Archive for June, 2009
Mississippi: Reputed Miss. Klansman appeals to US Supreme Court
(U.S.) Mississippi: Reputed Miss. Klansman appeals to US Supreme Court – James Ford Seale – “A reputed Ku Klux Klansman convicted two years ago in the 1964 kidnappings of two black men asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to decide
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Washington DC – FBI: Holocaust Museum suspect expected to survive
DC – FBI: Holocaust Museum suspect expected to survive “FBI Supervisory Special Agent Katherine Schweit said in a written statement Saturday that government lawyers told court officials that James von Brunn (vahn BRUHN’)
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UK: Suspected “Honor Killing” – Update on Shafilea Ahmed Case
(UK) Father fails in fight to change unlawful killing verdict – Shafilea Ahmed – “A few months earlier, she had refused an arranged marriage, and, during
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Iran Reports – June 14, 2009
Iranian President Ahmadinejad celebrates win with show of brutality – “Chanting ‘Allahu akbar’ — God is greatest — and ‘Ahmadi, we love you’ the army of hardliners
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Gaza: a father killed his daughter against the backdrop of ‘family honor’
Gaza: a father killed his daughter against the backdrop of ‘family honor’ – “in
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Turkey: Lawyers: Abused Turkish woman in hiding — Nahide Opuz
(Turkey) Lawyers: Abused Turkish woman in hiding — Nahide Opuz – “In 2002, Nahide Opuz’s ex-husband, Huseyin Opuz, shot and killed her mother in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir. Prior
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June 12, 1963: Crime history – Civil rights leader Evers assassinated in Mississippi
June 12, 1963: Crime history – Civil rights leader Evers assassinated in Mississippi AKPC_IDS += "2204,";
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Holocaust Memorial Shooter – SPLC says Michigan man recently took over racist site
(U.S.) Holocaust Memorial Shooter – SPLC says Michigan man recently took over racist site – Chicago Tribune reports: “The Southern Poverty Law Center says the suspect in the fatal shooting of
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Iran Reports – June 12, 2009
Iranians vote in droves, rival victory claims http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSEVA14340720090612 – Ahmadinejad claims victory after Iran’s polling stations are kept open http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6486939.ece –
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Iran: Tehran student forced to live double life
(Iran) Tehran student forced to live double life – “Music student Aida Shirazi is thoroughly Westernised – but in public she must play the part of an obedient Islamic woman” – “she
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