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GracEva Howard
The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, Calif.GracEva Howard, a retired teacher and feminist who was president of the Sonoma County chapter of NOW, has died. She was 87. Howard led numerous organizations dedicated to women's rights, peace and the environment. She helped found the Nineteenth...Tags: California State University, Long Beach, University of California, Los Angeles, Geneva (Swiss Confederation)
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We have open justice system, says minister
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaThe Kingdom has an open justice system, but is working on improving various aspects of the judiciary, said Justice Minister Dr. Muhammad Al-Isa, during a visit to the European Parliament in Brussels recently. The visit forms part of the Kingdom's plan...Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, Crime, Law and Justice, Islam, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Parliament
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US criticises human rights record in East Africa
Sudan TribuneThe US government has criticised countries in the East African region for their continued human rights violations and political oppression in its annual report on human rights practices around the world. The US state department's 2012 Country Reports on...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Church and State Relations
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Swashbuckler on the grandest stage
WASHINGTON -- When I met Margaret Thatcher she was out of office, watching with more than a touch of amusement as her successor, John Major, meandered from crisis to disappointment to sticky wicket. Major seemed in thrall to events, not in command of...
Tags: United Kingdom, National Coal Corporation, Conservative Party (UK), Argentina, Margaret Thatcher
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Common sense on Plan B
Last week, a federal district judge in New York ruled that girls younger than 17 should be allowed to purchase the Plan B contraceptive pill over the counter. Unlike the Obama administration, Judge Edward Korman got this one right. The 2011 decision by...
Tags: Family Planning, Crime, Law and Justice, Abortion, Social Issues, Barack Obama
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On TV, a new breed of Modern Woman
A ruthlessly self-aware political wife reconsidering her choices. A sensual socialite facing down an oppressive age with informed good humor. A group of young women so busy defying social expectations they've forgotten to have any of their own. A...
Tags: 30 Rock (tv program), Enlightened (tv program), House of Cards (tv program), The Awakening (movie), Kate Mara
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Rape of 5-year-old ignites furious protest in India
NEW DELHI — Several hundred people protesting the rape and kidnapping of a 5-year-old girl descended on police headquarters Saturday, waving signs, overrunning barriers and calling for the resignation of the capital city's police commissioner. The...Tags: Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, New Delhi (India), Manmohan Singh, Civil Rights
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The Twist: The swivel that shook the world
It's been just over 50 years since a new dance craze called the Twist swept the nation. Though tame as near-beer by today's standards, the dance so upset the guardians of public morality that Dick Clark ordered the cameras turned away when teens on...
Tags: Music, Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice, Richard Nixon, Sociology
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June 3 memorial for late first lady Helen Milliken
TRAVERSE CITY (AP) — A memorial service for former Michigan first lady Helen Milliken will be held June 3 in Traverse City. Son Bill Milliken Jr. says the service is to take place in the Milliken Auditorium at Northwestern Michigan College's Dennos...
Tags: Human Interest
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Margaret Thatcher, Annette Funicello and the spectrum of sisterhood
While former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton considers the pros and cons of trying, once again, to become this nation's first female president and Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns as the bumbling but pencil-skirt-rocking fictional vice president in...
Tags: Republic of Ireland, Ronald Reagan, Conservative Party (UK), Golda Meir, Hillary Clinton
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LAPD: Occidental College students reported 3 rapes in 3 years
Los Angeles police say they have investigated three rape cases involving Occidental College students in the last three years, far fewer than current and former students outline in a civil rights complaint. In the U.S. Department of Education complaint...
Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Crime, Law and Justice, Teaching and Learning, Prosecution, Justice System
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