Archive for the ‘african’ Category
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
FORT LAUDERDALE - The shooting death of a gay teenage boy who was
dressed in women's clothing is being investigated as a possible hate
crime, while detectives try to determine whether he was targeted
because of his sexual orientation.Read the full story
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world\\\\\\\'s largest computer database of people\\\\\\\'s physical characteristics, a project that would give the government unprecedented abilities to identify individuals in the United States and abroad.Read the full story
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
There have been more incidents of hanging nooses and some are directly aimed at certain groups of people. Read the full story
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
For the first time in more than 40 years a US state is to abolish the death penalty.Read the full story
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Monday, October 1st, 2007
A man caught with a backpack containing explosives, nails and Islamic literature has been arrested after trying to enter the US Embassy in Austria, police say.Read the full story
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
(CBS/AP) Authorities said Tuesday they are considering hate crime charges in the case of a woman who was tortured while being held captive for at least a week, and they are investigating the possibility that she was lured by a man she met on the Internet.Read the full story
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Harare - Aids drugs - some of them contaminated, diluted or faked - are being sold at flea markets and hairdressing salons in the face of growing shortages in clinics linked to Zimbabwe's economic crisis, says the health ministry.Read the full story
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
"The health department yesterday recalled all condoms supplied by Zalatex, after concerns about the quality of its products. Zalatex supplies condoms produced by Latex Surgical Products (LSP), and was alleged to have bribed an official at the South African Bureau of Standards to approve condoms that had failed to meet ...
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Monday, July 16th, 2007
The murder weapon was never found. There's no DNA evidence or other physical evidence. Seven of the nine non-police witnesses said they were coerced by police and have since recanted their testimony.Read the full story
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
ATLANTA - Thousands of tubes of contaminated Chinese-made toothpaste were shipped to state prisons and mental hospitals in Georgia, officials said Thursday, a sign that U.S. distribution of the tainted products was wider than initially thought.
Officials with the state prison system and with the agencies that run mental hospitals and ...
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