More Americans older than 55 are being imprisoned, and many prisons are unprepared to provide them with health care, Human Rights Watch said in a new report.

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Older Prisoners Mean Rising Health Costs, Study Finds

BAGHDAD — Iraq “cracked down harshly” on freedom of expression and assembly in 2011 by intimidating, beating and detaining activists and journalists, Human Rights Watch said Sunday in its World Report 2012 . Read full article > >

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New human rights report details crackdowns in Iraq

Syrian authorities have moved perhaps hundreds of detainees to military sites to hide them from Arab League monitors, Human Rights Watch said.

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Rights group: Syria hiding detainees

The coach stood near midcourt, whistle and stopwatch hanging around his neck, hoping to squeeze in another drill. But as Eddie Jordan tried to teach his newest charges one last thing, their hour on a rented recreation center court was up. A man had come in twice, pointing to his watch each time, signaling it was time to get out. A dozen youngsters were waiting to get in a game of dodgeball before the Jazzercisers came in. Read full article > >

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Ex-Wizards coach Eddie Jordan takes over freshman team at Carroll

Forces loyal to Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi pummeled the city of Misrata with rockets Saturday, a witness said — a day after Human Rights Watch said Gadhafi’s troops fired cluster bombs into civilian areas.

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Gadhafi forces shell rebel-held Misrata

The United Nations, NATO, the U.S. Air Force, and even Human Rights Watch have, strangely enough, been directing Twitter followers to an Internet domain controlled by the regime of Muammar Gaddafi. Libya’s Internet domain happens to be the English…

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Libya Domain Dominates Twitter

A special unit of the Uganda police carries out torture, extortion and extrajudicial killings, according to a Human Rights Watch report.

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Ugandan police accused of torture

At least 104 people have been killed in Libya since protests erupted, Human Rights Watch says, after troops reportedly use heavy weaponry.

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Toll from Libya unrest ‘tops 100′

There has been sharp increase in attacks on civilians in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, Human Rights Watch says.

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‘Sharp rise’ in Darfur violence

There has been sharp increase in attacks on civilians in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, Human Rights Watch says.

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‘Sharp rise’ in Darfur violence

TV Watch: Representative Michele Bachmann, Republican of Minnesota, offered a stern rebuttal to the president’s speech.

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The Caucus: TV Watch: Michele Bachmann’s Rogue Rebuttal Defies Unity Theme

The lesson of the past few years: Watch out for things that can go massively wrong. What could go massively wrong in 2011?

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Frum: Mexico’s drug war nightmare

A picture of Bernie Ecclestone’s bruised face is being used in an advert for the watch he had taken in a mugging last month.

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F1′s Ecclestone mugging used in advert

The narrative of Obama’s presidency remains vague and defined more by the events that have taken place on his watch than by his own agenda, writes The Root’s Lawrence Bobo. This is because of Obama’s professorial pursuit of what Bobo calls “the three…

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Obama Needs to Become a Leader

Billionaire investor George Soros is to give $100m to the organisation Human Rights Watch over the next 10 years.

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