US asks Laos to probe alleged massacre of Hmong children
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The United States said it was taking &quot;very seriously&quot; reports that the Laotian military massacred ethnic Hmong children, urging Vientiane to launch a probe on the issue.
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The United States said it would seek clarification from China over remarks by former longtime foreign minister Qian Qichen criticizing President George W. Bush on the eve of elections.
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The White House said on Monday it  would consult with U.N. Security Council members about taking  punitive measures against those responsible for the killing of  former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, and to push for  an end to Syrian occupation.
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A U.S. human rights group urged German  prosecutors Tuesday to investigate accusations that Defense  Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and senior U.S. officers are guilty  of war crimes over the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal.
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Human Rights Watch urged the Indian government to launch a fresh probe into the mass killing of Sikhs following the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 20 years ago, and make a public commitment to prosecute those behind the violence.
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The Sri Lanka Red Cross on Monday demanded a probe into the killing of two of its volunteers amid a rash of abductions and murders in a renewed civil war, and urged the government and Tamil Tiger rebels to respect human rights.
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The United Nations said on Monday it  was &quot;deeply concerned&quot; about Thailand&#39;s deportation of 163  ethnic Hmong to communist-ruled Laos, where U.S.-based Hmong  exile groups say they face persecution and torture.
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The United States is calling on Russia to step up efforts to solve the three-year-old killing of Paul Klebnikov, an American journalist who was gunned down on a Moscow street.
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Foreign media in Laos for next week&#39;s ASEAN summit should expose rights abuses in the country, an international watchdog says.
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The National Reconnaissance Office has asked the Justice Department to consider opening a criminal investigation into recent disclosures about a highly classified satellite program that has prompted criticism in Congress because of escalating costs, two administration officials said yesterday.
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The US military is investigating 28 soldiers over the deaths in December 2002 of two detainees in American custody in Afghanistan, the US Army said.
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US police arrested nine people charged with plotting to use rifles and rockets to overthrow the communist government in the southeast Asian nation of Laos, a prosecutor in California said Monday.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell expresses the sympathy of the American people and President Bush for the loss of life in the tsunami tragedy, as he visits the Embassy of Thailand, in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004.
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The UN urges an independent investigation into reports of human rights abuses in Ethiopia's Ogaden region.
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A human rights group says the United States needs to need act faster and more transparently in its investigation into the abuse of prisoners held by the US military in Afghanistan.
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Reuters on Monday asked the U.S. military to conduct a full and objective investigation into the killing last week of two of its staff in Iraq after evidence emerged casting doubt on explanations given for their deaths.
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The US justice department is to launch a criminal inquiry into the CIA's wiping of interrogation tapes.