of "Bolt" and "Up," the titular mutt in "Marley and Me" and-in a ...Read More
Activists from Colombia, Jordan and Afghanistan working to resolve armed conflicts and a Chinese dissident are at the center of speculation as contenders for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. As always, the secretive five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee has remained tightlipped about ...Read More
LEBANON, Pa. (AP) - A suburban mother who fought in court for the right to openly carry a loaded handgun at her daughter's youth soccer game was fatally shot Wednesday along with her parole-officer husband in an apparent murder-suicide at ...Read More
* Rights activists top list of Nobel Peace Prize candidates * Field wide open, Obama and Sarkozy among candidates * Committee seen cool on Chinese, Russian dissidents * Winner to be announced on Friday, Oct. 9 at 0900 GMT OSLO, Oct 7 (Reuters) - ...Read More
MOSCOW—Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Tuesday won a defamation lawsuit against a rights activist who blamed him for the killing of a colleague whose murder sparked international outrage. Moscow's Tverskoi district court ordered Memorial rights group chairman Oleg Orlov ...Read More
A Russian rights activist is defending himself in court against a defamation lawsuit brought by Chechnya's president. Oleg Orlov accused Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov of involvement in the July abduction and murder of well-known rights activist Natalya Estemirova. Kadyrov's denied the allegations ...Read More
GENEVA - The United States has sharply criticized Iran for its crackdown on opposition groups while gently chiding Russia and China for failing to protect human rights activists and minorities. The U.S. says Iran's crackdown after presidential elections in June "harshly ...Read More
Russian activists are blaming Prime Minister Vladimir Putin formaintaining a climate that resulted in Wednesday's murder in theCaucasus of journalist Natalya Estemirova. Her colleagues from theMemorial human rights organization and other groups told a Moscow newsconference that Mr. Putin's protégé ...Read More
Nigerians with deep roots in the restive Niger Delta areexpected to begin a protest march in the commercial capital Lagos, today(Tuesday) to press home their demands for an end to clashes in the region. Thiscomes after President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua ...Read More
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, April 13 (UPI) -- A United Nations official Monday called the weekend assassination of a prominent women's right activist in Afghanistan cowardly.Sitara Achikzai was fatally shot by two motorcyclists outside her home in Kandahar Sunday after a provincial ...Read More
A leading female Afghan politician was shot dead yesterday after leaving a provincial council meeting in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, which her colleagues had begged her not to attend. Sitara Achakzai was attacked by two gunmen as she arrived at her home ...Read More
