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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Human Welfare</title>
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		<title>2 Pa. teens plead not guilty to federal hate crime in immigrant&#8217;s beating death</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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Pa. teens plead not guilty to hate crime charge

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Two Pennsylvania teenagers have pleaded not guilty in federal court to a hate crime in the death of an illegal Mexican immigrant.
Eighteen-year-old Brandon Piekarsky and 19-year-old Derrick Donchak were arraigned Tuesday in Wilkes-Barre (BEHR&#8217;) on charges stemming from the July 2008 beating death of .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-pa-teens-plead-not-guilty-to-federal-hate-crime-in-immigrants-beating-death-247395/">2 Pa. teens plead not guilty to federal hate crime in immigrant&#8217;s beating death</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Teenage Dutch sailor Laura Dekker sees life unravel after court blocks dream voyage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Young sailor Dekker&#8217;s dreams dashed
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Just four months ago Laura Dekker was a carefree 13-year-old with an extraordinary dream — to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. On Tuesday, police hauled her home — clutching a suitcase and guitar — from a mystery trip to the Caribbean, and .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/teenage-dutch-sailor-laura-dekker-sees-life-unravel-after-court-blocks-dream-voyage-247359/">Source article &nbsp;: Teenage Dutch sailor Laura Dekker sees life unravel after court blocks dream voyage</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>DC government asks judge to dismiss suit by gay-marriage opponents seeking ballot initiative</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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DC asks judge to dismiss gay marriage lawsuit

WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit by opponents of same-sex marriage.
The plaintiffs, led by local pastor Bishop Harry Jackson, are seeking to get their proposed ban on gay marriage on the ballot. They are suing after the Board of .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/dc-government-asks-judge-to-dismiss-suit-by-gay-marriage-opponents-seeking-ballot-initiative-247343/">DC government asks judge to dismiss suit by gay-marriage opponents seeking ballot initiative</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Civil rights group SCLC removes board chairman, treasurer, amid probe of mismanagement claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Civil rights group SCLC unseats 2 leaders in probe

ATLANTA — Officials with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference have removed the organization&#8217;s board chairman and treasurer while they conduct an internal investigation into claims of mismanagement.
The allegations surround the Rev. Raleigh Trammell, the chairman, and treasurer Spiver Gordon. A telephone call made to Trammell in Dayton, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/civil-rights-group-sclc-removes-board-chairman-treasurer-amid-probe-of-mismanagement-claims-247336/" title="Civil rights group SCLC removes board chairman, treasurer, amid probe of mismanagement claims">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prince William spends night on London streets to support homeless teens</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
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Prince William spends night on London streets

LONDON — A cold alley in central London is a far cry from a palace — but it was the spot Prince William chose to sleep to highlight the plight of homeless British teenagers.
He spent a chilly night near Blackfriars Bridge last week with Seyi Obakin, the chief executive .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/prince-william-spends-night-on-london-streets-to-support-homeless-teens-247302/">Source article &nbsp;: Prince William spends night on London streets to support homeless teens</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>ACLU challenges RI school systems &#8220;pay-to-play&#8221; mandate for student athletes</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/aclu-challenges-ri-school-systems-pay-to-play-mandate-for-student-athletes-247283/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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ACLU contests RI school&#8217;s pay-to-play sports edict

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A civil liberties group is challenging a North Smithfield school system policy that charges students a fee to play sports.
The Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday it had filed an administrative complaint with the state education department.
It says the policy, which .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/aclu-challenges-ri-school-systems-pay-to-play-mandate-for-student-athletes-247283/">ACLU challenges RI school systems &#8220;pay-to-play&#8221; mandate for student athletes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. teens charged with federal hate crime in immigrant&#8217;s beating death set for arraignment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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Pa. teens to be arraigned on hate crime charge

POTTSVILLE, Pa. — Two Pennsylvania teenagers are scheduled to appear in federal court for the first time since being charged with a hate crime in the death of an illegal Mexican immigrant.
Eighteen-year-old Brandon Piekarsky and 19-year-old Derrick Donchak will be arraigned Tuesday in Wilkes-Barre on charges stemming ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pa-teens-charged-with-federal-hate-crime-in-immigrants-beating-death-set-for-arraignment-247258/">Read : Pa. teens charged with federal hate crime in immigrant&#8217;s beating death set for arraignment</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers legalize gay marriage in Mexico City, first capital in Latin American to do so</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Mexico City 1st in region to approve gay marriage

