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In Britain, terrorism suspected in man's hacking death
LONDON — As bystanders watched in horror, a man was hacked to death in broad daylight on a London street Wednesday and two suspects were shot and wounded by police, who are investigating the incident as a likely terrorist attack. The two...
Tags: Pakistan, Television Networks, Religion and Belief, Prisons, United Kingdom
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Women's prayer at Western Wall sparks protest
JERUSALEM -- Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews flooded into the Old City’s Western Wall Plaza early Friday in a boisterous and sometimes violent protest against a group of female activists exercising a newly court-affirmed right to pray at the holy...
Tags: Nazi Party, Religion and Belief, Police Arrests, Religious Texts, Feminism
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Probe set for LAPD response to party near USC
The first time the two Los Angeles Police Department officers walked to the backyard of an off-campus house party near USC, they had no problem with the crowd as they told the organizer to turn off the music and begin shutting down the party. The...
Tags: Politics, Safety of Citizens, Government, Los Angeles Police Department, Social Issues
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Black USC students accuse LAPD of bias after party clash
The Los Angeles Police Department opened an internal investigation into its response at an off-campus house party near USC amid complaints from some students that the department showed racial bias and used heavy-handed tactics. The incident occurred...
Tags: Politics, Police Arrests, Safety of Citizens, Crime, Law and Justice, Michael Jackson
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Thousands in Russia demand new elections, release of prisoners
This post has been corrected. See bottom for details. MOSCOW — In the biggest show of opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin since last May, thousands of demonstrators gathered Monday near the Kremlin to demand an immediate release of...
Tags: Pakistan, Prisons, Politics, Embezzlement, Demonstration
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Bangladesh factory collapse: 19 pulled from rubble
From the Associated PressSAVAR, Bangladesh -- Police in Bangladesh took five people into custody in connection with the collapse of a shoddily-constructed building this week, as rescue workers pulled 19 survivors out of the rubble on Saturday and vowed to continue as long as...Tags: Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes, Walmart, Police Arrests, Human Interest, Politics
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France approves same-sex marriage
PARIS — The French Parliament on Tuesday approved a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt, voting after months of often angry debate and sometimes violent protests in the streets. Members of the Socialist government chanted "Equality,...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Politics, Homophobia, Gays and Lesbians, National Government
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Massive manhunt for suspect in killing of six in Russia
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.MOSCOW--Thousands of police and volunteers fanned out over the Russian city of Belgorod on Tuesday, hunting for a 32-year-old ex-convict who is suspected in the shooting deaths of six people, two of them teenage girls. The massive manhunt ranged through...Tags: Heart Attack, Prisons, Rentals, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Crime, Law and Justice
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Police battle same-sex marriage foes in Paris
PARIS — French riot police battled Sunday with anti-gay marriage protesters who forced their way onto the world famous Champs Élysées. The demonstration was a last-ditch attempt to stop a bill backed by France's Socialist government that will...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Politics, Central African Republic, Same-Sex Marriage, Family
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Fans riot after death sentences for 21 convicted rioters, acquittals for police
An Egyptian court on Saturday confirmed the death sentences against 21 people for taking part in a deadly soccer riot but acquitted seven police officials for their alleged role in the violence. Suspected fans enraged by the verdict torched the soccer...
Tags: Defendants, Prisons, Mohamed Morsi, Trials, Soccer
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Protests follow upholding of death sentences in Egypt soccer riot
CAIRO -- Egyptian protesters set fire to a police social club and attempted to block the Suez Canal on Saturday after a court upheld death sentences for 21 soccer fans and acquitted seven police officers accused in a deadly stadium riot last year....
Tags: Suez Canal, Mohamed Morsi, Armed Conflicts, Soccer, Civil Unrest
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Prison riot continues in Venezuela with 55 reported dead
CARACAS, Venezuela -- The unofficial death toll rose to 55 on Saturday from a ongoing prison riot as human-rights critics urged the government to improve Venezuela's overcrowded jails, described as some of the worst in Latin America. National Guard...
Tags: Hugo Chavez, Prisons, Politics, National Government, Justice and Rights
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