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Azerbaijan basks in glitz, fears exposure
On a recent evening on Baku's seaside promenade, throbbing Euro-dance music blared out from an open-air concert as families strolled by. Cafes serving ...
Russian lawmakers slap big sanctions on protesters
President Vladimir Putin targeted those who dare oppose him Tuesday, introducing draconian new fines for protesters and handing out Kremlin jobs to ...
Ex-Rutgers student gets 30 days in webcam case
A former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to spy on his gay roommate was sentenced Monday to just 30 days in jail — a punishment that ...
Lawyer: Jailed Bahrain activist granted bail
A court in Bahrain granted bail Sunday for a jailed rights activist, but he remained in detention to await another court hearing later this week, a ...
Gay marriage could be big voting issue in Colorado
Minutes after President Barack Obama endorsed gay marriage on May 9, Colorado's Democratic governor choked back tears as he ordered state lawmakers ...
Malawi's president vows to repeal gay ban
President Joyce Banda declared Friday she wants to repeal Malawi's laws against homosexual acts, going against a trend in Africa in which gays are ...
US eases economic sanctions to reward Myanmar
President Barack Obama on Thursday declared a new chapter in U.S. relations with Myanmar, easing an investment ban and naming the first U.S.
Wife visits jailed Bahraini hunger striker
The wife of a jailed Bahraini activist on hunger strike for more than three months says his condition appears better, but he is still only taking ...
Boycott of Ukraine during Euro 2012 carries risks
It's an ethical dilemma that has Western leaders in a bind: to boycott or not to boycott Ukraine-hosted matches in the European soccer championship ...
Impatient gay-rights groups keep pressure on Obama
The refrain sounded by his aides is accurate: Barack Obama has done more for the cause of gay rights than any president before him.
A guide to Egypt's pre-election turmoil
Questions and answers about Wednesday's violence in Cairo, in which at least 11 people were killed in clashes between suspected supporters of Egypt's ...
Human rights showdown awaits Clinton in Beijing
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived Wednesday in Beijing, where a tense human rights showdown awaits over the fate of a blind Chinese ...
Family: Islamist activist detained in UAE
Security agents detained a rights activist Sunday in the northern United Arab Emirates as part of an apparent widening crackdown on perceived ...
Widow of civil rights activist wants him home
When civil rights activist Ray Robinson arrived at Wounded Knee in April 1973 to stand alongside Native Americans in their fight against social ...
Medvedev predicts long life for tandem with Putin
President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday defended his upcoming job swap with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as a move that will strengthen democracy, and ...
Breivik: Insane diagnosis based on 'fabrications'
Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has slammed a psychiatric report that declared him insane, insisting it was based on "evil fabrications" meant to ...
Rulers in UAE emirate hold reformist member
A member of the ruling family in the northern United Arab Emirates was under palace guard Wednesday in an apparent crackdown on Islamist groups and ...
Tens of thousands protest military rule in Egypt
Egypt's Islamist and secular forces sought to relaunch the street uprising against Egypt's ruling military Friday, packing Cairo's Tahrir Square with ...
Tens of thousands protest military's rule in Egypt
Tens of thousands of protesters packed Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square on Friday in the biggest demonstration in months against the ruling military, ...
Amnesty: Saudi activist sentenced to 4 years
Amnesty International says a Saudi Arabian court has convicted a prominent rights activist of anti-state crimes and sentenced him to four years in ...
UK: 2 held in protest vigil at Bahrain embassy
British police on Tuesday arrested two activists who had occupied the rooftop of Bahrain's Embassy in a protest against the Gulf kingdom's Sunni ...
Belarus authorities release opposition activist
Belarus released a prominent opposition activist from prison Sunday, a move that suggested the authoritarian government is responding to pressure from ...
Romney courts gun-rights group in presidential bid
Running for the Senate in Massachusetts, Mitt Romney once assured voters in a state with strong gun-control laws: "I don't line up with the NRA." Now ...
Bahrain transfers hunger striker to prison clinic
An imprisoned Bahraini human rights activist, who has been on a hunger strike for more than 50 days has been moved to a prison clinic for medical ...
Sculptor Elizabeth Catlett dies in Mexico
Sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett, a U.S. expatriate renowned for her dignified portrayals of African-American and Mexican women and who was ...