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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: Christian Orthodoxy, Same-Sex Marriage, Gay Rights, Minority Groups, Homophobia
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![<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><strong>Headlines for Friday, May 17, 2013</strong></strong></span></strong></strong></span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-05/53720860-12093801.jpg "<span style="font-size: medium;\"><strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><strong>Headlines for Friday, May 17, 2013</strong></strong></span></strong></strong></span>")
Headlines for Friday, May 17, 2013
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: 2013 Induction Ceremony Airs Saturday
The 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony premieres on HBO Saturday at 9pm ET. The show will be repeated several times in coming weeks....Tags: FX (tv channel), Colorado Avalanche, Nine Inch Nails (music group), Amway, Jonny Lang
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PRESS DIGEST-Canada-May 16
ReutersMay 16 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE GLOBE AND MAIL * The revelation that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's...Tags: Plant Openings, Haqqani Network, NATO, Toronto (Canada), Economy, Business and Finance
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Jets join offensive in northeast Nigeria, opinion split
Reuters* President Jonathan declared state of emergency on Tuesday * Aims to wrest control of remote areas from Islamists * U.S., rights groups fear abuses, worsening violence By Imma Ande YOLA, Nigeria, May 16 (Reuters) - Nigeria sent fighter jets in...Tags: Armed Forces, Human Rights Watch, International Law, Nigeria, Crime, Law and Justice
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You name it, Eric Garcetti has done it
In exactly one week, Los Angeles will wake up with a newly elected mayor. The lucky leader of 4 million restless campers with cracked sidewalks could be Wendy Greuel, the business-suited Valley kid who worked for Mayor Tom Bradley and President...
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Equatorial Guinea arrests opposition leaders over march
ReutersMALABO (Reuters) - Equatorial Guinea arrested at least four members of the opposition for seeking to organize a protest ahead of an legislative election this month, Amnesty International and a local rights activist said on Wednesday. The founders of...Tags: Justice and Rights, Politics, Human Rights Watch, Equatorial Guinea, Elections
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Rights groups condemn Azerbaijan over Internet defamation bill
Reuters* OSCE, Amnesty International criticise Aliyev government * Amnesty suggests move timed to presidential vote * Imprisonment of journalist also condemned By Margarita Antidze TBILISI, May 15 (Reuters) - Human rights groups criticised Azerbaijan on...Tags: Blackmail and Extortion, Baku (Azerbaijan), Arab Spring, Elections, Computer Crime
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UK warns Sri Lanka on abuses before Commonwealth summit
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Wednesday there would be "consequences" for Sri Lanka if its leaders did not address international concerns over human rights abuses, ahead of a Commonwealth summit scheduled to be held in Colombo in November. Deputy...Tags: David Cameron, Human Rights Watch, Charles, Prince of Wales, United Kingdom, Crime, Law and Justice
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Boats carrying more than 100 Rohingya minority capsize off Myanmar; 42 known survivors
SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of members of the displaced Rohingya minority group into the sea. Eight bodies were found and more than 50 people were...Tags: Weather Reports, Politics, Human Rights Watch, Bangladesh, Burma
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North Korea: American sentenced to 15 years hard labor has started life at a 'special prison'
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — An American citizen sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for what Pyongyang has described as hostile acts against the state has started life at a "special prison," state media said Wednesday. Kenneth Bae entered the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights, North Korea, Punishment, Pyongyang (North Korea)
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5 reasons to see "Roadkill"
For RedEyeThe inspiration for "Roadkill" came to its Scottish creator-director Cora Bissett when a young girl who had escaped her captors literally landed on Bissett's doorstep. "I volunteered with a charity in Glasgow, which seeks to help destitute women, many...Tags: Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Arts and Culture, Navy Pier
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Press Freedom Day: Where reporters and their work are threatened
Friday marks World Press Freedom Day, first declared by the United Nations two decades ago as a day to nurture the freedom of journalists -- or to remind the world of where it falls short. Rights groups pointed to several spots on the globe where...
Tags: Benigno Aquino III, Los Angeles Times, Ban Ki-moon, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights
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