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Viva House soup kitchen has provided 45 years of service
In a quiet block in Southwest Baltimore, a warm wind blows plastic bags along a sidewalk. Boarded-up rowhomes line the streets. A pile of mattresses rests on a trash heap in someone's former backyard. A lonely placard reads, "Stop shooting – start...
Tags: Bethlehem Steel, Religion and Belief, Catonsville, Charity, Poverty
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Egyptian judge withdraws from Mubarak retrial
CAIRO -- The judge in the murder retrial of Hosni Mubarak abruptly withdrew from the case Saturday, sending the matter to another court and delaying the deposed president’s fate over the actions of his police and army during the 2011 Egyptian...Tags: Jihad, Hosni Mubarak, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Civil Rights
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Egyptian activist detained on charges of insulting president
Reuters* Activists say latest sign of government crackdown * Dozens of cases of "insulting the president" brought * No comment from dominant Muslim Brotherhood group By Maggie Fick CAIRO, April 30 (Reuters) - A prominent Egyptian campaigner was detained on...Tags: Religion and Belief, National Government, Government, Islam, Politics
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Activists urge Obama to speak out on Mexico's human rights record
MEXICO CITY -- Activists are attempting to spotlight human rights issues during President Obama's visit this week to Mexico, urging him to publicly condemn what they describe as Mexico’s abysmal record of torture, killings and forced...
Tags: U.S. Military, Government, Criminals, Amnesty International, Mexico City
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Armed protest in Libya prompts congress to postpone sitting
ReutersTRIPOLI, April 29 (Reuters) - Libya's foreign ministry remained surrounded on Monday by heavily armed protesters, a tense demonstration of militia force that prompted the legislature to postpone its next sitting. Militiamen surrounded the ministry on...Tags: Muammar Gaddafi, National Government, U.S. Congress, Government, Politics
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Fighting reported near suspected chemical arms site in Syria
Reuters* Insurgents lack firepower to breach arms site * Rebels report intensified fighting near capital * Last week the army cut a rebel supply route By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN, April 28 (Reuters) - Fighting erupted in Damascus on Sunday near a complex...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Rebellions, Wars and Interventions, Weaponry, Politics
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IU students on strike
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- Protesters marched across Indiana University's main campus to demand tuition cuts, increased enrollment of African-American students and other requests on Thursday, the same day trustees were meeting on campus. After a tense...
Tags: Company Privatization, Privatization, Indiana University, Government, Politics
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Ind. U trustees meet as protesters march on campus
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Protesters on Indiana University's main campus in Bloomington have marched in support of tuition cuts and other demands while university trustees met on campus. The Herald-Times reports campus police allowed five...Tags: Indiana University, Politics, Demonstration
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Mixed greens in Annapolis
The 90-day legislative session in Annapolis wrapped up at midnight Monday to mixed reviews among environmental advocates, who hailed the passage of a bill promoting offshore wind development but had little else to celebrate. Gov. Martin O'Malley, who...
Tags: Conservation, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Environmental Issues, Politics, Annapolis
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Iraq violence sparks fears of a Sunni revolt
BEIRUT — Security forces for the Shiite-led Iraqi government raided a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on Tuesday, igniting violence around the country that left at least 36 people dead. The unrest led two Sunni officials to resign from the...
Tags: Revolutions, Armed Conflicts, Government, Bashar Assad, U.S. Army
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French protest against gay marriage turns violent
PARIS (AP) — France legalized gay marriage on Tuesday after a wrenching national debate that exposed deep conservatism in the nation's heartland and triggered huge demonstrations that tapped into intense discontent with the Socialist government....
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Government, Gays and Lesbians, Elections
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Activists Accuse Congresswoman DeLauro of Taking Too Long to Weigh in on Deportations
Josemaria Islas and Rosa DeLauro would seem to make an unlikely political couple. He's an undocumented factory worker from Mexico now scheduled for deportation; while she's one of the richest and most powerful people in Congress. The connection is the...
Tags: International Law, Migration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), U.S. Congress, Rosa DeLauro
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