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Gay rights activists in Mexico City accuse police of abuses
MEXICO CITY -- Same-sex marriage is legal in this city. Gay and lesbian couples can adopt children, and the government touts tolerance and respect for "sexual diversity" in messages posted on subway platforms and bus billboards. Yet, according to...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Crime, Law and Justice, Minority Groups, Politics, Gay Rights
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Crowds break up gay rights rallies in Georgia, Russia
ReutersTBILISI/ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Large crowds of anti-gay protesters broke up homosexual rights rallies in Georgia and Russia on Friday, underlining deep hostility in the former Soviet bloc. Priests and thousands of Georgians pushed their way...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, Religion and Belief, Gay Rights
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Myanmar frees group of dissidents ahead of summit with U.S.
NEW DELHI -- Some 20 political prisoners were released in Myanmar on Friday, just days before a a historic summit between the country's leader and President Obama in Washington, officials and prisoner rights groups said. President Thein Sein will be the...
Tags: Civil Rights, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Aung San Suu Kyi, Pakistan
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Gay couples in Portugal win limited adoption rights
ReutersLISBON, May 17 (Reuters) - Portugal's parliament on Friday handed same-sex couples the right to adopt the children or foster children of one partner, a partial victory for equality campaigners that fell short of their call for full adoption rights. The...Tags: Anibal Cavaco Silva, Gays and Lesbians, Crime, Law and Justice, Lisbon (Portugal), Minority Groups
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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: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Jets join offensive in northeast Nigeria, opinion split
ReutersYOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria sent fighter jets in support of troops fighting increasingly powerful Islamist insurgents in its northeast on Thursday, the second day of a military offensive that has divided opinion over how best to tackle the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Wars and Interventions, Armed Forces, Military Equipment, Lagos (Nigeria)
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Crowds break up gay rights rally in Georgia
ReutersBy Margarita Antidze TBILISI, May 17 (Reuters) - Priests and thousands of other Georgians broke through police barricades and forced gay rights activists to flee on Friday, cutting short their rally to mark the international day against homophobia....Tags: Tbilisi (Georgia), Civil Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Crime, Law and Justice, Christian Orthodoxy
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Hunger strike, Yemeni dilemma could spur Guantanamo closure plans
A 100-day-old hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists has agitated international human rights advocates anew, prompting fresh calls worldwide for closure of the detention center that President Obama vowed to shutter more than...
Tags: United Nations, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Human Rights, Civil Rights
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Pro-Assad hackers attack UK newspaper FT's website, Twitter feed
ReutersLONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - The website of British newspaper the Financial Times was hacked on Friday, apparently by the "Syrian Electronic Army", a group of hackers and on-line activists who say they support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Stories on...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Human Rights Watch, Bashar Assad, Social Media
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Syria rebel 'heart eater' says ready to face trial if Assad does
ReutersBy Erika Solomon BEIRUT, May 17 (Reuters) - The Syrian rebel commander who rose to international notoriety for footage of him cutting out and eating the organ of a slain soldier said he was willing to face trial for his actions if President Bashar al-...Tags: United Nations, Crime, Law and Justice, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Religion and Belief
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Greek parliament evicts far-right lawmaker for volley of insults
ReutersATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's parliament evicted a far-right lawmaker for insulting rivals in a tumultuous debate on Friday that prompted jeers of "Heil Hitler" from a leftist deputy and bolstered calls to crack down on the nationalist Golden Dawn party....Tags: Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Politics, Labor Legislation
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Teel Time: W&M's Shaver, VT's Johnson say college basketball rules changes should help offenses
Given their teams’ contrasting styles, it’s no surprise that William and Mary’s Tony Shaver and Virginia Tech’s James Johnson differ on the duration of college basketball’s ideal shot clock. But on this they concur:...
Tags: Atlantic Coast Conference, Crime, Law and Justice, Virginia Commonwealth Rams, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Virginia Tech Hokies
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