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Obama: The speech
Spin CyclePrepared text of Obama's speech after the jump. Big crowd, one-world/break-down-walls substance, but watching on TV you didn't have the impression the crowd was going totally wild. Echoes of Reagan's tear-down-this-wall speech, and an effort -- as he...Tags: Kansas, Terrorism, Nuclear Weapons, Democracy, New York
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WORLD & NATION UPDATE: ABROAD
A suspected Islamic militant threw a hand grenade at a group of migrant laborers in Indian Kashmir, killing a woman and her four children yesterday in one of two attacks that claimed a total of nine lives in the disputed Himalayan region. Separately,...Tags: Employees, Schools, Belief and Faith, New York, Punishment
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Response To 'For Cooperation's Sake'
At a July 21 Hartford city council public hearing, 150 people came out to support an ordinance barring city employees from inquiring about immigration status [Page 1, July 22, "For Cooperation's Sake"]. Something important is going on when city...Tags: Social Services, Labor Legislation, Immigration, Minority Groups, Illegal Immigrants
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Rights Group: China Is World's Top Executioner
Associated PressExecutions jumped by a third in Iran and quadrupled in Saudi Arabia last year, causing the total number of executions around the world to rise yet again in 2007, a human rights group reported Thursday. It said China remained far in front as the world's...Tags: Civil Rights, Death Penalty, Justice and Rights, Punishment
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Apartheid Activist At UConn
Legendary apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada will be the keynote speaker at an annual global conference at the University of Connecticut on Aug. 4. Kathrada, who is a veteran of the South African liberation struggle and a confidant of Nelson Mandela, will...Tags: Civil Rights, Connecticut, Justice and Rights, University of Connecticut
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Transcript of Obama's speech in Berlin
Transcript of Sen. Barack Obama's speech in Berlin on Thursday: Thank you to the citizens of Berlin and to the people of Germany. Let me thank Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier for welcoming me earlier today. Thank you Mayor Wowereit,...Tags: Terrorism, Barack Obama, New York, Heavy Engineering, Kansas
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Drug, alcohol addicts need affordable treatment
Anthony Papa is author of "15 To Life" and a communications specialist for the Drug Policy Alliance.Last week, Josh Hamilton became the new golden boy of baseball. His record-breaking performance in Major League Baseball's All-Star Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium was a living testament to the fact that people who struggled with drugs in the past can...Tags: Prisons, Major League Baseball, Crimes, Alcohol Addiction, Josh Hamilton
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Sudan counters charges with diplomacy
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSudan's diplomatic offensive against the International Criminal Court is gaining momentum in Africa, but faces stiff odds before the U.N. Security Council. The government of Sudan has been waging a high-profile political campaign since the court's...Tags: Police Arrests, Civil Unrest, National Government, Government, Mwai Kibaki
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Wayne State sued by anti-abortion student group
Associated Press WriterA student group is suing Wayne State University over the denial of money for a week of anti-abortion events, saying its free-speech rights were violated last spring. Students for Life said it is a registered campus organization. And like other groups,...Tags: Trials, Abortion, Colleges and Universities
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Beijing plans to establish protest sites for Olympics
Chicago Tribune NewspapersBEIJING—In a nod to criticism that it is stifling free speech during the Olympics, China intends to designate space in three public parks as "protest zones" for people to vent their grievances, officials said Wednesday. Protesters will have to...Tags: Civil Rights, Multi-Sport Events, International Olympic Committee, Justice and Rights, Demonstration
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