"Michele Bachmann: Her rise to political stardom"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13932701

"Google chairman warns of censorship after Arab Spring"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13935470

"Bahrain unrest: Eight Shia activists sentenced to life"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13872206

dont forget.

"N.C. Considers Paying Forced Sterilization Victims"

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/22/137347548/n-c-considers-paying-forced-sterilization-victims

not quite contemporary- although the acknowledgement is. I hope that America confronts this part of its past.

"Deadly clashes reported as Syrians rally"

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/06/201162115512111728.html

"Malaysia-bound detainees 'denied medical care'"

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/22/3250812.htm

"Syrian Refugee Gives Vivid Description Of Torture"

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/20/137303014/syrian-refugee-gives-vivid-description-of-torture

no less horrific because it is done to an adult.

"Ben Ali and wife 'guilty of theft'"

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/06/2011620191756405734.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13850227

"Syria crisis: Troops move into towns in north"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13802770

"Over 100 million children in dangerous jobs"

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/11/3241517.htm

"Syrian choppers fire on protesters"

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/11/3241529.htm

"Bahraini doctors and nurses charged "

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/06/20116674812696776.html

horrendous.

"Morocco's uprisings and all the king's men"

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/06/20116512125272326.html

"Celebrations as Yemen president leaves"

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/05/3236058.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13663636

"UN human rights review takes aim at Australia"

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/06/3236791.htm