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Connect Transit, workers settle in sexual harassment case
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.Connect Transit will pay about $80,000 as the result of settlement agreements with two employees who filed a federal lawsuit against the agency for the behavior of its former general managers. Angela Ballantini, formerly Angela Lancaster, and Patricia...Tags: Justice and Rights, Trials, Sex Crimes, Civil Rights, Justice System
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Russian media delight in U.S. spy case as leaders try to limit fallout
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian state-run media revelled on Wednesday in embarrassing the United States over a botched attempt to recruit one of its intelligence agents but both countries signaled they wanted to prevent the episode harming efforts to improve...Tags: U.S. Embassy, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports, Crime, Law and Justice, Anna Chapman
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Special Report - In Myanmar, apartheid tactics against minority Muslims
ReutersSITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - A 16-year-old Muslim boy lay dying on a thin metal table. Bitten by a rabid dog a month ago, he convulsed and drooled as his parents wedged a stick between his teeth to stop him from biting off his tongue. Swift treatment...Tags: Labor Legislation, Diabetes, Bangladesh, China, Rabies
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U.N. General Assembly to vote on Syria resolution; Russia opposed
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly is set to vote on Wednesday on a draft resolution that condemns Syrian authorities and accepts the opposition Syrian National Coalition as party to a potential political transition. Russia, a close...Tags: Russia, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, United Nations General Assembly, Bashar Assad
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Syria death toll at least 80,000, says UN General Assembly president
ReutersUNITED NATIONS, May 15 (Reuters) - The death toll in Syria from the country's two-year civil war is at least 80,000, an increase of about 20,000 since the start of the year, the president of the U.N. General Assembly, Vuk Jeremic, said on Wednesday. U.N....Tags: Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Politics, United Nations General Assembly, Crime, Law and Justice
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Smokers may soon get to light up in beaches and parks again
The News & ObserverThis semester, Wake Tech sophomore Micheal Proulx says he had a 15-minute walk from English to a finance class "that would've been perfect for a cigarette." Instead, Proulx usually waits until after his last class to smoke a Camel Crush in his Hyundai...Tags: Labor Legislation, Economy, Business and Finance, Durham County (North Carolina), Elections, Durham (Durham, North Carolina)
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Analysis: Syria peace talks look doomed in advance
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - If anyone saw last week's U.S.-Russian agreement to convene a peace conference on Syria as a potential breakthrough, Western leaders have been going out of their way to disabuse them. International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi hailed the plan...Tags: Russia, National Government, Rebellions, Israel, Saudi Arabia
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COLUMN - Terrorism, Putin and the Cold War legacy
Reuters(Nina Khrushcheva is a Reuters columnist but her opinions are her own.) By Nina Khrushcheva May 14 (Reuters) - Terrorism always complicates diplomatic relations. Since the Boston Marathon bombing, the suspected handiwork of two brothers of Chechen...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Terrorism, Jihad, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports
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Iran defends post as chair of UN disarmament conference
Reuters* Disarmament conference deadlocked for over a decade * U.S. urges barring sanctioned states from U.N. posts * Iran says will prioritize nuclear disarmament as chair By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, May 14 (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday defended...Tags: International Organizations, Crime, Law and Justice, Bashar Assad, European Union, Wars and Interventions
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BRIEF: Atlanta Streetcar grows more costly
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionThe MARTA Board of Directors on Monday authorized spending nearly an extra $7 million to build the Atlanta Streetcar. The original contract with URS Energy and Construction Inc. was $52.2 million based on the preliminary design. The revised contract...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Politics, U.S. Department of Transportation, Coca-Cola Co.
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Iran defends post as chair of U.N. disarmament conference
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday defended its election as the rotating chair of the world's sole multilateral disarmament forum after the United States announced that its ambassador to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament would boycott any meeting...Tags: International Organizations, Crime, Law and Justice, Bashar Assad, European Union, Wars and Interventions
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Bahrain blogger escapes to Britain
ReutersBy Gwladys Fouche OSLO, May 14 (Reuters) - A Bahraini blogger and human rights activist said he had been granted asylum in Britain after being in hiding for two years. A leading voice among protesters during anti-government demonstrations in 2011, Ali...Tags: Fishing, Lifestyle and Leisure, Crime, Law and Justice, United Kingdom, Punishment
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