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Black Man Sentenced to 50 Years for Stealing Ribs
Willie Smith Ward of Waco, TX was sentenced to 50 years for tucking a rack of ribs under his shirt inside of a local grocery
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Syrian army takes last militant bastion near Qusayr
Syrian army has retaken control of last militant bastion near Qusayr, bringing its operation closer to a successful end in this region. Government forces restored
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Native American student denied high school diploma for wearing tribal feather
By Arturo Garcia A high school graduate in Alabama is being denied her diploma after being fined $1,000 for wearing a feather reflecting her Native
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Police Retreat as Protests Expand Through Turkey
By TIM ARANGO ISTANBUL — Violent protests against the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan engulfed Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, on Saturday and spread to
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NATO data: Assad winning the war for Syrians’ hearts and minds
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — After two years of civil war, support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad was said to have sharply increased.
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Chokwe Lumumba Elected Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi
BY KIRSTEN WEST Former Ward 2 Councilman and Chokwe Lumumba, 65, is the new mayor of Jackson, Miss., winning the general election with 87 percent of the vote,
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Turkey Protests Continue to Surge: Over 1,700 Arrested
235 Separate Rallies Reported Nationwide by Jason Ditz Protests continue to grow in Turkey, with a third day of rallies seeing tens of thousands of
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Turkish union to strike from Tuesday over unrest
ISTANBUL, June 3 (Reuters) – Turkey’s Public Workers Unions Confederation (KESK) said on Monday it would hold a “warning strike” on June 4-5 to protest
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Violence Soars in Iraq: Over 1,000 Killed in Month of May
High Death Tolls Not Seen Since 2007 by Jason Ditz With the month of May coming to a close, the trend of worsening violence in
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Pots, pans and the mundane terror at Taksim
On Friday I picked up my Turkish residence permit, breathed a sigh of relief, then came home to Taksim and was promptly tear gassed. I
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