A Colorado pollster has a new poll suggesting Lamontagne could be emerging as front-runner Kelly Ayotte's prime challenger in the Republican U.S. Senate primary race.

A Sacramento restaurant has agreed to stop serving live shrimp after an animal-rights group said the practice was cruel.

The flag of the United Nations, July 11, 2006. UNITED NATIONS a ' A U.S. human rights group urged U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to secure the release of a prominent Iranian journalist and activist who goes on trial Saturday on charges that carry the death penalty.

A U.S. human rights group urged U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to secure the release of a prominent Iranian journalist and activist who goes on trial Saturday on charges that carry the death penalty.

Mohammad Mostafaei specialized in defending Iranians under the age of 18 who have been sentenced to death.

Amnesty International is demanding Zimbabwean government take immediate action to protect 250 people who were forcibly evicted from their homes on 25 August.