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Britain vows to crack down on slavery after women's rescue

LONDON - Britain vowed on Tuesday to step up its fight against modern-day slavery, warning that the discovery last month of three women imprisoned for 30 years in horrific conditions in London was just the tip of the iceberg.

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Britain vows to crack down on slavery after women's rescue

LONDON, Dec 3 - Britain vowed on Tuesday to step up its fight against modern-day slavery, warning that the discovery last month of three women imprisoned for 30 years in horrific conditions in London was just the tip of the iceberg.

Cyclical Consumer Goods, Industrials, 03 Dec 2013

Killer of Kansas abortion doctor disciplined in prison for comments

KANSAS CITY, Kansas - The man imprisoned for killing Kansas late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller will be penalized for trying to intimidate a woman who reopened Tiller's clinic, a state official said Thursday.

U.S., 06 Jun 2013

Kansas abortion doctor's killer threatens new clinic owner

KANSAS CITY, Kansas - The man convicted of killing Kansas late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller is accused by prison officials of trying to intimidate a woman who reopened his clinic in April, a corrections department spokesman said.

U.S., 16 May 2013

Kansas abortion clinic reopens four years after doctor's murder

KANSAS CITY, Kan - A Kansas abortion clinic closed since the 2009 murder of its doctor, one of the few physicians in the country who performed late-term abortions, reopened on Wednesday in Wichita, the owner of the clinic said.

U.S., 03 Apr 2013

Up to four million displaced within Syria: aid official

LONDON, March 19 (AlertNet) - As many as 4 million people may be displaced within Syria due to the two-year-long conflict there, double previous estimates, the head of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) said.

World, 19 Mar 2013

Famine hit North Korea's rice basket in 2012, report says

SEOUL - A famine in a key North Korean grain-growing region in 2012 may have killed thousands of people at the same time as the country was staging mass celebrations to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the state's founder, according to a news agency based in Japan.

World, United Nations, North Korea, 07 Feb 2013

Controversial Kansas abortion clinic to reopen this spring

WICHITA, Kan - Closed since 2009 after its doctor was murdered, one of the country's most embattled abortion clinics is scheduled to reopen this spring over renewed objections of abortion opponents.

U.S., Health 22 Jan 2013

Kenya orders refugees into camps after blasts

NAIROBI, Dec 18 (AlertNet) - A wave of bombings, shootings and hand-grenade attacks blamed on Somali militants prompted Kenya on Tuesday to order all refugees and asylum seekers to report to two camps and to bar them from living in towns.

World, United Nations 18 Dec 2012

Arab Spring to take years to improve women's rights: activists

LONDON - The Arab Spring has failed to deliver greater political power to women in the region or to offer them better protection from sexual harassment, but may yet yield female-friendly reform, a conference on women's rights heard on Tuesday.

World 04 Dec 2012

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