MEXICO CITY — Mexico City lawmakers have become the first in Latin America to legalize gay marriage.
City legislators passed the bill 39-20 on Monday with five lawmakers absent.
Gay marriage is currently allowed in only seven countries and some parts of the United States.
Leftist Mexico City Mayor Marcelo .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawmakers-legalize-gay-marriage-in-mexico-city-first-capital-in-latin-american-to-do-so-247027/" title="Lawmakers legalize gay marriage in Mexico City, first capital in Latin American to do so">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN: Ugandan-led Lord&#8217;s Resistance Army attacks in Sudan, Congo may be crimes against humanity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliane Engeler</dc:creator>
		
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UN: Ugandan rebel attacks may have been war crimes

GENEVA — The U.N. on Monday accused the Ugandan-based Lord&#8217;s Resistance Army of killing, mutilating and raping villagers in Sudan and Congo in what may have been crimes against humanity.
The rebels killed at least 1,200 people and abducted 1,400, including children and women, in northeastern Congo from .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-ugandan-led-lords-resistance-army-attacks-in-sudan-congo-may-be-crimes-against-humanity-246832/">Original article &nbsp;: UN: Ugandan-led Lord&#8217;s Resistance Army attacks in Sudan, Congo may be crimes against humanity</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP Interview: US dad hopes Brazil judge will give him custody of son after 5-year battle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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RIO DE JANEIRO — A New Jersey father has his hopes pinned on Brazil&#8217;s chief justice, praying he will regain custody of his son after a five-year court battle in time to spend the holidays with the boy — in the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-interview-us-dad-hopes-brazil-judge-will-give-him-custody-of-son-after-5-year-battle-246704/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: AP Interview: US dad hopes Brazil judge will give him custody of son after 5-year battle</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>HIV/AIDS among Doctors Without Borders&#8217; Top 10 humanitarian crises of 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Astor</dc:creator>
		
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Group: HIV/AIDS among Top 10 crises of the year

NEW YORK — A New York City medical humanitarian group says dwindling funding for HIV/AIDS threatens to leave an estimated 10 million infected people without treatment in the developing world, making it one of 2009&#8217;s Top 10 humanitarian crises.
Other crises on the list released Monday by Doctors ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hivaids-among-doctors-without-borders-top-10-humanitarian-crises-of-2009-246681/">HIV/AIDS among Doctors Without Borders&#8217; Top 10 humanitarian crises of 2009</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Reports: Police find teenage Dutch sailor on Caribbean island</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Corder</dc:creator>
		
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Reports: Dutch teen sailor found in Caribbean

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Police tracked down 14-year-old Dutch sailor Laura Dekker in the Caribbean territory of St. Maarten, days after she ran away from home leaving her boat behind, Dutch media reported late Sunday.
Dekker made headlines around the world earlier this year when she unsuccessfully went to court .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/reports-police-find-teenage-dutch-sailor-on-caribbean-island-246647/">Reports: Police find teenage Dutch sailor on Caribbean island</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN aid agencies battle hunger in Afghanistan where some children are too weak to cry</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-aid-agencies-battle-hunger-in-afghanistan-where-some-children-are-too-weak-to-cry-246629/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred De Montesquiou</dc:creator>
		
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Hunger still stalks Afghan children despite aid

AQCHA, Afghanistan — While international forces in Afghanistan battle militants hiding in the mountains, aid agencies are fighting an even more elusive enemy: malnutrition.
The World Food Program and UNICEF have launched a project to feed thousands of mothers and children — some too weak to cry. Aid workers hope ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-aid-agencies-battle-hunger-in-afghanistan-where-some-children-are-too-weak-to-cry-246629/" title="UN aid agencies battle hunger in Afghanistan where some children are too weak to cry">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US prison population could soon drop for first time in 4 decades as states look to cut costs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-prison-population-could-soon-drop-for-first-time-in-4-decades-as-states-look-to-cut-costs-246457/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Carlton</dc:creator>
		
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Prison population to have first drop since 1972

