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Human Rights in the Middle East

A Congressional hearing which provided a detailed overview of human rights in the Middle East and the extent to which U.S. policy has placed sufficient emphasis on promoting democracy and human rights in the region. Witnesses from Amnesty International, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, and Middle East Watch. Includes report: "Shame in the House of Saud, Contempt for Human Rights in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia", and a statement by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.

According to an official statement issued by the Ministry of Interior on the day of
his execution, a royal order was issued ordering the execution based on Mal-
Allah's alleged slanderous statements. In June of this year, Yousef Khouri, a 63-
year-old ... Saudi authorities have stymied efforts to document mistreatment of
prisoners by keeping its investigations secret and by declining to respond to
inquiries by families or human rights groups. In addition, the Saudi government
has never ...

English as a Second Language

Model Standards for Adult Education Programs

Focuses on adult learners of English as a second language. Will equip students with the language and cultural proficiency needed for full participation in American society. Describes general standards, defines language proficiency levels, and identifies possible tests for measuring language proficiency. Designed to assist administrators and teachers in providing programs that promote communication based instruction in which students are engaged in the purposeful use of language.

Focuses on adult learners of English as a second language.

Power Marketing Administrations

Cost Recovery, Financing, and Comparison to NonFederal Utilities

The three Federal power marketing administrations (PMAS) -- the Southeastern Power Admin., the Southwestern Power Admin., and the Western Power Admin. -- transmit and sell electric power in 30 states that is generated mainly at Federal hydropower facilities. Collectively, in FY 1995, they had revenues of almost $1 billion. The power they sell is produced at 102 hydroelectric dams built and run by the Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation. This report reviews these three PMAS' cost recovery practices, financing, and comparison to nonfederal utilities.

Cost Recovery, Financing, and Comparison to NonFederal Utilities DIANE
Publishing Company ... csrs pensions are less than the full cost of providing the
pension benefits, the federal government must, in effect, make up the funding
shortfall.