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Five missing detainees denied habeas corpus in Uganda

Imagine being detained by government authorities without charge, without access to a lawyer, your whereabouts hidden from all of society. Imagine now that so much is going on in the world that mainstream media don’t have the time to tell your story, or the story of your four companions, all of which are going through the exact same thing.
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Santiago Calatrava and his project

NEW YORK -- A whole nation, if not the world, anxiously anticipates the day when they can visit the once melancholy location of the greatest terrorist attack in American history, and instead of reeling with the...
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Special Report: The resiliency of Mumbai

MUMBAI, India -- In a newly crafted display window, tucked in the back corner of the lobby of the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel, was a piece of art, aptly named the "Tree of Life." The work, beside a plaque ...
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Mumbai standoff ends

Top Indian news agencies, quoting police sources, are reporting that the standoff with attackers at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai has ended. Since Wednesday, 150 people have been killed in the violence that ...
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Online coverage of Mumbai attacks

As part of the breaking news coverage of the sudden attacks that took place today in Mumbai, India, Blast has received webcasts from the South Asian Journalists Association who covered these events via live...
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Terror in India

‚  At least 80 people have been killed, 250 injured and more held hostage in Mumbai, India, in coordinated terror attacks, according to news agencies. The attackers, armed with machine guns, bombs and gre...
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Epilogue

Certainly I have some personal stake in the health and safety of the 9/11 emergency responders. But so does everyone else. 9/11 was a day where we saw the worst of people and the best of people. In the backs...