Displaying items 25-36 of 7523
» View courant.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-627
•
Next >
-
Ukrainian court bars gay pride event, citing security concerns
Reuters* Gay rights event would have been first in ex-Soviet republic * Similar rally cancelled last year after threats to activists KIEV, May 23 (Reuters) - A Kiev court on Thursday banned what would have Ukraine's first gay pride event after city authorities...Tags: Justice and Rights, Politics, Minority Groups, Activism, Gays and Lesbians
-
Torture, drones, indefinite detention breeding home-grown terror?
The broad-daylight hacking death of a soldier in London this week was Britain’s Marathon Moment. Like the twin bombings at the race finish line in Boston last month, Wednesday’s attack by two machete-wielding men spouting venomous threats to...Tags: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, FBI, Prisons, Ibragim Todashev, BBC
-
For Republicans like Rand Paul, the 2016 campaign has begun
Reuters* With no clear front-runner, Republicans jockey for position * Senator Paul seeks to show his appeal is broad enough * For Republicans, generational and ideological change looms By Samuel P. Jacobs CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 24 (Reuters) - Seeking...Tags: Kelly Ayotte, Executive Branch, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Jeb Bush, Personal Weapon Control
-
WRAPUP 1-Soccer-UEFA targets game's evils on great day for Gibraltar
Reuters(Writes through) By Mike Collett LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - UEFA president Michel Platini repeated his call for soccer to win the battle over the evils affecting the game on an historic day for Gibraltar who were delighted at becoming European soccer'...Tags: Justice and Rights, Politics, Sports Organizations, FIFA World Cup, Manchester United F.C.
-
UEFA targets game's evils on great day for Gibraltar
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - UEFA president Michel Platini repeated his call for football to win the battle over the evils affecting the game on an historic day for Gibraltar who were delighted at becoming European soccer's newest member on Friday. UEFA also...Tags: Politics, Justice and Rights, Sports Organizations, FIFA World Cup, Manchester United F.C.
-
Frances M. Finney, educator
Frances M. Finney, who overcame poverty, earned a college degree and became a city school teacher, died April 19 from heart failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Guilford resident was 82. Frances Mae Hopkins was born in Baltimore and was...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Christianity, Morgan State University, Iraq War (2003-2011)
-
Boy Scouts of America votes to end ban on gay scouts
ReutersGRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a century-old ban on openly gay scouts in a major victory for gay rights activists, but the decision means a sea of change for an organization that depends heavily on faith-...Tags: Intel Corp., Politics, Justice and Rights, Minority Groups, Youth Organizations
-
'Daily Show' hits Obama on Fox News, the right on racial profiling
Jon Stewart has long been one of Fox News’ most outspoken critics but this week he's found himself in the unusual position of defending the right-leaning cable network – or, to be more precise, standing up for its Washington, D.C.,...
Tags: Freedom of the Press, White House, Fox News Channel (tv network), Justice and Rights, Politics
-
Gun groups sue to block new Connecticut gun law
ReutersBy Richard Weizel MILFORD, Conn., May 23 (Reuters) - Leaders of Connecticut gun advocacy groups said on Thursday they had sued to knock down a strict new gun-control law passed in April because they believed the measure would not improve public safety....Tags: Laws, Litigation, Personal Weapon Control, Trials, Justice and Rights
-
Carroll County's gun law nullification fantasy
Nullification fever is spreading across the rural counties along the Mason-Dixon Line, with Cecil, Harford and Carroll counties passing resolutions in the last month declaring their view that Maryland's new gun control law is unconstitutional. Cecil's...
Tags: Laws, Antonin Scalia, Carroll County (Maryland), Conservation, Environmental Issues
-
Prominent Chechen advocate shot dead in Turkish capital
ReutersANKARA, May 23 (Reuters) - A prominent figure in the Chechen diaspora in Turkey was shot at his Ankara office late on Wednesday, a North Caucasus refugee association said, the latest in a series of killings of Chechens and their sympathisers in the...Tags: Ankara (Turkey), Labor Legislation, Russia, Moscow (Russia), Career and Workplace
-
In Afghanistan, businesswomen must seek a delicate balance
KABUL, Afghanistan — Roya Mahboob navigates the potholes of doing business in Afghanistan like any other entrepreneur. Corruption is rife. Kidnappings are common. Bomb blasts remain an overarching reality. But as the female chief executive of a...
Tags: Media Industry, Employees, Afghanistan, Science and Technology, Feminism
May 23, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 24, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 24, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 24, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 24, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 24, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 24, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 24, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 23, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 23, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 23, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 23, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Original site for Civil Rights topic gallery.
