HUMAN RIGHTS

Most people commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day turn to his iconic I Have a Dream speech. But King gave another famous speech the night before he died, known as the Promised Land or Mountaintop speech. In it, he alluded to his imminent assassination and the legacy he would leave behind. Listen to the audio file, watch the video, and read the full text of Dr. King's final speech here.

Dr. King remains one of the most iconic figures of the Civil Rights Movement and one of the most recognizable and quotable men in American history. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, remember the man and his beliefs through some of his most famous and moving quotes, from I Have a Dream to his views on the Vietnam war to his unwavering belief in the strength and love of his fellow man.

The U.N. chief told Bashar al-Assad Sunday to stop killing your people and the Syrian leader offered an amnesty for crimes committed during a 10-month-old revolt against him.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Myanmar's foreign minister and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a call on Saturday the United States is committed to walking down the path of reform with the Southeast Asian nation.

Myanmar's government said on Saturday 302 of the 651 detainees it freed this week were political prisoners whose release had been sought by the National League for Democracy (NLD) party of Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

A human-rights body of the United Nations has expressed its support for a Sikh man in France in his battle to wear his turban in defiance of French laws against religious headgear.

One dedicated Little Monster has combined clips from President Obama's speeches over the past three years with the instrumental version of Gaga's Born This Way, creating a karaoke video of the president karaoke-ing to the LGBT pop anthem.

Originally intended as emergency legislation, the law has periodically been amended and extended over the years.

The U.S. government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars housing suspected terrorists in the military prison since 2002. So far, only six people have been convicted by a military commission.

It is also unknown why it took Ankara more than three years to file the charges.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has been monitoring many popular Web sites, including social media like Facebook and Twitter, since June 2010 as a part of a privacy compliance review, according to a report detailing the list.

As Boko Haram and the unrest in Nigeria intensifies, African newspapers this week have run stories with headlines likes Nigeria: Worse Than We Thought, Boko Haram: Enough is Enough, Nigeria: A ticking time bomb and Nigeria: Armed and dangerous.

Mexican actress Kate del Castillo has sparked a controversy, posting a Twitter message in which she offered her support to drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, known as the world's most powerful drug trafficker.

Video footage of the Jarawa tribal women dancing for tourists, reportedly in exchange for food, on India's Andaman Islands, has created uproar among human rights campaigners.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper plans to visit China next month as his government looks to open new markets for oil sands crude in the wake of Washington's decision to delay approval of a major pipeline from Alberta to Texas.

Privacy activists have cause to report Google to the Federal Trade Commission because they think it conflicts with people's privacy and may be unfair, the Los Angeles Times reported. A group called the Electronic Privacy Information Center is taking the matter up, the report said, and they may file a letter to the FTC Marc Rotenberg, the executive director said.

The Christian presence in Egypt stretches as far back to the earliest days of Christendom.

It is unclear how many prisoners would be released or their identities or which types of crimes will be pardoned.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, locked in a violent struggle against a wave of unrest, is to make a speech Tuesday on the internal issue and international and regional developments, state media said Monday night.

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has agreed to step down from power in response to ongoing protests in the country, but a stipulation that the oppressive leader will receive immunity in prosecution in exchange has restarted civil unrest in the country.

Some Conservative Muslim groups are calling for a boycott of Sawiris' many companies.