"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.