Archive for July, 2008
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Hate crimes in Los Angeles County rose to their highest level in five years last year, led by attacks between Latinos and blacks, officials said Thursday.Read the full story
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
"So many whites want to be able to say, 'I'm not one of them, those bad whites. … Hey, I voted for a black guy for president,'" Sailer wrote.Read the full story
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Following his apprehension last month as he was pitching in with the earthquake relief in his native Sichuan province, web activist Huang Qi was this weekend formally arrested for "illegal possession of state secrets".Read the full story
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
A 21 year old black man in Winnfield, Louisiana, named Baron "Scooter" Pikes, was tasered 9 times in 14 minutes by a white police officer in January after he was arrested and handcuffed. He died. Seems a tad excessive to me. However, here's the story of his arrest and subsequent ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
An Israeli ministerial committee has approved construction of new homes in a West Bank settlement despite a pledge to the US to stop building on the site, Israeli media reported today.Read the full story
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Khalid Shahenshah, who was the former Pakistan prime minister's security chief at the time of her assassination, was killed in a drive-by shooting as he left his house in the southern port city of Karachi on Tuesday, police said.Read the full story
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
The co-host of a recent top-dollar fundraiser for Sen. John McCain oversaw the payment of roughly $1.7 million to a Colombian paramilitary group that is today designated a terrorist organization by the United States.Read the full story
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Notice anything? According to the Spiegel Online International, in an article titled "Change You Can't Quite Believe In: German Toymaker Launches Barack Obama Doll:"Read the full story
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
A Palestinian rammed a bulldozer into an Israeli commuter bus, cars and pedestrians on one of Jerusalem's busiest streets today, killing at least three people and wounding at least 45 before he was shot dead.Read the full story
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