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Taylor first rose to power as a warlord during Liberia’s bloody civil war in the 1990s. After the war ended in 1996, he defeated Johnson-Sirleaf to become president. He was elected with the campaign slogan, “He killed my ma, he killed my pa. I’ll vote...
...Number of sexual-abuse claims filed against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, which released files on 126 accused priests last week and could pay up to $500 million in civil settlements...
...Number of sexual-abuse claims filed against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, which released files on 126 accused priests last week and could pay as much as $500 million in civil settlements...
Discontent and protest are on the rise across China. Zhou Yongkang, China's Minister of Public Security, reported recently that in 2004 there were 74,000 "mass incidents"?demonstrations, riots and other acts of civil disobedience. That's an average of 200 a day; a worrisome number for China's leaders, who, at a plenary session of the Chinese Communist Party last week, reaffirmed their calls to build a "harmonious society." If the leaders put so much emphasis on social harmony, why does unrest persist...
...over democracy that accompanied the January poll was gone as well. The subject of their vote was sobering: the proposed permanent Iraqi constitution, a document that supporters say will secure the country's future and unite Iraqis but one that opponents contend will lead to Iraq's dissolution and civil...