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SAN SALVADOR, Nov 27 - Thousands of pages of declassified U.S. documents shedding light on the 1989 murders of six prominent Jesuit clerics, their housekeeper and her 16-year-old daughter in El Salvador could give a new twist to the case that opened in the Spanish courts in January.

BEIRUT: Efforts to secure the "right to return" for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are being hampered by their restricted access to human rights, a top UN official said Wednesday.

Bond delivers fiery message at Charleston NAACPa s 93rd Annual Freedom Fund Banquet On Friday November 20, 2009 the Charleston Branch of the NAACP, founded in 1917 celebrated its 93rd Annual Freedom Fund Banquet at the Performing Arts Center in North Charleston, SC.

BEIRUT: A degree in nursing may be this generation's bulwark against unemployment, say to recruiters at the Hariri School of Nursing at the American University of Beirut .

Even 150 years after it first appeared in print, Charles Darwin's 'On The Origin of Species' still fuels clashes between scientists convinced of its truth and critics who reject its view of life without a creator.

Transcendental Meditation may be an effective way to reduce depression, anxiety, blood pressure and anger among college students at risk for high blood pressure, says a new study set to appear in the December 2009 issue of the American Journal of Hypertension .

"I guess I'm making this a family business," said Jean-Georges Vongerichten, whose son, Cedric, is the executive chef at Perry St., and whose daughter Louise started working at Mercer Kitchen in the fall.

BEIRUT: Partial smoking bans in Lebanon have had some success but are undermined by lack of enforcement and wide acceptance of public smoking, a study by the American University of Beirut has found.

Lebanon: 2 hours, 14 minutes ago The American University of Beirut signed November 20 an agreement with Intel to join the Middle East Energy Efficiency Research Center for developing more energy efficient solutions.

Pat Aufderheidea s group at American University has published a study titled, Scan and Analysis of Best Practices in Digital Journalism In and Outside U.S. Public Broadcasting .

The Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective method to reduce blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and anger among at-risk college students, according to a new study to be published in the American Journal of Hypertension , December 2009.

It was when David Gross got out of the van he volunteered to drive for McKenna's Wagon, taking food to the homeless throughout Washington, that he had a "paradigm shift" about what he thought of homeless people.

A report released Monday by the Institute of International Education has indicated that the number of Middle Eastern students studying in the U.S. increased significantly over the last academic year.

Muslims in many countries are increasingly rejecting Darwin's theory of evolution, under the influence of conservative elements in Islam, a science conference was told yesterday.

BEIRUT: Lebanon's new national-unity Cabinet signals that the March 14 and March 8 political camps have retreated from the tactics of confrontation which led the country to the brink of civil war in May 2008, a number of analysts told .

WHEN I was about 10 years old, my father, an endodontist, bought a Radio Shack-brand TRS Model III computer in order to track billing.

For a brief moment, it looked as if civil war would break out on campus. Two clusters of excited young people faced off as the student election results came in: Hezbollah allies on one side, and right-wing Christian zealots on the other.

Date : Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:41:05 +0400 PAMBOOKIAN RECEIVES AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN PSYCHOLOGY University Chronicle Nov 12 2009 Professor Emeritus Hagop Pambookian received the OPA's Lifetime Achievement in Psychology Award.

The United Nations and Human Rights Julie Mertus is Nov. 17 Sidore Lecturer PLYMOUTH, N.H.--Julie Mertus, associate professor and co-director of the Master of Arts program in ethics, peace and global affairs at American University will discuss globalization and changes in the United Nations human rights system that provide new opportunities and an ...

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