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 The electric chair used to put 441 Georgia inmates to death over the past 77 years has been replaced Striving to abolish the death penalty
Taipei Times  The Fourth World Congress Against the Death Penalty, organized by Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort (Together Against the Death Penalty) and sponsored by the Swiss Confederation in partnership with the... (photo: AP Photo)
UN cites growing evidence against death penalty UN cites growing evidence against death penalty
Zeenews  New York: Over 70 countries favour the abolition of death penalty, a top UN official said at a World Congress held to discuss against the practise. The Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva,... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré)
Wolfsburg's head coach Felix Magath, left, receives flowers by Martin Winterkorn, CEO of German carmaker Volkswagen AG, right, prior to the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and Werder Bremen in Wolfsburg, Germany, on Saturday, May 23, 2009. Felix Magath shrugs off title talk but Schalke can't help but impress
The Guardian The only person who doesn't believe Magath can work his title-winning magic two seasons running is the man himself... (photo: AP / Fabian Bimmer)
Bayern's Lukas Podolski celebrates after scoring during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and MSV Duisburg in Duisburg Podolski dents Bayern title hopes as Schalke close in (Roundup)
m&c Berlin - Lukas Podolksi ended his goal drought to put a dent in Bayern Munich's title hopes as only the Germany striker's second goal of the season helped Cologne to a 1-1 draw at home to the record... (photo: AP / Frank Augstein)
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People crossing the street with slight rainfall at the SMX Convention, Manila, Philippines as seen in this May 1, 2009 photo. How they stand on population
Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—Talk of the Town is running the stand of presidential candidates on a number of issues, starting with the country's fast-growing population, now... (photo: WN / RTayco)
President Barack Obama meets employees as Daniel Yates, right, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of OPOWER, a smart grid and energy efficiency software company that works with utility companies to help customers use less energy, looks on before he speaks about clean energy and job creation, Friday, March 5, 2010, in Arlington, Va. Obama Leans Toward Switch to Military Trials on 9/11
Wall Street Journal By JONATHAN WEISMAN and EVAN PEREZ WASHINGTON—The Obama administration now favors trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other alleged Sept. 11, 2001, plotters in a... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
2010 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Adrenalin photographed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the 2010 Montreal International Auto Show. Bob Ford: Fighting is hockey's problem
Philadelphia Daily News By Bob Ford Inquirer Sports Columnist Even in retrospect, nearly a week after all the buzz surrounding the Olympic gold-medal hockey game between the U.S. team and Canada... (photo: Public Domain / Bull-Doser)
AUGUST 5 , 2008 , SAN JUAN CITY , PHILIPPINES - FORMER PRESIDENT JOSEPH " ERAP " ESTRADA GLANCED TO THE CROWD AS HE WAS WELCOMED DURING HIS 39TH POLITICAL ANNIVERSARY AT TEATRINO , PROMENADE , GREENHILLS . Erap dislodges Villar on 2nd place — Maceda
The Daily Tribune By Gerry Baldo 03/05/2010 CEBU CITY — Former President Joseph Estrada, who has been consistently rating in third place following Liberal Party presidential contender... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Toyota Yaris, 2. Generation Toyota hearings may lead to new auto safety rules
The Boston Globe WASHINGTON-After skewering top Toyota executives in three congressional hearings, lawmakers and federal safety officials will now decide if the auto industry needs new... (photo: Creative Commons / Randy43)
A poultry for chicken located in Zamboanga Province , Philippines , November 11 , 2008. Chickens get their moment to shine
The Oklahoman NORMAN - When I was growing up, I had an aunt who kept chickens. She was particularly proud of her Dutch bantam rooster, but she loved all her chickens so much she called... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Skulls lie on display at the Ntarama Genocide Memorial, Sunday, April 4, 1999. The memorial occupies a former Catholic Church which lies 28 km (17 miles) south of Kigali, Rwanda. About 5,500 people were killed here during the April 1994 genocide after seeking refuge in the church. On Wednesday, April 7, 1999, a week of national mourning culminated in a mass reburial of 20,000 Tutsis slaughtered at a Roman Catholic church in Kibeho, 60 miles south of Kigali. Five years ago, a plane carrying Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana was downed in what would serve as a signal for Hutu soldiers, officers and militiamen to take out death lists and hunt down Tutsis and those Hutus opposed to extremism. After 90 days of terror, more than 500,000 were kille Rwanda ex-president's wife arrested
Al Jazeera French police have arrested Agathe Habyarimana, the widow of Rwanda's assassinated former president, who is wanted in her home country in connection with genocide... (photo: AP / Thomas Swejck)
 A Lebanese army soldier, stands next to Lebanese flags in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanese admits role in Hezbollah leader 2004 killing
The Star BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese arrested on suspicion of spying for Israel has confessed to have helped in the assassination of a Hezbollah commander in 2004, a senior... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
 Islamic Jihad Palestinian women supporters demonstrate holding portraits of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Gaza City, 17 July 2006 . (WN/Ali Hassan)SJ1 Hezbollah chief warns against Israeli-US spies
Middle East Online BEIRUT- Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah warned the Lebanese government on Monday against sharing telecommunications information with the United States, saying any such... (photo: WN/Ali Hassan)
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Members of the detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party read state-run newspapers carrying military government's announcement on election laws at the party's headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, March. 9, 2010. Myanmar's ruling junta will appoint the commission that will have final say over the country's first elections in two decades, state-run newspapers announced Tuesday as the country's military rulers began unveiling the laws that will govern this year's balloting.
Myanmar election law bars Aung San Suu Kyi from polls
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 Unidentified Saudi women walk along a suburban street in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in this Nov. 15, 2006
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem "Navi" Pillay speaks during a press conference after the opening of the Durban Review Conference (UN's Conference against Racism) at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, April 20, 2009. The Durban Review Conference, to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, 20-24 April 2009, will evaluate progress towards the goals set by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.
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Accompanied by two of his top supporters in the race for president, U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, left, and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, right, U.S. Sen. John McCain
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