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...While the Pentagon report declares that "all major violence indicators" have fallen between 40% and 80% "from pre-surge levels," the GAO sees some of that progress as based on the cooperation of Iraqis who remain sharply at odds with one another. The congressional watchdog office cites the so-called "Sons of Iraq" program, a largely Sunni group of militiamen now paid by U.S. taxpayers to keep the peace in their neighborhoods. More than 100,000 strong, the group has yet to reconcile its long-standing differences with the Shi'ite-led government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki...
...watchdog groups are already gearing up. "I hope parents use good judgment and don't let their kids watch it," says Melissa Henson, communications director for the Parents Television Council. "It's not appropriate for children." These MMA critics get Kimbo's blood boiling. "I would rather have my son watch MMA and learn to defend himself from a bully," he says, "than have him watch the hunting channel and see some guy blow a deer's head...
...report from the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency excoriated Iran for continuing to stonewall investigations into the country's nuclear program. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) accused Tehran of failing to disclose information about missile development, high-explosive testing and military involvement in the nuclear program--all of which could suggest a covert nuclear weapons program. The report provides ammunition for critics pressing Iran to stop uranium enrichment. Iran's parliament, meanwhile, elected as its speaker former nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani--who promptly denounced the report and said Iran may curtail its cooperation with the IAEA in the future...
...Sudan, Haiti and the Ivory Coast, according to the charity Save the Children U.K. A yearlong investigation unearthed hundreds of incidents; many had gone unreported or the predators unpunished. The organization, which had fired several of its own staffers for sexual misconduct, has called for creation of a watchdog group to police such abuses...
With the inefficacy of those options in mind, Save the Children has recommended the creation of a new global watchdog organization to monitor and evaluate agency efforts to tackle abuse. The group also recommends the U.N. create local systems within their individual operations to allow locals to log complaints. "We want it to be a lot easier for children to come forward in any country, in places where there's a legal system," said Nutt...