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Red Cross Poll: Americans Warm to Torture and Indiscriminate Bombing
An International Red Cross poll shows more Americans and other Westerners than ever before are OK with harsh tactics, yet those under fire still hope the laws of war apply to them.”>
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Trump claims African American communities are in ‘worst shape ever’
Statement joined a list of controversies the Republican fended off Tuesday, including a report that he had used money from his charity for legal settlements
Fending off several controversies ...
9 Surprising Ways Ice Cubes Can Be Put To Use For Your Health And Home
Ice cubes probably don’t serve too much purpose in most people’s lives.
They make your drinks colder and possibly soothe your pain, but other than that, what are they good ...
Turkey unity rally draws thousands as post-coup torture claims emerge
Istanbuls Taksim square fills on Sunday for first cross-party rally to condemn coup plot against Recep Tayyip Erdoan
Many thousands of Turks massed on Sunday for the first cross-party ...
Thomas Sutherland, former Beirut hostage, dies
(CNN)Thomas Sutherland, who was held hostage in Lebanon for more than six years, died Saturday in Fort Collins, Colorado, according to Colorado State University, where he’d ...
Innocent women tortured in Mexico to boost arrest figures, report says
Research finds women were illegally arrested and raped to justify war on drugs and only a handful of perpetrators in law enforcement have been prosecuted
Tailyn Wang was two months ...
The worst I’ve seen trauma expert lifts lid on ‘atrocity’ of Australia’s detention regime
Exclusive: In his 43-year career, Paul Stevenson has worked in the aftermath of the Bali bombings and the Boxing Day tsunami but says nothing he witnessed was as bad as the treatment ...
Americans imprisoned in UAE are acquitted
(CNN)A court in the United Arab Emirates acquitted two U.S. citizens, a father and son, on Monday of criminal charges including engaging in hostilities in a foreign country, according ...
From Team Hillary to Vietnam Lobbyist
Did a lobbying firm close to Hillary Clinton help seal the deal to lift the U.S. arms embargo with Vietnam? “>
And its quite a coup for the government, which still rewards bloggers, ...
5 Things Adults Should Stop Being Nostalgic For
We all have our own nostalgias. Maybe you remember Full House well enough to let your TV spray diarrhea into your brain for the first season of Fuller House. You can’t help it. ...
Pfizer moves to block its drugs from being used in lethal injections
(CNN)Lethal injections will probably become more difficult to carry out in the United States because Pfizer, the second-largest pharmaceutical company in the world, has strengthened ...
Chelsea Manning Faces Solitary Confinement Over Suicide Attempt, Group Says