TopNews

TopNews Stories and Blogs From Around the World

RIGHTS

Summary for: rights

Related results for RIGHTS as well as its synonyms, and relative terms appanage, apanage, birthright, prerogative,call, dibs, due, entitlement, perquisite, pretense, pretence, pretension, privilege

Results last updated June 19th, 2012

Articles Related to "RIGHTS"

HRW Blasts Egypt's Military Rulers

Human Rights Watch says recent moves by Egypt's ruling generals suggest that there will not be a "meaningful" handover of power to civilian rule by July 1, as promised.The generals who took over from

Image of: HRW blasts Egypt's military rulers

US Prosecutors Add Charges In Equatorial Guinea Graft Case

Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, son of the president of Equatorial Guinea, spent more than $300 million during a decade of high living financed by bribes and embezzlement, according to a new filing by

Image of: U.S. prosecutors add charges in Equatorial Guinea graft case

Syria Observer Chief Says Violence Derails Mission

The head of the U.N. observers in Syria said Friday a spike in bloodshed is derailing the mission to monitor and defuse more than a year of violence, raising questions about how effective the unarmed

Image of: Syria observer chief says violence derails mission

Obama Makes The Right Call On Immigrant Children

COMMENTARY | Immigration has temporarily thrown the economy onto the political back burner after a decision that might finally stop the U.S. from criminalizing people who have broken no

Image of: Obama Makes the Right Call on Immigrant Children

Lanai Seller To Keep Rights To Build Wind Farm

The billionaire selling 98 percent of the Hawaiian island of Lanai to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says he plans to keep rights to complete a wind farm project that has caused controversy among the

Image of: Lanai seller to keep rights to build wind farm

US Court Rules For Rumsfeld In Iraq Torture Suit

A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a former U.S. government contractor who claimed he was tortured while detained by the U.S. military in Iraq cannot sue former Defense Secretary Donald

Image of: Rights -

German Banker Admits Bribery In Ecclestone F1 Case

A former German bank boss admitted on Wednesday receiving tens of millions of euros in bribes from Formula One mogul Bernie Ecclestone, breaking months of silence in the case.In a shock move, Gerhard

Image of: Rights -

SuperEarth Exoplanets Could Be Better For Life

Click here to listen to this podcastSee The Life of Super EarthsTranscript to come.Follow Scientific American on Twitter @SciAm and @SciamBlogs. Visit ScientificAmerican.com for the latest in

Image of: Rights -

Suu Kyi Says Myanmar Must Clarify Citizenship Laws

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Monday Myanmar must clarify citizenship laws underlying ethnic tensions in the country, but declared she was unsure whether Muslim Rohingyas at the centre

Image of: Rights -

Mediaset Case Prosecutors Want Berlusconi Jailed

Italian prosecutors asked a court on Monday to sentence former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to three years and eight months in jail for fraud in connection with the purchase of broadcasting

Image of: Mediaset case prosecutors want Berlusconi jailed

1991 LA Police Beating Victim Rodney King Found Dead

Rodney King, the black man who came to symbolize racial tensions in the United States after his 1991 beating by police led to riots in Los Angeles a year later, was found dead in a swimming pool on

Image of: 1991 LA police beating victim Rodney King found dead

Lending A Helping Paw When Animals Cooperate Slide Show

Competition has been a vital force in the evolution of life on Earth, but it has not acted alone. Cooperation, too, has played an essential part. So argues mathematical biologist Martin Nowak of

Image of: Lending a Helping Paw: When Animals Cooperate [Slide Show]

Audra McDonald Wins Best Actress Musical Tony

Audra McDonald has won the Tony Award for best leading actress in a musical.Considered the favorite for her powerful portrayal of Bess in "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess," McDonald captured her fifth

Image of: Audra McDonald wins best actress musical Tony

2 Condemned In Killing Blamed For Myanmar Violence

A court in Myanmar has sentenced two men to death for the rape and murder of a Buddhist woman whose killing last month helped set off communal violence in which more than 50 people died, state media

Image of: 2 condemned in killing blamed for Myanmar violence

UN Chief Calls For 'sustained Pressure' On Assad

UN chief Ban Ki-moon called on the Security Council Tuesday to put "sustained pressure" on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, saying he was "gravely concerned" about the rising death toll, a top aide

Image of: UN chief calls for 'sustained pressure' on Assad

US Plans Significant Military Presence In Kuwait

The United States is planning a significant military presence of 13,500 troops in Kuwait to give it the flexibility to respond to sudden conflicts in the region as Iraq adjusts to the withdrawal of

Image of: US plans significant military presence in Kuwait

Sprint Says No Longer Clearwire Majority Owner

Sprint Nextel Corp said on Monday it no longer has a majority stake in Clearwire Corp and as a result was able to increase its voting rights in the venture without risk of a default trigger on its

Image of: Sprint says no longer Clearwire majority owner

Insight Immigration Ruling Won't Be End Of The Road

As the Supreme Court readies a decision on Arizona's tough immigration law, the consensus among advocates on both sides is that at least part of the measure will be upheld. If that happens, a

Image of: Insight: Immigration ruling won't be end of the road

Senate's Magnitsky Bill Could Keep Names Secret

A draft proposal to penalize Russian officials for human rights abuses has been rewritten in the Senate to let the U.S. government keep secret some names on the list of abusers, congressional aides

Image of: Senate's "Magnitsky" bill could keep names secret

Dwyane Wade Asks Court To Suspend Exwife's Child Visits

An attorney for Miami Heat basketball star Dwyane Wade asked a judge on Tuesday to suspend his ex-wife's child-visitation rights after she was charged with attempting to abduct their two sons.The

Image of: Dwyane Wade asks court to suspend ex-wife's child visits

Login

* Forgot your username?

* Forgot your password?

* I am not yet Registered!

Login with your account on:

[Coming soon!]

  • [facebook]
  • [google+]
  • [twitter]
  • [yahoo]
  • [MSN / Live]
  • [openID]
  • [more...]

Register

* I am already registered, I want to login!

Register with your account on:

[Coming soon!]

  • [facebook]
  • [google+]
  • [twitter]
  • [yahoo]
  • [MSN / Live]
  • [openID]
  • [more...]