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Feb 28

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Supreme Court Weighs Corporate Liability in Human Rights Cases

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Dec 15

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'Disturbing Signs' of Armed Clashes in Syria Suggest Death Toll Will Grow

In an effort to stop Syria's rising death toll and human rights abuses, the U.S., European Union, Arab League and Turkey have tightened sanctions on the country and its president, Bashar al-Assad. Margaret Warner discusses the growing violence with Assistant…

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Dec 04

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The Gray Area of Gay Refugees

A gay Ugandan couple fled to a Kenyan refugee camp after being disowned by their families and threatened by their community.

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Oct 10

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News Wrap: Americans Win Nobel for Economic Growth, Inflation Research

In other news Monday, two Americans won the 2011 Nobel Prize in economics. Christopher Sims and Thomas Sargent were honored for their work in the 1970s and '80s on how government policies can affect economic growth and inflation. Also, Syrian…

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Jun 17

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Could Saudi Women's Driving Protest Usher in Social Reforms?

Videos posted on YouTube Friday showed several Saudi Arabian women driving in Riyadh and other cities -- a direct violation of a religious ban that prohibits women to drive a car or obtain a drivers license. Judy Woodruff discusses the…

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Jun 17

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Saudi Women Take the Wheel to Protest Religious Ban on Driving

Some Saudi Arabian women coordinated through social media to get behind the wheel Friday in protest of a religious ban on them driving legally. Judy Woodruff reports on the women who risked arrest to fight for new rights.

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Jun 15

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Sri Lankan Government Accused of Human Rights Abuses Near Civil War's End

It's been just two years since some resemblance of peace returned to the island nation of Sri Lanka, with its 25-year civil war drawing to a close. But now, Britain's Independent Television News charges that government forces herded thousands of…

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Jun 07

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To Combat Human Rights Abuses, California Company Looks to Computer Code

A California company using high-tech tools to combat human rights abuses across the globe.

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May 10

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U.S. Steps Up Challenge to China on Human Rights

The Obama administration has stepped up criticism of China's human rights record in recent days. Judy Woodruff discusses the issue with Human Rights Watch's Phelim Kine and former President of the U.S.-China Business Council Robert Kapp.

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Jan 19

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Will U.S.-China Talks Reset Tone in a Competitive Relationship?

Jeffrey Brown examines the undertones of the meetings between Presidents Hu and Obama with Susan Shirk of the University of California's Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, George Washington University's David Shambaugh and Minxin Pei of Claremont McKenna College.

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