ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 16 -- The Carter Center issued the following news release: The Carter Center is calling for global solidarity with activists facing increasingly violent retribution for their work to advance human rights and peace worldwide. The 12th meeting of the Human Rights Defenders Forum took place Oct. 12-15 and brought together activists from 28 countries. There was a special focus on attacks against female human rights defenders and peacemakers, who face even more severe violence  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Rep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, issued the following speech, which was published in the Congressional Record on Oct. 15: South Carolina is fortunate to have Mark Powell as a columnist for the Lexington County Chronicle to highlight unique facts of history. On October 10th, he recognized "The man who saved mankind". An elderly Russian man was quietly laid to rest outside Moscow last spring. No crowd mourned him. No news articles reported his passing. Yet, if you're age  more