MINNESOTA SN - Bulletproof whiteboards are being introduced in some US schools in what is being seen as adding a last-resort layer of safety for teachers and students against shootings.The schools include one where there was an attack a decade ago in which two students were killed.The 18-by-20in ...

BEIRUT - Human Rights Watch said on Sunday that regime forces in Syria have resorted to using civilians as human shields to protect themselves from attacks by rebel fighters. Citing witnesses and YouTube videos, the watchdog accused the army and Shabiha pro-regime militia of forcing people to march ...

Muammar Gaddafi's forces are using civilians as human shields to foil Nato air strikes, France said after rebels accused the western-led coalition of standing by while government troops continue their assault on Misrata. The French foreign minister, Alain Jupp, conceded that the position of ...