U.S. holding 2,500 juveniles among detainees, according to a report filed with United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. The report indicates that some 2,500 detainees are under 18 years of age are among the many detainees being held as “enemy combatants” in facilities in Iraq, Afghanistan and the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The report was made public by the American Civil Liberties Union, a U.S.-based group.
An Indian village proud after double “honor killing”, after five armed men burst into the small room and courtyard at dawn, just as 21-year-old, 22-week pregnant, Sunita was drying her face on a towel. They proceeded to beat Sunita and her unborn child, then as her boyfriend raced to help they too killed him, leaving the honor killing with three victims in total. In the village of Balla Sunita's own father has confessed to the killing, however the town remains behind him and boasts the murders as a “good thing”.
Angry and split, Palestinians mark Israel's 60th, as some Palestinians mourned Israel's 60th birthday with protests, sirens and black balloons on Thursday, May 15th.
China says quake toll could rise above 50,000, from the massive earthquake according to state media reports on Thursday, May 15th. Rescuers continue to struggle to help survivors and hope has begun to fade for the thousands who remain buried under rubble.
Rain lashes Myanmar cyclone survivors, as it continued to pelt down on the homeless cyclone survivors in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Tuesday, complicating already slow delivery of aid to more than 1.5 million people facing hunger and disease.
