• Government Report Acknowledes Indonesia's role in Timor Violence
• Child Detainees in Iraq
• Algonquins' of Barriere Lake want Canadian Government out of Internal Affairs
• Critics Say EPA Keeping Quiet about New Report
• Nelson Mandela Turns 90

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• Bush and Al-Maliki Agree to "Time Horizon" for US Troop Withdrawal
• European Trade Ministers Meet in Brussels Ahead of Doha Round
• Arab League to Hold Emergency Meeting on Sudan
• Military Buildup Around Cambodian Temple Near Thai Border
• NetRoots Conference Opens in Austin

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Ten years after massive human rights violations in East Timor, a governmental report has finally been issued. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and East Timorese counter-part Jose Ramos Horta accepted this week the findings of a joint-truth commission that indicted Indonesia's military, government and police for murders, rapes and torture in the 1999 violence. But both leaders downplayed the prospect of international prosecutions, saying the report was instead aimed at promoting friendship between the two nations. But as Rebecca Henschke reports the survivors are far from satisfied.

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The Environmental Protection Agency released a comprehensive report Thursday that appraises the repercussions of global climate change on humans – but critics say the agency is interested in keeping the findings under wraps. Although the report was ready for release in April, the agency stalled its release; and despite its scientists' own findings, the EPA decided last week to not regulate greenhouse gas emissions. We spoke with Rick Piltz, Director of Climate Science Watch about the study.

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Dozens of people have been gathered outside the Ministry of Transport office in Canada's capital for the last three days. The Algonquins' of Barriere Lake and their supporters are protesting the Canadian government's interference in their internal affairs, as well as what they say is the government's exploitation of their natural resources. Last spring, the Department of Indian Affairs decided to oust the Algonquins' of Barriere Lake customary chief and council and empower a minority faction. Economically, the Barriere Lake reserve is one of the worst off in the country – it's also on of the last communities in Canada to live off of the electricity grid, despite being in the heartland of Quebec's hydroelectricity and forestry industries. From Ottawa, Courtney Kirkby reports.