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Brad Pitt's Marriage Equality Donation Of $100,000
Actor Brad Pitt has jumped into the political fray in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington, the four states whose voters will go to the polls next week to vote not only in elections but also on same-sex marriage issues. Pitt writes in an email to...
Tags: Social Issues, Same-Sex Marriage, Elections, Voting, Ellen DeGeneres
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WRAPUP 1-Syria opposition seeks to unify as momentum for talks builds
Reuters* Fractious opposition coalition seeks to forge united front * U.S., Russia to discuss peace talks on Monday * Russia says Syrian govt agrees in principle to talks * West will step up support to opposition if talks fail By Khaled Yacoub Oweis...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Iraq, Islam, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religious Conflicts
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Bahraini protesters clash with police over raid on cleric's home
ReutersLONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Bahraini Shi'ite Muslims angered by a raid last week on a top cleric's home clashed with police on Friday, while thousands more gathered in the cleric's village for a peaceful sit-in against their Sunni-led...Tags: Saudi Arabia, U.S. Navy, Politics, Iran, Prosecution
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RPT-Obama seeks end to perpetual U.S. 'war on terror'
Reuters(Repeats with no change to text) By Matt Spetalnick and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - Twelve years after the "war on terror" began, President Barack Obama wants to pull the United States back from some of the most controversial aspects...Tags: U.S. Congress, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Washington, DC, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama
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Obama's speech on drones, Guantanamo welcomed in Pakistan, Yemen, but criticism remains
Associated PressISLAMABAD (AP) — President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones and the fate of Guantanamo prisoners was largely welcomed Friday in two key countries affected by the policies— Pakistan and Yemen. But Pakistani officials criticized the...Tags: U.S. Congress, Strikes, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate
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Headlines for Friday, May 24, 2013
SLAYER: Metallica, System Members Speak at Hanneman Memorial
Metallica's Robert Trujillo and System of a Down's Shavo Odadjian joined Slayer's Kerry King as speakers at Thursday's memorial service for...Tags: Courtney Love, Steve Austin, Ryan Gosling, Cream (music group), Companies and Corporations
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Russia's oldest rights group fights 'foreign agent' tag
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's oldest rights group began a legal battle on Friday to avoid being branded a "foreign agent" under a new law it sees as a tool of repression by President Vladimir Putin. Memorial, which has fought to preserve the memory of...Tags: Human Interest, Prosecution, Parties and Movements, European Union, Parliament
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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: NATO, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, FBI, Barack Obama, Religious Conflicts
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Obama seeks end to perpetual U.S. 'war on terror'
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twelve years after the "war on terror" began, President Barack Obama wants to pull the United States back from some of the most controversial aspects of its global fight against Islamist militants. In a major policy speech on...Tags: U.S. Congress, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Washington, DC, Lindsey O. Graham
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Zimbabwe rights activist files court suit on prisoners being denied vital AIDS drugs
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean human rights activist says he wants the nation's highest court to order prison authorities to ensure suspects in jail can receive their life-prolonging HIV/AIDS medications. Douglas Muzanenhamo said in court...Tags: Politics, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Viral Diseases and Infections, AIDS
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Ugandan leader removes army chief named in succession plot claim
ReutersKAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has removed his head of the military Aronda Nyakairima, and moved him to a civilian position as the minister for internal affairs, a statement from the military said on Friday. Nyakairima was one...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Politics, Africa, U.S. Embassy, Uganda
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Russia's oldest human rights group fights "foreign agent" tag
ReutersMOSCOW, May 24 (Reuters) - Russia's oldest human rights group went to court on Friday to try to stop state prosecutors forcing it to register as a "foreign agent" under a law it says is intended by President Vladimir Putin to silence dissent. Memorial,...Tags: Russia, Human Interest, Politics, Vladimir Putin, Crime, Law and Justice
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