Actor Nicolas Cage Speaks Out on Behalf of Gulf Coast Hurricane Survivors Ahead of Fifth Anniversary in Amnesty International Video
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With tens of thousands of hurricane survivors still prevented from returning or rebuilding five years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita -- and the Gulf Coast now reeling from the disastrous oil spill -- actor Nicolas Cage is speaking up on behalf of victims in a video produced by Amnesty International USA.
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Actor Nicolas Cage Speaks Out on Behalf of Gulf Coast Hurricane Survivors Ahead of Fifth Anniversary in Amnesty International Video
Actor is Filmed Walking in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward and Meeting with Community Leaders About Recovery Crisis
NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With tens of thousands of hurricane survivors still prevented from returning or rebuilding five years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita -- and the Gulf Coast now reeling from the disastrous oil spill -- actor Nicolas Cage is speaking up on behalf of victims in a video produced by Amnesty International USA.
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In the film Cage talks with local community leaders in New Orleans as he tours the storms' devastation in the Lower Ninth Ward.
Amnesty International Report Cites Unlawful Killings and Torture Linked to Yemen's Counter-Terrorism Campaign
Yemen Abandons Respect for Human Rights in Response to U.S. Pressure to Counter Terrorism, Report Says
LONDON, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Under pressure from the United States and others to confront threats from al-Qaeda, along with Zaidi Shi'a rebels in the north and growing demands for secession in the South, the Yemini government is using national security as a pretext to stifle criticism and reject human rights in a campaign of unlawful killings, torture, arbitrary arrests and unfair trials, Amnesty International charged in a new report today.
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Immigration Amnesty Would Give Hundreds of Billions in Social Security Money to Illegal Workers
Unlawful Work Leads to Tripling of "Earning Suspense File" Over Past Decade, Says New Social Security Administration Data
WASHINGTON, July 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The "Earnings Suspense File" (ESF), used by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to track names and Social Security numbers that do not match government records, has tripled over the past decade.
Governor Rendell Calls $261 Million Collected During Tax Amnesty Program an 'Overwhelming Success'
Details Expanded Tax Enforcement Efforts
HARRISBURG, Pa., June 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania's first Tax Amnesty program in 14 years generated $261 million in state back taxes over 54 days, surpassing by $71 million the $190 million goal set for the program, Governor Edward G.
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Amnesty International USA Experts Available for Comment in Advance of New Report on Pakistani Taleban
New Amnesty International report illustrates that millions of Pakistanis in northwest areas have no legal protections by the government and are subject to abuses by the Taleban
WASHINGTON, June 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amnesty International will be releasing its new report, 'As if Hell Fell on Me': The Human Rights Crisis in Northwest Pakistan, on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 00:01 GMT.
Amnesty International Australia Confronts Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Baido and Sohu
Amnesty International Australia is to launch with a social media awareness campaign ahead of the Beijing Olympics confronting Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Baido and Sohu.
Free Utility Converts Google Gadgets into Vista Sidebar Gadgets
Mesa Dynamics announced today the public beta release of Amnesty Generator, a free utility for Microsoft Vista that converts Google gadgets and other web widgets into Windows Vista Sidebar gadgets.
PA Tax Amnesty Ends June 18; Only 9 Days Left for Tax Delinquents to Save on Penalties, Interest on Back Taxes
More than $109 Million Disclosed by More Than 39,500 Applicants to Date
ALTOONA, Pa., June 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tax delinquents have only 9 days left to take advantage of PA's Tax Amnesty program, which waives all penalties and half the interest for anyone who pays delinquent Pennsylvania taxes by June 18, Secretary of Revenue C.
Tamils to New York Times: 'You Might Want to Rewrite Your Puff Piece About Travel to Sri Lanka'
The Times published a travel piece last winter that named Sri Lanka as the number-one vacation opportunity for 2010. Amnesty International reports that the article has become part of the public relations package for Sri Lankan foreign Minister G. L. Peiris, who is "currently on a public relations tour through the United States, touting his country as the new paradise for foreign investment, and dismissing war crimes allegations on the way." Tamils for Obama asks the Times editors if they plan to amend the travel article.
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