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Kerry meets with Russian NGOs as crackdown mounts

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:47:24 -0400

MOSCOW - Leading Russian activists said Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has assured them that Washington is talking with the Russian government on the Kremlin's crackdown on nongovernmental organizations that have received U.S. funding.

Nations at nuclear meeting say too many on alert

Fri, 03 May 2013 13:19:32 -0400

GENEVA - More than 100 nations concluding a round of global nuclear talks Friday expressed alarm that many nuclear weapons are kept at a high-alert level and are still being modernized, despite a promise to get rid of them.

British NGO challenges Goldman tax deal

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:43:17 -0400

LONDON - A British pressure group on Thursday challenged what it described as a sweetheart tax deal between U.K. authorities and Goldman Sachs, arguing that corporations are forgiven millions while the poor face the brunt of austerity measures.

NGOs: Violent racist attacks increase in Greece

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:10:58 -0400

ATHENS, Greece - The number of racially motivated attacks increased in Greece last year, as did the severity of the violence involved, human rights groups said Wednesday.