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U.S. chided for aid to unsavory regimes
NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A decision from Washington to provide military aid to countries known to use child soldiers is abominable, said Human Rights Watch.
NEW YORK, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Washington needs to consider the age of Canadian militant Omar Khadr when handing down a sentence Wednesday, Human Rights Watch said.
Armey: Cheney misled me on Iraq
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Vice President Dick Cheney gave former House Majority Leader Dick Armey misleading information to win his support for the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a book says.
NEW YORK, April 7 (UPI) -- The Washington Post won six Pulitzer prizes when winners were announced in New York Monday.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- New York's Long Island University announced this year's George Polk Awards for excellence in journalism in 14 categories, led by a writer for the New Yorker.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Myanmar’s military junta is forcibly recruiting children, some as young as 10, to meet its military staffing shortage, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
NEW YORK, March 7 (UPI) -- A U.S.-based human rights group is marking International Women's Day with a call for greater protections for girls.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- The Sri Lankan government is knowingly allowing rebels to abduct children and train them as guerrillas, Human Rights Watch said in a report from New York.
NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch said Friday the use of child soldiers in Myanmar has not stopped, with the government resorting to coercion and force to recruit them.

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