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Presidents Meet to Discuss How to Bring Peace in DRC

The M23 rebels led by General Bosco Ntaganda in April 2012 launched a rebellion on the Government of President Kabila leading to the displacement of over 250,000 people.

(KAMPALA) - Leaders of great lakes region are meeting in Uganda in the 4th fourth emergency summit on the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.(DRC)

The meeting which started today morning is being held at Speke Resort Munyonyo in the outskirts of Uganda's capital Kampala.

REAP team Visits Remote Area School Near Rawalpindi Pakistan

REAP is also extending hands toward world’s big organizations so that with the help of the world big patron REAP can provide better opportunities to the oppressed people of Pakistan.

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - Reformation for Empowerment and Alleviation of Poverty (REAP) management has visited their school in a far away village school last day.

REAP a non-profit organization aim to provide education, enhance interfaith harmony and to work to alleviate poverty.

Demonstration during President Thein Sein`s Asia Society Speech in NYC

Burma Task Force USA will not sit idly until the situation in Arakan and restoration of Rohingyas human rights are established.

(NEW YORK CITY) - Rohingya Concern International (RCI) actively participated under the banner of Burma Task Force/New York in the demonstration held on September 27, 2012 while Burmese President Thein Sein was delivering a speech at Asia Society/NYC.

In his speech RCI- President said that Rohingyas are bona fide citizens and an imdegenous people of Burma/Myanmar.

The Price Of Hatred - OpEd

In repressive and authoritarian societies where the government controls most outlets of social media, its views define the narratives on most matters.

(BANGKOK) - In our time there is no denying of the enormous influence of the social media employing web- and mobile-based technologies to support interactive dialogue and communication between organizations, communities and individuals.

Thus, mass communication which was once a very expensive avenue to propagate one’s views is now almost a free item.

Uzbekistan: Arrest of Human Rights Defender Gulshan Karaeva

Gulshan Karaeva has previously been the subject of threats and intimidation; her dog has been poisoned, she has been physically attacked.

(SALEM) - Human rights defenders in Uzbekistan need to know their government will enforce their right to operate without fear of reprisals and free of all restrictions and reprisals, including judicial harassment.

At this point, the very opposite is still taking place and it is taking a toll on human rights defender Ms Gulshan Karaeva, who was arrested in late September and charged with “Slander”, and “Insult”.

Attack on Sri Lankan Judge Allegedly by a Deputy Minister

The persons who had attacked Thilekaratne had even taken his mobile phone.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Guardian) - The attack on the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) Secretary Manjula Thilekaratne by four persons this morning had been carried out with the intervention of a higher political office, government sources said.

The JSC Secretary who was injured in the attack is being treated at the Colombo National Hospital.

New Mexico Immigrant Advocates Hail Court Action

Neither the Governor’s office nor Secretary Padilla immediately issued statements on the outcome of the First Judicial District Court case.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Immigrant advocates in New Mexico are praising a court that ends a controversial driver’s license certification program implemented last year by the state Motor Vehicle Division.

Maria Cristina Lopez with the group Somos un Pueblo Unido, called it a
"discriminatory program" and said it was, "clearly intended to fuel an anti-immigrant political agenda...”

A Bi-polar History of Canada The 18th Century: The Age of Reason (at least in Europe)

Canada has no colonial history -Prime Minister Stephen Harper

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - The 18^th Century history of Canada is divided into three brief periods of peace, following three treaties – the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763.

Except for the Treaties, it was pretty well a continuous war, whenever the English and French weren't resting or doing wars in Europe.

35 Deaths from Fungal Meningitis: Victims Received Spinal Steroid Shots for Back Pain

The company that supplied the steroid is what is known as a "Compounding pharmacy".

(PORTLAND, OR) - 35 people in six states — Tennessee, Virginia, Maryland, Florida, North Carolina and Indiana — have contracted fungal meningitis, five of them have died, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

All victims so far received spinal steroid shots for back pain, which is a highly common treatment option, but officials wonder and question of the victim list stops there.

The Selective Saintliness; Real Story Behind Release of Kidnapped Baloch Fishermen

A German journalist helped convince pirates to free 22 Baloch fishermen last November.

(Occupied Balochistan) - The fates of Baloch fishermen, who were under the captivity of Somali pirates for almost a year, have finally been changed, as a German journalist, Wolfgang Bauer, comes in to help these formerly helpless fishermen.

On 25th of November, these fishermen were finally released from Somali captivity and now are back amongst their loved ones.