World
Russia adopts law against “gay propaganda”
June 12, 2013"The government is using homophobia and xenophobia to justify its policies against an independent civil society."
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Britain pays $31 million to Mau Mau victims
June 11, 2013British Foreign Secretary William Hague stopped short of issuing an apology last week to the elderly Kenyans tortured by British colonial forces during the Mau Mau uprising
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International labor pushes to free the Cuban Five
June 11, 2013Major unions in Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean are organizing projects to educate their members and the public on the "Cuban Five."
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Some 1.5 million disappear in Germany
June 10, 2013Hard-hit Berlin, where 400,000 are unaccounted for, will now lose millions of euros in subsidies from the European Union and richer German states.
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Chinese officials slam negligence in deadly poultry plant fire
June 7, 2013China's top work safety official issued a stinging criticism of company management and government regulatory efforts following Monday's deadly poultry plant fire that killed 120 and injured 77.
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