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Video shows Islamist rebels executing 11 Syrian soldiers
ReutersBEIRUT (Reuters) - A video published on Thursday showed fighters of the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front in Syria executing 11 men they accused of taking part in massacres by President Bashar al-Assad's forces. The film is believed to be from eastern Deir al-...Tags: Research, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Freedom of the Press
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READER SUBMITTED: Hall High School Grad Takes on Climate Change
West HartfordEmma Beede, 2009 graduate of Hall High School in West Hartford, is combating climate change by taking on the fossil fuel industry. In January, the senior at Rhode Island School of Design founded Divest RISD, a campaign demanding that the school end its...Tags: Racism, South Africa, Media Industry, Radio, Conservation
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Wal-Mart, Gap skirt the issue
If the horrific garment factory collapse last month in Bangladesh has any silver lining, it is the response from more than 30 of the world's leading apparel companies — including Benetton, PVH, Abercrombie & Fitch, H&M, Inditex (Zara), Marks &...
Tags: Arbitration, Walmart, Career and Workplace, Plant Openings, University of California, Irvine
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New videos from Syria spotlight conflict's brutality
New video surfaced on the Internet on Thursday purporting to show Syrian rebel fighters killing 11 prisoners they accused of taking part in massacres by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. It was the latest of many grisly videos that have...Tags: Beirut (Lebanon), War Crimes, Justice and Rights, Computer Networking and Internet, Religious Conflicts
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READER SUBMITTED: New York Writers Studio Comes To Connecticut: Hill-Stead Museum Offers Teacher Workshop
FarmingtonFrom June 24 through June 26, during Hill-Stead's Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Philip Schultz will lead a three-day introduction to his Writers Studio Method for teachers and writers. This innovative program utilizes the...Tags: Dyslexia, Learning Disability, Awards and Prizes, Education, Entertainment Events
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Islamist rebels execute 11 Syrian soldiers for "massacres"-video
ReutersBEIRUT, May 16 (Reuters) - Fighters of the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front in Syria executed 11 men they accused of taking part in massacres by President Bashar al-Assad's forces, a video published on Thursday showed. A man whose face was covered in a...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Al-Qaeda, Bashar Assad
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Letters: Solitary is too cruel for kids
Re "Too young for solitary," Editorial, May 12 Your editorial had such a promising beginning. Unfortunately, rather than saying the cruel solitary confinement of juveniles should be banned, the editorial recommend that it "should at the very least be...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Politics, American Academy of Pediatrics, Human Rights Watch
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Area athlete goes from orphanage in Uzbekistan to all-American girl
Christa Rusnic only can imagine what her life would be like. She doesn't like where her imagination leads. "I probably would have been living an impoverished life," said Rusnic, a senior goalie on Bishop Moore's water-polo team. "I wouldn't have...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Politics, Adoption, Diving
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You say you want a revolution?
Change of SubjectFormer Defense Secretary Robert Gates on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday: I believe that we have misjudged the Arab Spring and the Arab Revolutions. And I will call it "The Arab Revolutions." And looking at it from a historian's standpoint,...... -
Gay South Korean film director to marry in bid to pry open closet
ReutersSEOUL (Reuters) - A gay South Korean film director is set to symbolically marry his long-term partner, saying he aims to pry open the closet in this conservative Asian country where homosexuality is still taboo and gays have been subjected to hate crimes....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Gay Rights, Hate Crimes, Civil Rights, Politics
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Sears won't sign Bangladesh safety accord
Sears said Wednesday it does not plan to sign a fire and building safety agreement backed by some of Europe's biggest apparel brands aimed at trying to prevent another disaster like the one in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 workers. Instead, the...
Tags: Work Rules Contract Issues, Marketing, Collective Contract, Arbitration, Gap Inc.
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Peru foreign minister quits over health after Venezuela spat
ReutersLIMA (Reuters) - Peru's foreign minister has resigned, the government said on Wednesday, days after he was criticized for contributing to a diplomatic spat with Venezuela. Rafael Roncagliolo, 68, resigned "strictly because of health reasons," the...Tags: Venezuela, Government Ministers, Politics, Government, Ollanta Humala
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