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Media often abets sex trafficking
May 25, 2007UNITED NATIONS — At a recent conference here sponsored by the Republic of Belarus on the global problem of sexual slavery, two high-ranking officials from Belarus spoke to the World about the responsibility of the mass...
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As Gaza burns, U.S. activists protest Israeli occupation
May 25, 2007As the 40th anniversary of the Six Day War and the ensuing Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory approaches, violence has once again flared up in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, especially in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, peace activists...
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Abu-Jamal lawyers cite bias in call for new trial
May 25, 2007PHILADELPHIA — Lawyers for Mumia Abu-Jamal told a federal appeals court here May 17 that Abu-Jamal should get a new trial because prosecutors illegally excluded Blacks from the jury that convicted him in 1982. Abu-Jamal was...
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Moore flap could help change U.S. Cuba policy
May 25, 2007News Analysis Earlier this month, filmmaker Michael Moore announced that he had received a letter from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) accusing him of illegal travel to Cuba, and threatening prosecution. Moore...
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Soldiers, vets on Memorial Day: bring troops home
May 25, 2007Thinking about the war dead on Memorial Day, “the most important thing is the people who are still there — caring for them, bringing them home,” said Toby, an Army vet from Indiana who served 15...
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