DALLAS — The United States may soon see its prison population drop for the first time in almost four decades, a milestone in a nation that locks up more people than any other.
The inmate population has risen steadily since the early 1970s as states adopted get-tough policies that ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-prison-population-could-soon-drop-for-first-time-in-4-decades-as-states-look-to-cut-costs-246457/">US prison population could soon drop for first time in 4 decades as states look to cut costs</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US jail population could soon drop for first time in decades as states look to cut costs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-jail-population-could-soon-drop-for-first-time-in-decades-as-states-look-to-cut-costs-246455/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Jail population could have first drop in 4 decades

DALLAS — The United States may soon see its prison population drop for the first time in almost four decades, a milestone in a nation that locks up more people than any other.
The inmate population has risen steadily since the early 1970s as states adopted get-tough policies ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-jail-population-could-soon-drop-for-first-time-in-decades-as-states-look-to-cut-costs-246455/" title="US jail population could soon drop for first time in decades as states look to cut costs">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>MTV&#8217;s &#8216;Teen Mom&#8217; documents lives interrupted for teens having babies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Rancilio</dc:creator>
		
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&#8216;Teen Mom&#8217; shows interrupted lives
NEW YORK — Amber Portwood&#8217;s lunch with a friend keeps getting interrupted by a crying baby. The problem is, the baby is Amber&#8217;s. She packs up and leaves the restaurant before she can finish eating.

Quieting a fussy baby is all in a day&#8217;s work for the 19-year-old and her co-stars on .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mtvs-teen-mom-documents-lives-interrupted-for-teens-having-babies-246241/">Source article &nbsp;: MTV&#8217;s &#8216;Teen Mom&#8217; documents lives interrupted for teens having babies</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>RI police officer charged with assault after video allegedly shows him kicking cuffed woman</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Tucker</dc:creator>
		
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RI officer charged with assault on cuffed woman

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Rhode Island police officer was indicted Friday on charges that he kicked a handcuffed woman in the head after removing her from a slot parlor for disorderly conduct, authorities said.
Edward Krawetz, 40, has been suspended without pay from the Lincoln Police Department and also .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ri-police-officer-charged-with-assault-after-video-allegedly-shows-him-kicking-cuffed-woman-246192/" title="RI police officer charged with assault after video allegedly shows him kicking cuffed woman">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Accused Mumbai gunman recants his confession for last year&#8217;s siege saying he was tortured</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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Mumbai gunman recants confession, alleges torture

MUMBAI, India — The accused gunman in last year&#8217;s bloody siege of Mumbai retracted his detailed confession Friday, saying police tortured him into admitting his role in the attacks that left 166 people dead.
Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, 21, who is being tried in a special court — and was photographed carrying ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/accused-mumbai-gunman-recants-his-confession-for-last-years-siege-saying-he-was-tortured-245949/" title="Accused Mumbai gunman recants his confession for last year&#8217;s siege saying he was tortured">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge in Delaware diocese bankruptcy orders settlement with alleged abuse victim unsealed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall Chase</dc:creator>
		
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Diocese bankruptcy judge unseals victim settlement

DOVER, Del. — The judge presiding over the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington ordered Thursday that details of a settlement with an alleged victim of priest sexual abuse be unsealed.
Judge Christopher Sontchi ordered the diocese to promptly disclose the settlement amount paid to James Sheehan in .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-in-delaware-diocese-bankruptcy-orders-settlement-with-alleged-abuse-victim-unsealed-245871/">Judge in Delaware diocese bankruptcy orders settlement with alleged abuse victim unsealed</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Calif. parks department to address equality for women, gays in response to lesbian ranger suit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
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CA parks agency settles lesbian harassment suit

SAN DIEGO — The California Department of Parks and Recreation is forming a task force to address equality issues for its women and gay employees.
Parks officials said Thursday the move is part of a settlement with a lesbian park ranger who filed a harassment lawsuit in San Diego County.
Jennifer ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/calif-parks-department-to-address-equality-for-women-gays-in-response-to-lesbian-ranger-suit-245853/">Read : Calif. parks department to address equality for women, gays in response to lesbian ranger suit</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 source countries for foreign adoptions by Americans in 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Top source countries for foreign adoptions in 2009

The top 10 source countries for U.S. foreign adoptions in fiscal year 2009, with the new number followed by the number for 2008:
1. China: 3,001, down from 3,909.
2. Ethiopia: 2,277, down from 1,725.
3. Russia: 1,586, down from 1,861.
4. South Korea: 1,077, up from 1,065.
5. Guatemala: 756, down from .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/top-10-source-countries-for-foreign-adoptions-by-americans-in-2009-245847/" title="Top 10 source countries for foreign adoptions by Americans in 2009">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Adoptions of foreign children by Americans drop to lowest level since 1996</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Crary</dc:creator>
		
