
UNHRC launches fact-finding mission into atrocities in eastern DR Congo – JURIST
The UN Human Rights Council established on Friday an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of inquiry into atrocities committed by all parties to the armed conflict in the eastern Democratic…
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On LawNext: CEO Nikole Nelson Returns with An Update on Frontline Justice’s Mission to Empower Justice Workers and Bridge the Justice Gap
In the United States, we face a staggering crisis in access to justice, with over 90% of low-income Americans’ civil legal needs estimated to be going unmet. But what if…
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UN Libya Mission alarmed by footage of brutal torture at Gernada detention facility – JURIST
The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expressed alarm on Tuesday regarding disturbing footage that demonstrates Libya’s serious human rights violations in the Garnada detention facility. These violations include torture…
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Guatemala and Salvador forces join UN-backed mission to combat gang violence in Haiti – JURIST
Guatemala and El Salvador sent soldiers to Haiti to join the Multinational Security Support (MSS) on Friday, according to the announcement of the Haitian National Police. This group, consisting of…
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UN independent mission urges respect for human rights ahead of Venezuela presidential inauguration – JURIST
An independent UN mission on Thursday urged Venezuelan authorities to respect all Venezuelans’ rights to life, liberty, and personal security. The mission also demanded the release of all arbitrarily detained…
Read More »Carter’s Mission to Build More Housing Became an Urgent National Issue
After Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter linked themselves to Habitat for Humanity, it grew and built homes for millions. Now, their cause is a national crisis. Source link
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The space station is leaking. Why it hasn’t imperiled the mission.
Some of the main modules of the International Space Station are nearly a quarter-century old. “That’s considered classic for a car,” said Bennett Maruca, an astronomer and physicist at the…
Read More »Harris’s Mission: Disqualify Trump, but Extend a Hand to His Voters
Kamala Harris, in her closing argument to voters, acknowledged an inescapable political reality: Donald Trump is not a fringe figure within his own party or the nation. Source link
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The Sierra Club’s California members are torn over its mission. Can a new leader forge consensus?
When Bobbi Jo Chavarria was invited to join her local Sierra Club chapter’s political committee, she saw it as an effort by its members to include “someone like me.” A…
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NASA’s Europa Clipper launches aboard SpaceX rocket
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Monday morning carrying a NASA probe designed to explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa and search for the building…
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NASA to search for signs of life on one of Jupiter’s moons
In 2015, Bill Nye was on Marine One with President Obama. The television personality and science advocate was officially there for an Earth Day event, but he took the opportunity…
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Vance Spafford and Mission Viejo football look unstoppable in win over Chaparral – Press Enterprise
The junior receiver catches five passes for four touchdowns and 186 yards – all before halftime — as Mission Viejo improves to 6-0. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already…
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Mission Viejo’s defensive line earns big chunk of the credit for state football championship – Orange County Register
MISSION VIEJO — Before his team’s state championship game Friday against Concord De La Salle, Mission Viejo football coach Chad Johnson was asked to identify his team’s unsung unit. Johnson…
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Mission Viejo football sprints past Granite Hills to win CIF SoCal 1-AA title – Orange County Register
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Mission Viejo quarterback Luke Fahey (3), with head coach Chad Johnson at his side, holds the CIF Southern…
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Kenya parliament approves deployment of police officers to Haiti in UN mission – JURIST
Kenyan lawmakers on Thursday endorsed a request to deploy over 1000 police officers to Haiti. The decision, shown in a televised broadcast from parliament, resulted from the presentation of a…
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Riverside’s Mission Inn Run sets 46-year record during sponsor turmoil – Press Enterprise
On Sunday I took part in my first 5K. Don’t get too excited. Heeding the message of the ’60s instrumental hit “Walk, Don’t Run,” I joined Riverside’s Mission Inn Run,…
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Mission Inn Museum may leave Riverside’s Mission Inn Hotel
The Mission Inn Museum could lose its home at its namesake’s historic confines in Riverside if the hotel and the foundation that runs the museum cannot agree on lease terms….
Read More »Florida Preacher Sentenced For Sexually Abusing Children On Mission Trips
A former preacher from Milton, Florida, Jason Robert Moore, has been sentenced to 60 years in prison on federal child sex abuse charges, Irene Wright reports for the Miami Herald….
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Abortion Rights Group Sees Mission Beyond ‘Pro-Choice,’ So It Has a New Name
NARAL Pro-Choice America, one of the country’s largest advocacy groups for abortion rights, announced on Wednesday that it had changed its name, a switch that illustrates the issue’s shifting politics…
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