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'Truth Commission'
Joshua Rosenthal [CTOpinion, Nov. 30, "We Need A Truth Commission"] proposes that we forgo criminal prosecutions of members of the Bush administration and instead form a Commission on Truth and Reconciliation. Miscreants would be offered immunity in...Tags: New Preston, Crimes, Constitutional Issues, Middletown
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Observers cite Clinton's human rights commitment
elizabeth.moore@newsday.comIt was a startling speech coming from a first lady - indeed, Hillary Clinton's 1995 speech at the United Nations Conference for Women in Beijing is credited as a watershed moment. "It is a violation of human rights when babies are denied food, or...Tags: Eleanor Roosevelt, Heads of State, United Nations, Civil Rights, Government
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Old hawks wrong for foreign policy
When President-elect Barack Obama announced his new economic policy team, commentators quickly pointed out that the team included many old hands, names from the Clinton era, some even involved in major decisions linked to the current economic crisis....Tags: International Law, George H.W. Bush, Civil Rights, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Laws
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Is gay the new black? Gay marriage ban spurs debate over comparison to civil rights movement
AP National WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ Gay is the new black, say the protest signs and magazine covers, casting the gay marriage battle as the last frontier of equal rights for all. Gay marriage is not a civil right, opponents counter, insisting that minority status comes from...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Marriage, Exit Polls, 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, Epidemics and Plagues, Justice and Rights
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Michelle Obama's family tree has roots in a Carolina slave plantation
Tribune ReportersGEORGETOWN, S.C.—Tiny wooden cabins line the dirt road once known as Slave Street as it winds its way through Friendfield Plantation. More than 200 slaves lived in the whitewashed shacks in the early 1800s, and some of their descendants remained...Tags: People, University of South Florida, Justice and Rights, History, Newspaper and Magazine
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Nigeria's latest riots reveal ethnic, religious rifts in Africa's most populous nation
Associated Press WriterJOS, Nigeria (AP) _ Iki Atsen told the women in his family to flee and grabbed an ax as a man with a bullhorn urged 100 Muslim men to storm Atsen's Christian homestead and kill all nonbelievers. Atsen survived, but his two brothers were cut down by...Tags: Crimes, Gang Activity, Democratic Party, Local Authority, Riots
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Spain says it will investigate report that previous government allowed Guantanamo flights
Associated Press WriterMADRID, Spain (AP) _ Spain will investigate whether a previous government allowed Spanish territory to be used to transport captured terrorism suspects to Guantanamo Bay, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday. The ministry said in a statement it had not...Tags: European Elections, Police Investigations, Terrorism, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Central Intelligence Agency
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Iraq, Iran swap remains of 241 soldiers killed in 1980-1988 war
Associated Press WriterBAGHDAD (AP) _ Iraq and Iran on Sunday exchanged the remains of 241 soldiers killed during an eight-year war between the two countries — the latest sign of increased cooperation between the neighboring nations that were fierce rivals under Saddam...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Saddam Hussein, Civil Unrest
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Myanmar court sentences 2 journalists to 7 years in jail for undermining regime
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) _ A court in military-controlled Myanmar has imprisoned two journalists for seven years each for undermining the country's ruling generals after being caught with a U.N. human rights report. The court in a northeastern suburb of...Tags: Prisons, Democracy, Civil Rights, Punishment, Buddhism
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China rejects EU's criticism of Taiwan spy execution, says trial was fair
Associated Press WriterBEIJING (AP) _ China dismissed criticisms by the European Union over the execution of a Chinese medical researcher and businessman accused of spying for Taiwan, saying Monday that he received a fair trial. Wo Weihan was executed Friday after being...Tags: Civil Rights, Trials, Dalai Lama, Espionage and Intelligence, Punishment
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North Korea begins restricting border traffic, cutting number of SKoreans working in North
Associated Press WriterSEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ North Korea began restricting traffic through two checkpoints in its tightly sealed border with South Korea on Monday — punishment for Seoul's hard-line stance toward the communist regime. The restrictions forced the...Tags: Crimes, Treaties, Murder, Kim Jong Il, Lee Myung-bak
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Zimbabwe official media says cholera killed 425, fears toll will increase with rainy season
Associated Press WriterHARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) _ Zimbabwe health authorities say 425 people have died in a cholera outbreak and they are concerned it will worsen with the onset of the rainy season. More than 11,000 people have been sickened since August, the official Sunday Mail...Tags: Prisons, United Nations, Health Organizations, Foreign Aid, Private Health Care
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