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MOSCOW: Russian dissident Ludmila Alexeeva and radical leftist leader Eduard Limonov were arrested by police Thursday in central Moscow during an opposition rally, reports and witnesses said.

Articles 08:03 12/30/2009 Israel has made a charade out of the entire system of procedural safeguards.

A dozen residents from Rockland and Westchester who traveled to Egypt to be part of a large international protest march in Gaza have been prohibited from entering the Palestinian territory.

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Published: Monday, December 28, 2009 at 10:16 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 28, 2009 at 10:16 p.m. BEIRUT, Lebanon A day after violent protests rocked cities across Iran, the authorities arrested at least a dozen opposition figures on Monday, including former Foreign Minister Ibrahim Yazdi, the human rights activist Emad Baghi and three top ...

The White House is poised to order all federal agencies to evaluate how any major actions they take, such as building highways or logging national forests, would contribute to and be affected by climate change A- a step long sought by environmentalists.

Police detained dozens of people at an anti-Kremlin protest on Thursday, including 82-year-old Lyudmila Alexeyeva, one of Russia's most respected rights activists.

See, PETA doesn't just make lists of the people who suck at getting dressed . Ellen DeGeneres and Tim Gunn have been named Woman and Man of the Year by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for their friendly ways toward those with fur, scales, gills and other creaturely attributes.

Senior White House aides privately have assured Latino activists that the president will back legislation next year to provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States .

The Humane Society of the United States has gotten involved in the search in eastern Kentucky to find out who burned a small dog with bacon grease, cut off his tail, gouged out an eye and broke his jaw.

Gay rights activists Jose Maria Di Bello and Alex Freyre marry in Ushuaia after refusal by Buenos Aires AP in Buenos Aires guardian.co.uk , Tuesday 29 December 2009 12.18 GMT Alejandro Freyre and Jose Maria Di Bello get married on 28 December 2009, becoming the first gay couple to legally marry in Latin America Photograph: HO/AFP/Getty Images They ...

Iranian security forces stormed opposition offices in a series of raids Monday and rounded up at least a dozen prominent dissidents in a new crackdown on the country's reformist movement, opposition Web sites and activists reported.

South African poet and former political prisoner Dennis Brutus, who fought apartheid in words and deeds and remained an activist well after the fall of his country's racist system, has died.

The punishing battle over healthcare is still unresolved, but the Obama administration is quietly laying plans to take up another issue that could generate even more controversy and political division--a major overhaul of the nation's immigration system.

Amnesty International today condemned the further and wholly avoidable loss of up to 8-15 lives in Iran during the 'Ashoura religious commemorations.

In a Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 photo, chinchillas are among the thousands of animals confiscated from U.S. Global Exotics in Arlington, Texas, on U.S. Global Exotics.

Thailand said on Tuesday it has completed its expulsion of thousands of ethnic Hmong to communist Laos, as human rights activists and diplomats voiced fears for their safety across the border.

The sister of Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi is among at least 18 people arrested in Iran as part of the regime's crackdown on the opposition, it was claimed today.

Tran Anh Kim stands in the dock in a provincial court in Thai Binh province, about 120km south of Hanoi, as seen from a closed circuit television yesterday A Vietnamese court yesterday sentenced a long-serving military officer turned pro-democracy campaigner to five and a half years in jail for attempting subversion against the communist regime.

Iranian authorities said Monday that they were holding the bodies of five slain anti-government protesters, including the nephew of the opposition leader, in what appeared be an attempt to prevent activists from using their funerals as a platform for more demonstrations.