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Julian Bond testifies in support of immigration rights of same-sex couples
June 8, 2009Julian Bond, NAACP chairman, testified yesterday in support of the Uniting American Families Act before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill would give gay and lesbian U.S. citizens and permanent residents the right to sponsor their...
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US court stalls sale of Chrysler to Fiat
June 8, 2009Original source: Three Indiana state pension and construction funds filed emergency papers at the US High Court today to force the Supreme Court to block Chrysler's sale to Fiat so they can appeal in the hope...
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Spencer, Heidi Pratt quit NBC’s ‘I’m a Celebrity’
June 7, 2009Recently married The Hills stars Spencer and Heidi Pratt have reportedly quit NBC's 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' Upset at the show's Costa Rican jungle living conditions, the newlyweds quit the NBC reality...
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JCP calls on officials to testity on secret US/Japan nuclear deal
June 7, 2009Japan's local newspapers on June 1 ran on their front pages a Kyodo News report that four former Japanese vice foreign ministers testified that they had had access to a 'secret accord between Japan and the...
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Death Row inmate Troy Davis denied opportunity to prove innocence
June 7, 2009Congressional leaders and civil rights groups are calling for intervention in the case of Troy Davis, who currently sits on death row in Georgia for a murder he may not have committed.
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