In a ringing declaration indicating that America’s pre-World War II isolation was truly at an end, the U.S. Senate approves the charter establishing the United Nations. In the years to come, the United Nations would be the scene of some of the most memorable Cold War confrontations between the United States and the Soviet Union. Read more
This has to be shared. What kind government pushes for this? A guilty one.
Sudan is pushing for a vote to end the Independent Expert’s mission monitoring rights abuses in the country.
As violence and rebellion burn across Sudan, delegates from around the world gathered at the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, partly to discuss human rights in the war-torn country.
The Free Syrian Army has provided Reuters with breathtaking images of the devastation in Syria that they say were captured off of a government drone, according to NBC News’ photo blog. The images show destruction in the city of Homs, which has been a major battleground in the civil war now in its 33rd month. Even the most conservatives estimates of the conflict place the death toll at more than 115,000.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that number includes more than 41,000 civilians — including 6,000 children and 4,000 women. More than 2 million have registered as refugees from the Syrian crisis, according to the United Nations’ refugee agency. The situation is incredibly complex, with dozens of international and sectarian actors invested in the war.
An unmanned remote-controlled miniature aircraft with an attached camera, which rebels say belonged to forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, is seen inside a room in Homs, November 11, 2013. As for these images, they apparently came from this GoPro camera mounted on to a remote-controlled helicopter.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/syrian-rebels-captured-a-government-drone-2013-11#ixzz2kgvQxXV7
Maiden on the Midway 
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