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Lawmaker wearing hoodie removed from House floor
By Deirdre Walsh Washington (CNN) — A congressman was removed from the House floor Wednesday after giving a speech about Trayvon Martin while wearing a hoodie. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Illinois, told House members, “racial profiling has to stop.” Rush, a former Black Panther who was active in the civil rights movement in the 1960s, then…
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“The hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin’s death as George Zimmerman was.”
Realizing that Geraldo Rivera does not speak on behalf of the Republican party…Fox News does…and I would venture to say that many Fox News viewers i.e. Republican voters really do believe the nonsense that Geraldo Rivera is espousing. Yes – there are some nuances behind how people perceive a person based off of how they…
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Guatemalan ex-soldier jailed for 6,060 years over Dos Erres massacre
Pedro Pimentel Rios is fifth member of elite military force to be imprisoned for role in killings of 201 people in 1982 Agencies in Guatemala City A former Guatemalan special forces soldier has been sentenced to 6,060 years in prison for his role in the killings of 201 people in a 1982 massacre. Pedro Pimentel…
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Israel won’t co-operate with UN mission on settlements
Ruth Pollard JERUSALEM: Israel has described as ”hypocritical” a decision by the United Nations Human Rights Council to launch an investigation into the impact of its settlement construction on the human rights of Palestinians. About 500,000 Israelis and 2.5 million Palestinians live in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in areas Israel captured in a…
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Army: Soldiers diagnosed with PTSD return to war
SAN DIEGO (AP) — It is still not known if the soldier accused of killing 17 Afghans was ever diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder — but even if he had been, that alone would not have prevented him from being sent back to war. The Army diagnosed 76,176 soldiers with PTSD between 2000 and 2011.…
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As details of massacre emerge, Afghan man who lost 11 relatives says: ‘We want justice’
By Richard Leiby and Sayed Salahuddin KABUL — The U.S. military’s decision to formally charge Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales in the killing of 17 Afghan villagers on Friday did nothing to dampen the anger of Mohammed Wazir, who lost 11 family members — including his mother, wife, four daughters and two sons — in…
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Review: “The Hunger Games” (2012 Movie)
Introduction The Hunger Games (2012), based on the book of the same name by Suzanne Collins, is not an easy film to watch. It follows the story of an adolescent girl named Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) made to fight in a gladiatorial battle against other adolescents selected from districts within a dystopian society ruled by “the…
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Zimmerman, One-Man Lynch Mob, Intended To Kill Trayvon All Along
The parents of Trayvon Martin have demonstrated remarkable dignity and composure under duress and one can see why their son’s execution by the one-man lynch mob, George Zimmerman, has garnered global support. Yesterday while in New York City the parents appeared at what was billed as a “Million Hoodies March” on Union Square and hundreds…
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U.S. official: Bales to be charged with 17 counts of murder
From Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon Producer Washington (CNN) — Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder and six counts of assault and attempted murder related to a March 11 shooting spree in Afghanistan, a senior U.S. official said Thursday. The charges are expected to be announced Friday. The official…
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Iraqis Hold Million-Strong Demo on Anniversary of War
ABOUT a million loyalists of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have rallied in southern Iraq decrying poor services and rampant graft on the ninth anniversary of the US-led invasion against Saddam Hussein. Protesters flooded the centre of the southern port city of Basra for the rally, with demonstrators waving Iraqi flags and portraits of the anti-US Shi’ite…
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