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Monday, February 17, 2014

UN panel urges action on N Korea abuses

UN panel urges action on N Korea abuses


UN panel urges action on N Korea abuses

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 07:20 AM PST

Panel report calls on the UN to refer human rights violations including 'deliberate starvation, forced labour [and] executions' to the International Criminal Court

Collector in talks over Nazi looted art

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 12:14 PM PST

Website gives art lover's version of events after more than 1,200 works seized. His father collected pieces confiscated in 1930s and 1940s

Erdogan criticised for judicial controls

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 11:51 AM PST

Fresh legislation tightening government control over Turkey's legal system raises concerns for rule of law, despite Ankara saying it had no alternative

Renzi sets out plans for first 100 days

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 10:42 AM PST

The 39-year-old leader of the centre-left Democrats intends to present reforms to constitution and new electoral law by end of this month

Georgia trial raises justice system fears

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 10:33 AM PST

Former prime minister and ally of Mikheil Saakashvili has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges of embezzlement and abuse of office

Mahama vows to diversify Ghana economy

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 09:59 AM PST

President John Mahama plans to put forward incentives for the private sector to shift economic growth away from cocoa, gold and oil production

Hollande tax pledge to foreign investors

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 09:29 AM PST

France not afraid to open itself up to world, says president, as he looks to enlist help from abroad to boost country's sluggish economy

New reformist paper hopes to boost Rouhani

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 08:51 AM PST

Centrist president struggling to get popular support for his policies as hardline control of media blocks him from publicising his message of reform

Chicago debates fall in gun crime

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 10:34 AM PST

The city's falling murder toll is a promising sign, but gun violence is a product of an intractable problem – longstanding economic decline

US-Mexico summit to discuss border issues

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 07:56 AM PST

Presidents Enrique Peña Nieto and Barack Obama will focus less on migrants and more on how the movement of goods has benefited both economies

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