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Foreign adoptions by Americans fall in FY 2009

NEW YORK — The number of foreign children adopted by Americans plunged by 27 percent in the 2009 fiscal year, reaching the lowest level since 1996 and prompting adoption advocates to urge Congress to help reverse the trend.
Big declines were recorded for all three countries that provided the ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/adoptions-of-foreign-children-by-americans-drop-to-lowest-level-since-1996-245786/">Adoptions of foreign children by Americans drop to lowest level since 1996</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>FBI investigates after RI cop is accused of beating suspect in attack caught on video</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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FBI investigating after video shows RI cop beating

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The FBI is investigating Providence police after an officer was caught on videotape beating a restrained suspect, a spokesman for the attorney general&#8217;s office said Thursday.
A separate probe by the attorney general into the Oct. 20 arrest of Luis Mendonca will continue as the FBI ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/fbi-investigates-after-ri-cop-is-accused-of-beating-suspect-in-attack-caught-on-video-245785/">FBI investigates after RI cop is accused of beating suspect in attack caught on video</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>2 dead including gunman in shooting at crowded Texas elderly care center, police say</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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Police: 2 dead in shooting at Texas elderly center

EDINBURG, Texas — A gunman opened fire at an elderly care center in Texas on Thursday, killing a 78-year-old man before police shot and killed him, authorities said.
Edinburg Police Chief Quirano Munoz said police received a call about a shooting at the Pride &#038; Joy Adult Day ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-dead-including-gunman-in-shooting-at-crowded-texas-elderly-care-center-police-say-245759/" title="2 dead including gunman in shooting at crowded Texas elderly care center, police say">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Human Rights Watch: Guinea military planned, carried out and covered up massacre</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elaine Ganley</dc:creator>
		
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Human Rights Watch: Guinea massacre premeditated

PARIS — The killing of pro-democracy demonstrators by Guinean troops in September appears to have been premeditated, then covered up in organized fashion, and was not the work of rogue soldiers, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Thursday.
The killings and rapes likely amount to crimes against humanity, the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/human-rights-watch-guinea-military-planned-carried-out-and-covered-up-massacre-245742/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Human Rights Watch: Guinea military planned, carried out and covered up massacre</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Justice Department says 2009 has more federal hate crime cases than in any year since 2001</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devlin Barrett</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has brought more federal hate crimes cases this year than in any year since 2001, and an Obama administration official said Thursday he was &#8220;shocked&#8221; by the dropoff in prosecutions during the Bush years.
A total of 25 hate crime cases .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/justice-department-says-2009-has-more-federal-hate-crime-cases-than-in-any-year-since-2001-245684/">Justice Department says 2009 has more federal hate crime cases than in any year since 2001</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Vt. woman with Alzheimer&#8217;s killed by daughter in 2006, grandson buried remains</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Curran</dc:creator>
		
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Police: Vt. woman killed mom, had son bury remains

WESTFORD, Vt. — Vermont State Police say a 78-year-old woman with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease who was reported missing in 2006 was killed by her daughter, who then burned the body in the backyard and had her son — the victim&#8217;s grandson — dispose of it.
Fifty-nine-year-old Jeanne Sevigny told .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-vt-woman-with-alzheimers-killed-by-daughter-in-2006-grandson-buried-remains-245531/" title="Police: Vt. woman with Alzheimer&#8217;s killed by daughter in 2006, grandson buried remains">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Elderly sailor ends up in Texas homeless shelter after rescue from Gulf of Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Rescued sailor ends up in Texas homeless shelter

HOUSTON — An 80-year-old sailor who was rescued after 10 days in the Gulf of Mexico is staying at a Houston homeless shelter while acquaintances try to retrieve his sailboat.
Yacht dealer Jim Hedges says Kenneth Ketchum sold his home — a recreational vehicle — to buy the boat, .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/elderly-sailor-ends-up-in-texas-homeless-shelter-after-rescue-from-gulf-of-mexico-245321/">Elderly sailor ends up in Texas homeless shelter after rescue from Gulf of Mexico</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ariz. judge tosses charges against 9-year-old Liberian boy accused of raping 8-year-old girl</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Christie</dc:creator>
		
