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L.A. Film Festival: 'The New Black' evaluates politics from pews
With same-sex marriage being evaluated at the state level across the country and the Supreme Court near its decision on the subject, the documentary "The New Black" could hardly be more timely. The film premiered Friday to a theater of enthusiastic...
Tags: Family, Social Issues, Gays and Lesbians, Los Angeles Film Festival, Justice and Rights
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Iran president-elect carries reform hopes after routing hardliners
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's new president, a moderate cleric known for his conciliatory nuclear talks with world powers, will take office carrying the hopes of reformists seeking less repression of social freedoms and a more pragmatic foreign policy. Hassan...Tags: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Nuclear Program, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, U.S. Military
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Hospital siege, blasts new Pakistan government's first security test
ReutersQUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Militants in a volatile region of western Pakistan bombed a bus carrying women students on Saturday and then seized part of the hospital where survivors were taken, in the first major security test for the new prime minister,...Tags: Religion and Belief, Nawaz Sharif, Religious Conflicts, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Rowhani appears headed to landslide win in Iran elections
TEHRAN — Hassan Rowhani, a cleric embraced by reformists and moderates as an alternative to the nation’s hard-line leadership, appeared headed toward a landslide victory Saturday in elections to succeed Iranian President Mahmoud...Tags: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Freedom of the Press, Voting, Iran, Government
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Commander in Nazi SS-led unit living in Minnesota for decades
BERLIN (AP) - An Associated Press investigation has found that a commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of atrocities has been living in Minnesota since shortly after World War II. Records obtained by the AP through a Freedom of Information Act request...
Tags: Freedom of Information Act, Justice and Rights, U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice
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European rights body says Hungary changes threaten courts
Reuters* Hungary constitution changes weaken democracy -think-tank * Government should not use constitution as political tool * Budapest says democracy firm, no changes due to report By Sandor Peto BUDAPEST, June 14 (Reuters) - A key European rights think-...Tags: Government, Justice and Rights, Elections, Viktor Orban, European Union
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Homer E. Favor, civil rights activist
Dr. Homer Eli Favor, a retired Morgan State University economist who was an original member of the civil rights activist group whose members called themselves the "Goon Squad," died of heart disease Saturday at the Baltimore-Washington Medical Center. A...
Tags: Heart Disease, Religion and Belief, Cherry Hill (Baltimore, Maryland), Morgan State University, The New York Times
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Turkey's prime minister meets with antigovernment protesters
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Besieged Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was meeting early Friday with antigovernment protesters after giving them a “final warning” to end a 2-week-old demonstration that has damaged Turkey’s...
Tags: NATO, Ankara (Turkey), Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Government, Justice and Rights
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Judge sets deadline in 'America's toughest sheriff' Arizona profiling case
ReutersBy David Schwartz PHOENIX, June 14 (Reuters) - A judge who found Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio racially profiled Latino drivers in his crackdown on illegal immigration gave attorneys on Friday an August deadline to agree to steps to correct the abuse and...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Jan Brewer, Social Issues, Lawyers, Immigration
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China has several options on Edward Snowden
BEIJING — With Edward Snowden in Hong Kong dribbling out morsels on U.S. cyber surveillance activities to the press, Chinese authorities have several choices for dealing with him. Their options include offering asylum to the former U.S....Tags: National Security Agency, Computer Crime, Hong Kong, Government, Justice and Rights
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U.N. says Syria death toll has likely surpassed 100,000
BEIRUT -- The ever-escalating death toll in Syria’s two-year civil war has likely surpassed 100,000, the United Nations said Thursday, with more than 6,500 minors among those who have lost their lives. Almost 93,000 people were killed between...
Tags: Armed Forces, Justice and Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Nations, Crime, Law and Justice
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Baltimore police form new advisory council on LGBT issues
Making good on a promise by Baltimore police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts after the severe beating of a gay East Baltimore man, the city Police Department announced Friday a special advisory council to help improve its relations with the lesbian, gay,...
Tags: Social Issues, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Anthony W. Batts, Hate Crimes
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