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Michigan House OKs waiving state park fee for some disabled vets, former prisoners of war
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some disabled veterans and former prisoners of war would be able to get into Michigan's state parks for free under bills approved by the state House. The bills were approved by a 107 to 2 vote on Tuesday. Under the bills,...Tags: Physical Disabilities, Gardens and Parks, Prisons, Travel, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Letters: Debating Guantanamo
Re "Obama's Gitmo woes," Opinion, May 5 As a fan of Doyle McManus, I was disappointed to read his claim that most of the detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay were anti-American extremists when they were apprehended. Our own government has...Tags: John McCain, Prisons, Lindsey O. Graham, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religion and Belief
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Guantanamo detainee says prison 'shakedown' sparked hunger strike
WASHINGTON — Obaidullah, an Afghan villager captured with diagrams of improvised bombs, has marked nearly 11 years as a detainee at the U.S. naval base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Three months ago, outraged by what he called another prison...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Lawyers, Elections, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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Obama renews call to close Guantanamo prison
WASHINGTON — Confronted with a mass hunger strike and the use of forced feedings to keep inmates from starving, President Obama broke a long silence on the military prison for suspected foreign terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, declaring it "not...Tags: Terrorism, Washington, DC, Lawyers, Wars and Interventions, Career and Workplace
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Hulu Upfronts: New Shows from Chris O'Dowd, Seth Meyers, Carson Daly
ReutersApr 30 (TheWrap.com) - Netflix may have a head start when it comes to creating water-cooler web shows like "House of Cards," but Hulu demonstrated at its Upfront presentation to advertisers this Tuesday that it is also betting heavily on original content....Tags: Game Shows, Netflix Inc., Bill Hader, House of Cards (tv program), Desperate Housewives (tv program)
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Myanmar frees 56 political prisoners day after sanctions dropped
ReutersBy Aung Hla Tun YANGON, April 23 (Reuters) - Myanmar's president announced an amnesty on Tuesday for about 100 prisoners, a senior official said, of whom 56 were confirmed as political detainees by a group monitoring activists held in the country's...Tags: Human Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Thein Sein, Religion and Belief, Wars and Interventions
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Eritrean pilot, fetching jet stolen by defectors, defects -paper
ReutersRIYADH, April 22 (Reuters) - A military pilot sent by Eritrea to Saudi Arabia to reclaim a jet stolen by two fellow officers when they flew to seek asylum, has herself defected, Saudi media reported on Monday. The pilot, who holds the rank of captain,...Tags: Theft, Africa, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Saudi Arabia
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Medal of Honor goes to Korean War chaplain
WASHINGTON — When men who served in the Korean War with Emil Kapaun describe him, they do not talk about the acts most commonly associated with the Medal of Honor: He fell on no grenades, captured no enemy machine guns, killed no enemy soldiers....
Tags: Christianity, Heroism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religion and Belief, U.S. Army
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Paris auction of concentration camp uniform halted amid outrage
PARIS -- The auction catalog entry for Lot 900 was short, simple and utterly shocking: "CONCENTRATION CAMP -- striped uniform of a political prisoner held in a German camp. Jacket in mixed wool, style grey and Nattier blue stripes. Identification number...Tags: Auction Service, Prisons, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Nazi Party
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Review: 'Free Angela and All Political Prisoners' studies a radical
Documentarian Shola Lynch, who previously profiled Shirley Chisholm's groundbreaking run for president, turns her lens on another significant African American female figure from the early '70s in "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners." Applying her...
Tags: Elections, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Entertainment, Politics
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Salvation Army steps in for released immigrants
Staff WriterHumberto Abad Martinez, 53, left his home country of Honduras two months ago to travel to the United States in hopes of finding work. His journey included riding “the Beast,” a freight train that travels across Mexico and is notoriously...Tags: Government Debt, Guatemala, Budget Control Act of 2011, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mexico
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Abe Baum dies at 91; decorated WWII officer
Dog-tired, Capt. Abe Baum was snoozing on the hood of a military vehicle when he was shaken awake and summoned to a superior's tent. With worry on their faces, his unit's top officers were clustered around Gen. George S. Patton Jr., who had just issued...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Armed Forces, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Germany
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