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Bahrain forces raid top cleric's house: opposition
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Bahraini security forces raided the house of top Shi'ite cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim on Friday, the opposition said, an act likely to enrage the island's majority Shi'ite population which is at loggerheads with its Sunni rulers....Tags: Bahrain, Armed Conflicts, Iran, Politics, Justice and Rights
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Civil War divided Lehigh Valley
Democrats of the Lehigh Valley opposed the Republican administration's war. They were suspicious of the shifting justifications for it. They weren't interested in fighting to free anyone. They denounced the president's restrictions on civil liberties....Tags: Armed Conflicts, Allentown, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Rebellions, Human Interest
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Federal judge OKs 2010 Yuba City police shooting
Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.Yuba City police acted reasonably when they shot and killed a woman in 2010 at her Mariner Loop home, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Court Judge John A. Mendez heard arguments in the case on May 1 in Sacramento and entered his judgment on...Tags: Litigation, Justice System, Shootings, Judges, Trials
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Congressman Beto O'Rourke urges discussion on war on drugs
El Paso Times, TexasU.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke was a keynote speaker Thursday in Washington, D.C., for the Drug Policy Alliance, which released its federal legislative guide, "An Exit Strategy for the Failed War on Drugs." The guide was presented at a forum on Capitol Hill...Tags: U.S. Congress, Prisons, Washington, DC, Silvestre Reyes, Politics
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Insider Charges HFPA With Racism After Golden Globe Voters Reject Black Applicant (Exclusive)
ReutersMay 17 (TheWrap.com) - A member of the Golden Globes' Hollywood Foreign Press Association has leveled an ugly charge of racism against it for rejecting a rare application by a black journalist to join the 84-member group. Samantha Ofole-Prince...Tags: Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Media Industry, Golden Globe Awards, Elections, Racism
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New videos from Syria spotlight conflict's brutality
New video surfaced on the Internet on Thursday purporting to show Syrian rebel fighters killing 11 prisoners they accused of taking part in massacres by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. It was the latest of many grisly videos that have...Tags: Prisons, Massacres, International Law, Computer Networking and Internet, Religious Conflicts
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IRS bureaucrats saw Obama in rearview mirror
Of course the president deserves some of the blame. Yes, it's extremely unlikely he ordered the IRS to discriminate against tea party, pro-life or Jewish groups opposed to his agenda (though why anyone should take his word for it is beyond me). And...
Tags: Chuck Schumer, Tea Party Movement, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Barack Obama, Carl Levin
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Panelists at IUSB discussion recall the rioting of 1967
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Charlotte Pfeifer was a 20-year-old wife and mother when she watched part of the city burn. Pfeifer, a former member of the South Bend Common Council, on Thursday recalled her memories of civil rights unrest in South Bend in 1967, when...Tags: Shootings, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Riots
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Will County Board tells state lawmakers to pass a concealed carry law
Will County Board members Thursday sent a message to state lawmakers—pass a concealed carry law before it automatically becomes law. Board members voted 15-6, with three members voting "present," supporting a resolution backing a concealed carry...
Tags: Justice System, Collective Contract, Frankfort, Wage Contract Issues, Career and Workplace
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Marcelyn J. 'Marcy' Henrikson, 1934-2013
Marcy Henrikson was a supporter of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and marched for women's rights in the 1970s. But she wasn't proud of her initial reaction 30 years ago when she learned her teenage daughter was lesbian, her family said. She...
Tags: Elgin, Minority Groups, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Lung Cancer
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UN human rights expert calls for close scrutiny of Eritrea
Sudan TribuneThe United Nations special rapporteur on Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, said the human rights situation in the reclusive Red Sea nation remained "unacceptable", calling for the country to be closely monitored. Keetharuth made the comments following a...Tags: Punishment, Refugee, International Organizations, Sudan, United Nations
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Okinawa women's groups condemn Hashimoto justification of sex slaves
The Japan TimesWomen's groups and other parties in Okinawa Prefecture on Wednesday protested Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's contentious remarks about the wartime sex slaves, with some calling for his immediate resignation. The outspoken mayor's remarks came during a...Tags: Tokyo (Japan), Politics, Slavery, Justice and Rights, Feminism
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Civil Rights Photos
Notre Dame student Moises Garcia tapes up a project boa...
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A scene from a Mountain Dew ad recently taken down amid...
(May 1, 2013)
The IU-South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center is seen...
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