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Human Rights First Applauds Agreement Banning Abuse of Detainees

12/15/2005 05:00 AM

Senator John McCain and the White House announced today that they have reached an agreement on Senator McCain’s amendment banning abuse of detainees.

 

Faith-based Groups to Congress: Act on Gulf Coast Rebuilding before Christmas, Don't Cut Kids Healthcare

12/14/2005 10:26 PM

Faith-based Groups to Congress: Act on Gulf Coast Rebuilding before Christmas, Don't Cut Kids Healthcare

 

Kerry Tax Simplification Legislation Will Help Small and High-Tech Businesses; Bill Also Makes Small Business Expensing Increase Permanent

12/14/2005 10:00 PM

Kerry Tax Simplification Legislation Will Help Small and High-Tech Businesses; Bill Also Makes Small Business Expensing Increase Permanent

 

Reaction of Sen. Patrick Leahy To Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Denial of the Holocaust

12/14/2005 09:51 PM

Reaction of Sen. Patrick Leahy To Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Denial of the Holocaust

 

TransWorldNews, Inc. Revamps Website with Fresh New Look

12/14/2005 07:45 PM

 

Democratic National Committee: DeLay and Franks -- Two of A Kind

12/14/2005 01:15 PM

 

House Votes Overwhelmingly in Favor of McCain Amendment

12/14/2005 05:00 AM

Members of the House of Representatives from both sides of the aisle sent an emphatic message to the White House tonight, voting 308-122 to instruct House negotiators to include the Senate-passed M...

 

U.S. Senator John McCain to Appear on 'Corporate Strategies with Tim Connolly' Sunday, December 18, 2005 at 9:05 PM EST

12/13/2005 09:34 PM

U.S. Senator John McCain is scheduled to appear on "Corporate Strategies with Tim Connolly" Sunday, December 18, 2005. Senator McCain will discuss his new bestseller, Character Is Destiny, co-written

 

TransWorldNews Will Announce the Winners of the "Guess the Index Closings" Contest

12/13/2005 09:24 PM

 

BrainStorm Makes Progress Towards Human Stem Cell Therapy for Parkinson's

12/13/2005 08:53 PM

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics (OTCBB:BCLI), the developer of NurOwn(tm) bone marrow derived stem cell therapeutic products for the treatment of Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases, announc

 

World Ocean Observatory Establishes Web Site to Serve as Place of Exchange for Ocean Information and Education

12/13/2005 07:33 PM

The World Ocean Observatory, dedicated to public education about the world's oceans, announced today the establishment of its Web site -- http://www.thew2o.net -- an online place of exchange for ocean

 

New Study Pinpoints Epicenters of Earth's Imminent Extinctions; Groups Rally to Safeguard Hundreds of Imperiled Species

12/13/2005 03:55 PM

The American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) is joining conservation groups around the world to help stave off an imminent extinction crisis. New research, published today in the Proceedings of the

 

Health Savings Administrators Contracts with Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield to Provide Vanguard Mutual Funds for Health Savings Accounts

12/13/2005 03:40 PM

Health Savings Administrators has entered into an agreement with Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield and its family of companies to provide 20 Vanguard no load mutual funds for their Health Savings Ac

 

5 Things You Must Know Before You Retire So You Don’t End Up Living in Poverty or Suffering Emotionally

12/13/2005 03:03 PM

You are approaching potentially the most anticipated time in your life. It's called retirement. About half of today's workforce is at risk of poverty and emotional distress during retirement. With one

 

Aging Doesn't Cause Sleep Problems

12/13/2005 02:37 PM

According to natural health and wellness expert Dr. Joseph Mercola, seemingly age-related sleeping problems are really due to health conditions, medication usage and lifestyle issues. He offers numero

 

3rd Annual World Spirituality Day December 31: An Earth Day for the Spirit

12/09/2005 08:59 PM

Add a unique new Spirit to your pre-New Years Eve celebrations by attending or creating a World Spirituality Day event.

 

Ex CIA Director, Ex CIA Counterterrorism Director, Intelligence Experts Announce Support for McCain Anti-Torture Amendment; Letter Delivered to McCain as Defense Bill Conferees Prepare to Meet

12/09/2005 06:28 PM

Former CIA Director Stansfield Turner, former CIA Counterterrorism Center Director Vincent Cannistraro, and 30 retired CIA and other professional intelligence and interrogation experts today wrote Sen

 

Former CIA Director, Former CIA Counterterrorism Director, 31 Other IntelligenceExperts Announce Support for McCain Anti-Torture Amendment to Defense Bill

12/09/2005 05:00 AM

Former CIA Director Stansfield Turner, former CIA Counterterrorism Center Director Vincent Cannistraro, and 31 retired CIA and other professional intelligence and interrogation experts today wrote ...

 

Timor Leste Should Release Truth Commission Report without Delay

12/09/2005 05:00 AM

In an open letter to East Timorese President José Alexandre Gusmão, Human Rights First congratulated the Timorese leadership and called for the prompt release of the full report of that country’s t...

 

Human Rights First Urges U.S. to Afford International Red Cross Monitors Immediate Access to All U.S.-Held Detainees

12/09/2005 05:00 AM

Following the statement today by Secretary of State legal adviser John Bellinger that the United States is denying the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) access to prisoners in U.S. cu...