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Russia set to make Olympic history -- for spending, controversy
The costs and challenges confronting Russia as it tries to convert a Black Sea beach resort into a Winter Olympics venue recall the "hero projects" of the Soviet era, when deluded dictators squandered fortunes trying to reverse the flow of Siberian...
Tags: FIFA World Cup, Civil Rights, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Human Rights Watch, Career and Workplace
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Senators use hearing to air CIA controversies
WASHINGTON - The confirmation hearing Thursday of John Brennan to be CIA director reopened scrutiny of a wide range of controversies that have dogged the country for more than a decade, ranging from the Obama administration's embrace of targeted...Tags: White House, Anwar al-Awlaki, U.S. Congress, Civil Rights, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
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Guillermo Martinez: No matter what is said, rights abuses abound in Cuba
For decades, the accusations of Cuban exiles about human rights abuses in Cuba have been questioned. It was 37 years ago when a local South Florida newspaper questioned Cuban exiles when they said the Castro regime held thousands of political...Tags: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Human Rights Watch, Prisoners and Detainees
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Mob attacks on women in Egypt protests go unpunished, report says
Mobs encircled and attacked dozens of women protesting in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in a spate of sexual assaults last month, Amnesty International said in a new report released Wednesday, urging Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to make sure the...
Tags: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Iran, Sexual Assault, Prosecution
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British woman faces death for drug smuggling in Indonesia
A British woman who tried to smuggle several pounds of cocaine into Bali was sentenced Tuesday to death, a far more severe punishment than the 15 years behind bars sought by Indonesian prosecutors. The court found there were "no mitigating...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Organized Crime, Bali (Indonesia), Indonesia
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Shouldn't we strive for a more enlightened justice system than China?
In response to Major Robert Di Stefano's Jan. 9 letter ("Make death penalty quicker, cheaper and more effective"): As a 21-year resident of central Baltimore, let me first thank the major for his service and for helping to keep me and my family safe. On...Tags: China, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Death Penalty
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California starts emptying solitary confinement cells
PolitiCalEven as inmate leaders held in isolation within California's toughest cell blocks threaten renewed hunger strikes, the state has begun reviewing and moving segregated prisoners into general housing. As of this week, corrections spokesman Bill Sessa said,... -
Make death penalty quicker, cheaper and more effective
Amnesty International's Frank Jannuzi wrote one of those letters that causes me to ask, "Where do I begin to answer?" ("Time to repeal Maryland's death penalty," Jan. 8). In the second paragraph, he alludes to the fact that imposition of the death...Tags: Punishment, Death Penalty, Crime, Law and Justice, Criminals, Prosecution
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Femi!
Nigerian saxophonist Femi Kuti plays live in his home country at least three times a week, sits in on studio sessions with some artists who request his collaboration, and is finishing a new album with his band, the Positive Force. He's also a family...
Tags: Music Industry, Google Play, The Red Hot Chili Peppers (music group), Mos Def, Skype
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Solitary-confinement inmates threaten new hunger strike
PolitiCalSelf-declared inmate leaders within California's toughest prison wing are threatening renewed protests over the state's inmate isolation policies.... -
Vietnam jails activists up to 13 years for 'subversion'
Fourteen activists were convicted of subversion Wednesday in Vietnam and sentenced to up to 13 years in prison, in an unusually large case centering on their alleged ties to a banned democracy group. Vietnamese state media reported that the dissidents...Tags: Civil Rights, Vietnam, Crime, Law and Justice, Revolutions, Prisons
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Want an Australian visa? Try investing $5.2 million
While Australia tries to steer boats crammed with immigrants away from its shores, it is beckoning wealthy foreigners with a new visa that smooths the path to Australian residency — for a price. Under a new visa program that goes into effect...
Tags: Australia, Finance, Hamas, Immigration, Economy, Business and Finance
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