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...Human Rights tends to leave such decisions to individual governments. Eloquent in Death AZERBAIJAN Thousands of opposition supporters attended the funeral of murdered journalist Elmar Huseynov in Baku, despite a warning from President Ilham Aliyev against turning the event into an antigovernment protest. Huseynov, editor of the weekly magazine Monitor, and an outspoken critic of the government, was gunned down outside his apartment in what the Council of Europe called an "attack on freedom of expression." Standing Ground DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO The United Nations Security Council issued a statement supporting the actions of U.N. troops who killed more than...
...fact, while several Congressional committees are assigned to monitor spy agencies, the NSA told the House of Representatives that the “long-standing policy within in the United States Intelligence Community” is to “refrain from commenting on actual or alleged intelligence activities.” The most that the NSA was willing to do was pledge that the agency “operates in strict accordance with U.S. laws and regulations in protecting…privacy rights...
With media outlets as disparate as the Christian Science Monitor and Slate covering the story, Larry Summers’ reputation in the public eye as an insensitive, blundering loudmouth may now be cemented beyond repair...
...beauty of the Fogg, in all of its Italian palazzo-styled glory, has impressed patrons almost as much as the artwork itself, but the temperature issue proves difficult to resolve as renovations commence. For now, Benefield says that the museum curators will continue to carefully monitor the building and keep temperatures as constant as possible...
...pressure for action grew so intense by last week that the FDA was forced to take action. On the eve of an extraordinary three-day hearing to air grievances resulting from the Vioxx and Celebrex snafu, it announced plans to create a new safety board to monitor drugs for unexpected side effects that show up after the drugs have gone on sale. Meanwhile, the Bush Administration finally moved to fill a one-year power vacuum at the top of the organization by nominating its acting chief, Dr. Lester Crawford, to be the FDA's permanent head...