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Backlash over Labor Department’s decision to drop family farm proposal

By Andrea Billups - The Washington Times

Rights groups decry ‘torture’ of Kazakh detainees

By T. Umaraliev - Special to The Washington Times

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

BURNETT AND EVENSON: Other half of the Kony equation

By Maria Burnett and Elizabeth Evenson - The Washington Times

Mourners attend the funeral of victims of a suicide bombing in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, March 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

Rights group accuses some Syrian rebels of abuses

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

Syrian rebels take position during clashes with government forces in Idlib, Syria, on Sunday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Syrian forces take rebel stronghold near Turkey

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Turkish riot police stand guard as Kurdish protesters gather for a demonstration in Istanbul on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the 1999 capture of Abdullah Ocalan, then head of the Kurdish rebel group PKK. (Associated Press)

Kurdish conflict takes toll on Turkey’s image

By Yasemin Ergin - Special to The Washington Times

**FILE** A man suspected of being a Gadhafi loyalist shows wounds on his feet Sept. 22, 2011, at a detention facility in Misrata, Libya. (Associated Press)

Rights group: Libyan ex-diplomat tortured to death

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

In this citizen journalism image provide by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released Feb. 1, 2012, an anti-Syrian regime protester holds an Arabic poster that reads, "tomorrow we shall remember a year's passing since the birth of death," as she walks during a demonstration in Idlib Province, north Syria. (Associated Press/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)

Rights group says Syrian forces target children

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Libya gets reprieve on extradition of Gadhafi son to ICC

By Ashish Kumar Sen THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Syrian troops open fire on protesters despite visit by Arab League monitors

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

**FILE** Ethnic Uzbeks walk on Uzbekistan territory on June 18, 2010, after crossing the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border near the southern city of Osh as Uzbek border guards look on. (Associated Press)

Human rights report alleges torture, abuse in Uzbekistan

By Ruby Russell - Special to The Washington Times

Daughter of Uzbek leader’s fashion show canceled

By JOCELYN NOVECK - Associated Press

Rights group: Forced labor in Vietnam drug centers

By MIKE IVES - Associated Press

Rights group: Libyan rebels loot seized towns

By Ben Hubbard and Paul Schemm - Associated Press

**FILE** Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth (Associated Press)

Human Rights Watch chief: bin Laden killing not ‘justice’

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Opposition figure: 2 Syrian villages under attack

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Ivory Coast report: Ouattara forces commit abuses

By Michelle Faul - Associated Press

A Syrian man (right) reacts to the wounding of his brother (left), who was seriously injured during violence between security forces and armed groups in Latakia, northwest of Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, March 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Eyewitness: Gunfire, tear gas in Syrian city

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

HRW: Artists threaten boycott of Guggenheim in UAE

By MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press

U.S. checks Egyptian prisons for terrorist escapes

By Eli Lake - The Washington Times