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WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (OneWorld.net) - Hundreds of people in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo were recently massacred by a Ugandan rebel group, bringing to a halt a short period of relative calm in the war-torn country.

WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (OneWorld.net) - People living in the historically conflicted area of Kashmir are concerned that rising tensions between India and Pakistan -- provoked by the Mumbai terrorist attacks -- may culminate in conflict.

WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (OneWorld.net) - Israel should immediately allow journalists and human rights monitors into the Gaza Strip as their presence could help reduce casualities by detering abuse by both sides to the conflict, urged an international human rights watchdog Monday.

WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (OneWorld.net) - Hopi and Navajo leaders in Arizona are vowing to fight against a U.S. government decision granting a permit to a coal company that that say has exploited their sacred lands and depleted 60 percent of the tribes' only water source.

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 1 (OneWorld.net) - Amid growing concerns about a possible humanitarian disaster, international aid organizations and human rights groups are urging the United Nations Security Council to take immediate action against the ongoing Israeli military aggression in Gaza that has resulted in nearly 400 deaths and injuries to over 1,000 people.

WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (OneWorld.net) - Human rights organizations in Muslim-majority countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East have expressed "grave concern" for the personal safety of Shirin Ebadi as the renowned human rights defender and her colleagues have faced escalating acts of persecution in recent days.

WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (OneWorld.net) - Students in Guinea-Bissau are still waiting for this year's classes to start, as a lack of basic equipment and teacher pay has held up the beginning of the school year for over two months. In 2003, an entire school year was lost.