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Washington, D.C., and Brussels May 14, 2013 - Today Food & Water Watch and its European project Food & Water Europe released the first comprehensive analysis of the U.S. government's strategy, tactics and foreign policy objectives to promote pro-agricu...

May 14, 2013 - Despite the country's restrictive abortion law, many women in Tanzania resort to abortion when faced with an unintended pregnancy. A new report, "Unsafe Abortion in Tanzania: A Review of the Evidence," by the Guttmacher Institute and the...

HONG KONG, May 14, 2013 - China's punitive laws and policing practices against sex workers are leading to serious abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report published today. These abuses include police violence, arbitrary detention of up to two years ...

May 14, 2013 - Canadian, Quebec and U.S. groups have launched a public petition to urge oil and gas company Lone Pine Resources to drop a $250-million NAFTA lawsuit against Quebec's moratorium on shale gas extraction (fracking). The petition, sponsored...

May 14, 2013 - "The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected," wrote Thomas Paine in 1795. Yet contrary to popular belief, there is no affirmative right to vote in the U.S. Constitution. This gap in ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 13 - The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced the public launch of the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund through which NFWF will administer and monitor $2.544 billion from plea agreements resolving certain cr...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. May 14, 2013 - Responding to complaints from independent monitors of U.S. fishing fleets that they are discouraged from reporting violations, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has agreed to improve how those offenses are han...

May 13, 2013 - Since 1931, the California Book Awards have honored the exceptional literary merit of California writers and publishers. Each year a select jury considers hundreds of books in search of the very best in literary achievement. Eligible boo...

May 13, 2013 - Countries in which girls are commonly married before the age of 18 have significantly higher rates of maternal and infant mortality, report researchers in the current online issue of the journal Violence Against Women. The study, by Ani...