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Swift Senate passage of hate crimes bill urged
July 3, 2009Original source: Though the House of Representatives passed the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act three months ago, the Senate has yet to take action on the bill. Last week, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder...
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U.N. revisits U.S. policies on racial profiling
July 3, 2009UNITED NATIONS, Jul 1 (IPS) - Millions of U.S. citizens continue to face discrimination at the hands of police and other law enforcement agencies just because they are not white, although the country's new leader in...
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Israeli troops seize aid ship
July 2, 2009Original source: Israeli commandos have seized the crew of a ship carrying aid to Gaza and forced the vessel to sail to an Israeli port. The Israeli military said that it had boarded The Spirit of...
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Obama town hall: ‘Fix health care this year’
July 2, 2009Speaking to a town-hall meeting broadcast live on Twitter, Facebook and other social networks, President Obama called on the people to reject “scare tactics” and push for healthcare reform this year that includes a strong public...
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Defeated Mousavi says Iran’s new gov’t ‘illegitimate’
July 2, 2009TEHRAN, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi said in a statement posted on his website on Wednesday that Iran's new government is 'illegitimate.' 'From now on ...the majority of society, of which...
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