Posts Tagged Human welfare

Palestinians march in annual mourning ritual

Palestinians with faces painted in the colors of a Palestinian flag participate in a rally marking the 64th anniversary of "Nakba", Arabic for catastrophe, the term used to mark the events leading to Israel's founding in 1948, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were forced from their villages during the war over Israel's 1948 creation, an event they commemorate every year as their "Nakba,". (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians on Tuesday marked their mass displacement that followed Israel’s creation with a blend of sadness and hope, stopping in their tracks for a mournful siren but also flashing victory signs and carrying banners proclaiming their right of return.

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Secret prison still open in Baghdad, group claims

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqis are still being held illegally at a Baghdad prison that the government was supposed to have shut down in 2011 after allegations that detainees were tortured and abused there, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.

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BU student in coma after deadly New Zealand crash

This undated family photo shows Meg Theriault, 21, a Boston University student injured in a crash in New Zealand on Saturday morning, May 12, 2012. Theriault was in intensive care Sunday at Waikato Hospital in New Zealand after surgery the previous day for her injuries. Three students were killed and four others were injured when their minivan rolled over on their way to walk the Tongariro Crossing. (AP Photo/Theriault Famly)

BOSTON (AP) — While studying abroad in Australia, Boston University junior Meg Theriault made sure to send flowers to her mother in Massachusetts before Mother’s Day.

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BU student in coma after deadly New Zealand crash

This undated family photo shows Meg Theriault, 21, a Boston University student injured in a crash in New Zealand on Saturday morning, May 12, 2012. Theriault was in intensive care Sunday at Waikato Hospital in New Zealand after surgery the previous day for her injuries. Three students were killed and four others were injured when their minivan rolled over on their way to walk the Tongariro Crossing. (AP Photo/Theriault Famly)

BOSTON (AP) — While studying abroad in Australia, Boston University junior Meg Theriault made sure to send flowers to her mother in Massachusetts before Mother’s Day.

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RI considers ‘Homeless Bill of Rights’

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Eddie Vega has been homeless for a year. He was waiting for a bus one day last week when a police officer rolled up to ask what he was doing and where he was headed. Vega said it’s the kind of subtle harassment that happens all the time.

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