Asari Dokubo, leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF) has denounced kidnapping of foreign oil workers in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. He said that such violence "was not part of the struggle for the development of the oil producing areas but mere criminal act."

Nine Brazilian students have been recognized by the United Nations for a short film they produced on violence in their country and beyond.

Amnesty International USA is using powerful satellite cameras to monitor highly vulnerable villages in war-torn Darfur - the first-ever technological capability by human rights defenders to track possible targets of attack, prevent new atrocities and save lives.

PG-13 films have lots of "happy violence," say UCLA researchers. Borrowing from the late communications theorist George Gerbner, happy violence is that which is "cool, swift and painless." PG-13 films don't consider the consequences of violent acts, such as injury, death and the shattered lives of the people involved.

The most comprehensive study of its kind has found that violence costs the United States $70 billion annually, a figure that rivals federal education spending and the damage caused by hurricane Katrina.

An Australian man has been jailed for more than two years Thursday for involvement in a white supremacist conspiracy to firebomb Chinese restaurants.

A 19 years old father from Arkansas literally microwaved baby daughter who is only two months old.

The most economically prosperous state in India's restive northeastern region is being wracked by new violence, including a bomb that killed two people. VOA's Steve Herman reports from New Delhi on the latest troubles in Assam.

In the worst clashes between pro-government and opposition activists over suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar M Chaudhry, at least 16 people have been killed in Karachi.

Adolescents who are chronically exposed to family turmoil, violence, noise, poor housing or other chronic risk factors show more stress-induced physiological strain on their organs and tissues than other young people.

The President of Nigeria, chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has declared a state of emergency in Ekiti state in the South Western region. He made the declaration in a national broadcast to the nation at 7 pm, Wednesday. The head of state reappointed retired Major-.Gen. Tunji Olurin as the sole administrator of the state until May 29, 2007.

Groundbreaking international legal principles on sexual orientation, gender identity, and international law have been released by 29 international human rights experts, led by University of Nottingham academic, Professor Michael O'Flaherty.