Syria's UN human rights envoy defects in Geneva Aug 13th, 2012 - 16:30h (CET +01.00) Syria's top representative at the UN Human Rights Council said Monday he had defected because he no longer felt able in that position to do anything for the Syrian people. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : syria's, human, rights, envoy, defects, geneva, Top Keywords

The Uncle You Wish You Had and the Joy of Human Jukeboxes Aug 8th, 2012 - 23:20h (CET +01.00) We realize there's only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly ear... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : uncle, wish, human, jukeboxes, defects, geneva, Top Keywords

New Flat-Faced Human Species Possibly Discovered Aug 8th, 2012 - 19:30h (CET +01.00) New fossils from the dawn of the human lineage suggest our ancestors may have lived alongside a diversity of extinct human species, researchers say. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : flatfaced, human, species, possibly, discovered, geneva, Top Keywords

Humanitarian problems grow in besieged Aleppo Jul 31st, 2012 - 22:20h (CET +01.00) Humanitarian conditions have grown even more dire in the besieged Syria city of Aleppo with activists reporting on Tuesday dwindling stocks of food and cooking gas and only intermittent electricity supplies as droves of residents flee 11 days of inte... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : humanitarian, problems, grow, besieged, aleppo, geneva, Top Keywords

Global warming is due to humans: US ex-skeptic Jul 30th, 2012 - 22:30h (CET +01.00) A prominent US skeptic of the human causes of climate change, Richard Muller, has reversed course and said on Monday that he now believes greenhouse gases are responsible for global warming. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : global, warming, humans, exskeptic, aleppo, geneva, Top Keywords

Anti-nuclear 'human chain' to surround Japan parliament Jul 28th, 2012 - 23:30h (CET +01.00) Thousands of people are expected to form a "human chain" around Japan's parliament on Sunday as part of demonstrations aimed at ending nuclear power after last year's atomic crisis at Fukushima. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : antinuclear, 'human, chain', surround, japan, parliament, Top Keywords

Human rights in China deteriorating: US official Jul 25th, 2012 - 18:50h (CET +01.00) Human rights in China are worsening, a top US official said Wednesday after holding two days of talks in Washington with leading Chinese officials. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : human, rights, china, deteriorating, official, parliament, Top Keywords

US, China hold two days of human rights talks Jul 24th, 2012 - 00:00h (CET +01.00) The United States and China opened two days of talks on human rights here Monday, with Washington set to raise numerous issues including Tibet and the case of dissident Chen Guangcheng. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : china, days, human, rights, talks, parliament, Top Keywords

Actress urges action against human trafficking Jul 17th, 2012 - 19:40h (CET +01.00) Actress and activist Jada Pinkett Smith is urging Congress to step up the fight against human trafficking in the U.S. and abroad. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : actress, urges, action, against, human, trafficking, Top Keywords

GSK wins $3.0-bln takeover of Human Genome Sciences Jul 16th, 2012 - 18:50h (CET +01.00) British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline on Monday clinched the takeover of US research partner Human Genome Sciences Inc. after increasing its bid to $3.0 billion (2.4 billion euros). (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : wins, $30bln, takeover, human, genome, sciences, Top Keywords