Report: Global executions on rise
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More people were put to death last year &#151; 5,628 &#151; than in either of the previous two years, with China alone accounting for 5,000 executions, an anti-death penalty group reported Thursday.
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Infectious diseases are spreading faster than ever, the World Health Organization annual report says.
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The province of Darfur in western Sudan is the newest global hot spot. All of a sudden our corporate media are full of reports by US and UK-based human rights organizations alleging mass murder, rape and ethnic cleansing.
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A report from the W.H.O. warns that new infectious diseases are emerging at an âunprecedented rate.â
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The United Nations warned nearly  90 countries including the United States and most of Europe on  Thursday to prepare for more deaths from heroin overdoses  because of surging opium production in Afghanistan.
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Figures seen by the BBC show that self-inflicted deaths in English prisons reached a new monthly high in August.
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A recent rise in violent crime accelerated in the first half of 2006, providing the clearest sign yet that the nation is in the midst of a prolonged increase in murder, assaults and other violent offenses, the FBI reported today.
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PARIS, Feb 19 (IPS) - If it were not for a handful of countries  persisting  in carrying out executions, activists for the   abolition of the death penalty around the world would have  departed for  home after their  Third World Congress which took  place in Paris from Feb 1 to 3, saying:  "Mission   accomplished".
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Suspensions and fines hit a record high, even as some defend a culture of 'experimentation.'
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The UN Security Council moved on several fronts to tackle the global upsurge in terrorist attacks, calling on all countries to prosecute or extradite terrorist suspects and starting a process that could lead to a greatly expanded list of terrorists
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The indiscriminate killing of civilians by death squads and insurgents in Iraq reaches new levels, the UN says.
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Mumbai, Nov. 24: The number of women infected with HIV has gone up alarmingly in all parts of the world over the past two years, with the steepest increase in east Asia, followed by eastern Europe and central
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According to a U.N. report, 3,709 Iraqis were killed in October, up slightly from the previous high in July.
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High levels of  may be killing off people living in cities around the world, experts suspect.
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The United Nations warned nearly 90 countries including the United States and most of Europe on Thursday to prepare for more deaths from heroin overdoses because of surging opium production in Afghanistan.
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China, a frequent target of overseas human rights organisations, has promised to improve the treatment of its prisoners, especially those on death row, state press reported Monday.
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Figures seen by the BBC show that in August self-inflicted deaths in English prisons reached a new monthly high.