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Headlines for Tuesday, May 21, 2013
RAY MANZAREK: Doors Co-Founder Dead at 74
Ray Manzarek, a founding Member of The Doors, has died at age 74.
The keyboardist, born Raymond Daniel Manczarek, Jr., succumbed this afternoon (Monday) at the RoMed...Tags: What Happens in Vegas (movie), Oregon Ducks, Dr. Dre (music artist), Pumpkin, General Motors Corp.
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Palestinians in West Bank's Area C suffer in limbo
MALEH, West Bank — In remote Palestinian villages of the northern Jordan Valley, children read by gas lamp, and water must be purchased from miles away, even when electricity lines and water pipes to Israeli settlements run directly past their...
Tags: Israeli Settlements, Israel, Politics, European Union, Palestinian National Authority
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Rights groups say thousands have vanished into the Syrian regime's torture dungeons
Associated PressBEIRUT (AP) — About 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital of Damascus. They grabbed a 24-year-old university student and drove off. That was a year...Tags: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, American Red Cross
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Syrian troops flush out rebels who stormed central prison in northern city of Aleppo
Associated PressBEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government troops on Thursday flushed out rebels who had stormed a prison compound in the northern city of Aleppo in a bid to free hundreds of political prisoners inside. The forced retreat was the latest setback for fighters...Tags: Politics, Civil Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crime, Law and Justice, News Agency
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You name it, Eric Garcetti has done it
In exactly one week, Los Angeles will wake up with a newly elected mayor. The lucky leader of 4 million restless campers with cracked sidewalks could be Wendy Greuel, the business-suited Valley kid who worked for Mayor Tom Bradley and President...
Tags: Politics, Elections, London School of Economics, Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Press Freedom Day: Where reporters and their work are threatened
Friday marks World Press Freedom Day, first declared by the United Nations two decades ago as a day to nurture the freedom of journalists -- or to remind the world of where it falls short. Rights groups pointed to several spots on the globe where...
Tags: Politics, Somalia, Ban Ki-moon, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Death of jailed Indian in Pakistan causes furor
The death of an Indian prisoner attacked behind bars in Pakistan set off an uproar Thursday, as protests erupted and the Indian government demanded justice in the politically sensitive case. Sarabjit Singh had spent more than two decades in Pakistani...Tags: Manmohan Singh, National Government, Politics, India, Prisons
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Activists urge Obama to speak out on Mexico's human rights record
MEXICO CITY -- Activists are attempting to spotlight human rights issues during President Obama's visit this week to Mexico, urging him to publicly condemn what they describe as Mexico’s abysmal record of torture, killings and forced...
Tags: Drug Trafficking, Politics, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Felipe Calderon
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Release Report On CIA's Use Of Torture
The Hartford CourantWhen I was a child, my parents made me and my brother say grace before meals. My mother is a preacher in the United Methodist Church, and my faith is part of my daily life. We often thanked God for our country. We expressed gratitude for our government...Tags: U.S. Army, Politics, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Central Intelligence Agency
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One of jazz's biggest-sellers ever, world music stars to play Sands Event Center
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGTwo music acts, including one of the biggest-selling jazz artists of all time, who were not formally announced by Sands Bethlehem Event Center have shown up on the venue’s website. Diana Krall, the pianist and singer who has sold more...... -
Justices rule U.S. courts not world forum for human rights suits
WASHINGTON— U.S. courts will not be the world forum for lawsuits brought by victims of human rights abuses abroad who seek damages from multinational corporations or deposed tyrants, the Supreme Court declared Wednesday. In a decision welcomed...
Tags: Criminal Laws, Politics, Civil Rights, Antonin Scalia, Crime, Law and Justice
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Two Americans killed in air crash in Afghanistan
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two U.S. troops died in eastern Afghanistan after their aircraft crashed Tuesday, military officials said. The U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force said the cause of the crash, which took place in a field, is under...Tags: International Military Interventions, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Explosions, Taliban
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