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Activists rally against potential L.A. Times sale to Koch brothers
About 100 activists rallied in Beverly Hills on Thursday evening to protest a potential sale of the Los Angeles Times and other Tribune Co. newspapers to the politically conservative Koch brothers. Part of the group -- a collection of environmentalists,...
Tags: Tribune Company, Bruce Karsh, David Koch, Newspaper and Magazine, Religion and Belief
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Malaysia police arrest opposition figures in crackdown
ReutersBy Siva Sithraputhran KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 (Reuters) - Malaysian police arrested several opposition politicians and activists on Thursday, launching a crackdown on dissent three weeks after an election exposed deep divisions in the country and sparked...Tags: Parliament, Amnesty International, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Police Arrests
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Deutsche bosses seek to win over skeptical shareholders
ReutersFRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank's bosses tried to convince skeptical shareholders at a lively annual meeting on Thursday that the bank was on the right track again after facing a host of legal problems. Co-chief Executives Anshu Jain and Juergen...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Germany, Deutsche Bank AG, Religion and Belief, Politics
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Malaysian police arrest opposition figures in crackdown
ReutersKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian police arrested three opposition politicians and activists on Thursday and charged another with sedition, launching a crackdown on dissent three weeks after an election exposed deep divisions in the country and sparked a...Tags: Amnesty International, Parliament, Justice and Rights, Police Arrests, Crime, Law and Justice
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Malaysia charges student activist with sedition, arrests 3 other anti-government figures
Associated PressKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities detained three anti-government figures, charged a student activist with sedition and seized hundreds of opposition newspapers Thursday, raising political tensions after recent national elections...Tags: Prosecution, Freedom of the Press, Newspaper and Magazine, Elections, Police Arrests
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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, Gays and Lesbians, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Civil Rights
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Latest Indiana news, sports, business and entertainment
INDIANAPOLIS-DEADLY FIRE Chief: Burns, smoke inhalation killed 2 children INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say two children killed in a fire east of Indianapolis Monday suffered "very bad" burns and smoke inhalation. Cumberland Police Chief Mike...Tags: Barnes & Noble, Indianapolis 500, Dwayne Johnson, Restaurant and Catering Industry, ESPN (tv network)
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Entertaining change: Sony to look at activist's spin-off idea
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Few foreign activist investors have made much headway in forcing change in Japan, where a conservative corporate culture favors long-standing ties with banks, business partners and workers rather than shareholders seeking value....Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Japan, Tokyo (Japan), Banking, Companies and Corporations
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Council of Europe head says Russia must protect LGBT rights
ReutersMOSCOW, May 22 (Reuters) - The head of the Council of Europe demanded on Wednesday that Russia allow gay rallies, weighing in on what has become an increasingly divisive issue since Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency. As support for same-sex...Tags: Social Issues, Moscow (Russia), Christian Orthodoxy, Justice and Rights, Religion and Belief
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For Nappier And Other Activists, Only A Moral Victory in Dimon Vote At JPMorgan Chase
Shareholder activists including state Treasurer Denise L. Nappier, who tried to force JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon to give up his chairman post, will have to be satisfied with a moral victory. Their bid fell short Tuesday at the company's...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, The Walt Disney Co., Elections, Companies and Corporations, Jamie Dimon
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2 Occupy protesters sue central Indiana county, where they say officers roughed them up
Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two Occupy protesters are suing sheriff's officers in a central Indiana county who they say shoved one of them roughly into a wall and arrested them when they entered the county courthouse. The two Occupy Kokomo demonstrators...Tags: Trials, American Civil Liberties Union, Laws, Litigation, Crime, Law and Justice
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Tea party activists rally against IRS in downtown Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Tea party activists have rallied outside a federal building in Louisville, chanting it's time for the IRS to go because of its extra scrutiny of conservative groups. Some waved flags and others held signs saying an apology...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, Politics, Tea Party Movement
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