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Afghan president suspends talks with US on security deal to protest US-Taliban negotiations KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan president on Wednesday suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was being left out of initial peace negotiations with the Taliban ...
Civil Rights Groups Sue NYPD Over Muslim Spying
The NYPD's widespread spying programs directed at Muslims have undermined free worship by innocent people and should be declared unconstitutional, according to religious leaders and civil rights advocates who filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday...
Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers
The Times, Munster. June 17, 2013. Rehabilitated criminals need second chance Getting and keeping a job can help keep reformed criminals out of prison. The honest income makes a difference. But a criminal record can be a barrier to employment. Some employers are naturally skittish about hiring ex-convicts. So beginning ...
Romanian pop star claims manager beat her up
Romanian prosecutors said Tuesday they are investigating a popular singer's claim that she was beaten up by her manager-boyfriend after a dispute over money, prompting a rare debate about domestic violence in this conservative East European nation. Alexandra Stan, whose 2010 hit "Mr. Saxobeat" sold almost 1 million copies in ...
Transgender Candidate Running in NYC
Mel Wymore is campaigning in New York as a community board appointee, ex-PTA chair and founder of local organizations. But this city council candidate's resume has an unusual feature: He built much of it while he was a woman. (June 18)
Gender report of Shah Rukh Khan baby investigated
Health officials in Mumbai are investigating reports that Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and his wife know the sex of a baby they are having through a surrogate mother. Sex determination tests are banned in India to stop the practice of aborting female fetuses due to a preference for sons. ...
Feds: 7-Eleven Stores Exploited Immigrants
Nine owners and managers of 7-Eleven convenience stores were charged on Monday in a scheme to exploit immigrants in part by paying them using the stolen Social Security numbers of a child and three dead people. (June 17)
Daughter: Mandela Doing 'Very Well'
Family members of former South African president Nelson Mandela visited the elderly statesman as he spent his 10th day in a Pretoria hospital on Monday for a recurring lung infection. (June 17)
In Israel, Streisand criticizes treatment of women
Entertainer Barbra Streisand waded into one of Israel's touchiest issues Monday on the first major stop of her tour of the country — Jewish religious practices that separate men and women. Speaking at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Monday, where she received an honorary doctorate, she took aim at ...
Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers
Lincoln Journal Star. June 15, 2013. Use common sense on immigration Remember what Sen. Mike Johanns said about the farm bill, stalled in Congress now for long months? When the Senate passed its version of the legislation, again, Johanns allowed as to how the bill was not the one he ...
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