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Ariz. judge tosses rape case against Liberian boy

PHOENIX — Sexual assault charges against a 9-year-old Liberian boy accused in the gang-rape of an 8-year-old girl were dismissed on Wednesday by a juvenile court judge in Phoenix.
The ruling issued by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Dawn Bergin came after she spent weeks considering if the boy .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ariz-judge-tosses-charges-against-9-year-old-liberian-boy-accused-of-raping-8-year-old-girl-245063/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Ariz. judge tosses charges against 9-year-old Liberian boy accused of raping 8-year-old girl</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gunshot residue found on both women involved in Calif. murder suicide that left 4 dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gillian Flaccus</dc:creator>
		
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Gun residue on both women in Calif. murder suicide

SANTA ANA, Calif. — California authorities say they found gunshot powder residue on the hands of both women involved in an apparent murder suicide and aren&#8217;t able to determine who was the shooter.
Orange County sheriff&#8217;s spokesman Jim Amormino said Wednesday that a residue test was inconclusive.
Authorities responding ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunshot-residue-found-on-both-women-involved-in-calif-murder-suicide-that-left-4-dead-245049/">Gunshot residue found on both women involved in Calif. murder suicide that left 4 dead</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Georgetown University&#8217;s NAACP chapter among groups who say campus satire is racist</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Zongker</dc:creator>
		
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Georgetown students say campus satire is racist

WASHINGTON — Georgetown University students are slamming a humor magazine for an online satirical piece they say is racist and not funny.
The story in The Georgetown Heckler describes the official campus paper, The Hoya, holding a fictional cross-burning on campus and refers to &#8220;dark, human-shaped pinatas.&#8221; A photograph with ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/georgetown-universitys-naacp-chapter-among-groups-who-say-campus-satire-is-racist-244954/">Georgetown University&#8217;s NAACP chapter among groups who say campus satire is racist</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Deputies will do DNA tests to determine killer of family in California</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
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DNA tests aim to identify Calif. family killer

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — Authorities are conducting DNA tests to determine if a woman who lost custody of her two children is responsible for killing her family in a murder-suicide.
The Orange County sheriff&#8217;s office says it is unclear whether Elizabeth Fontaine, a Texas attorney, or her mother Bonnie .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/deputies-will-do-dna-tests-to-determine-killer-of-family-in-california-244948/">Deputies will do DNA tests to determine killer of family in California</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers say 4 Google execs not liable in Italian trial over abuse video posted online</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ariel David</dc:creator>
		
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Lawyers: Google execs not liable for abuse video

ROME — Four Google executives should not be held responsible for a video posted online that showed teenagers abusing an autistic youth in Turin, their lawyers argued Wednesday in an Italian court.
The executives are being tried in absentia in Milan — a case that has been painted as .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawyers-say-4-google-execs-not-liable-in-italian-trial-over-abuse-video-posted-online-244907/">Lawyers say 4 Google execs not liable in Italian trial over abuse video posted online</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Country singer Jimmy Wayne thankful for buying Hall &amp; Oates album for $1 years ago</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin R. King</dc:creator>
		
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Jimmy Wayne&#8217;s big break came from a bargain box

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jimmy Wayne has been waiting for years to record the Hall &#038; Oates song &#8220;Sara Smile.&#8221; So when the country singer finally did it, it was only fitting that he made it the title of his third album.
&#8220;I ended up, when I moved to .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/country-singer-jimmy-wayne-thankful-for-buying-hall-oates-album-for-1-years-ago-244809/">Country singer Jimmy Wayne thankful for buying Hall &#038; Oates album for $1 years ago</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Investigators piece together clues in shooting deaths of 4 family members in Orange County</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Taxin</dc:creator>
		
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Custody dispute may have led to shooting deaths

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — A Texas attorney involved in a bitter custody dispute was ordered to return to a Southern California court Monday afternoon with her two young daughters. She never made it.
The bodies of 38-year-old Elizabeth Fontaine, her daughters, 4-year-old Catherine and 2-year-old Julia, and her mother, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/investigators-piece-together-clues-in-shooting-deaths-of-4-family-members-in-orange-county-244627/" title="Investigators piece together clues in shooting deaths of 4 family members in Orange County">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Inter-American rights court condemns Mexico in &#8216;dirty war&#8217; disappearance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>E. Eduardo Castillo</dc:creator>
		
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Rights court condemns Mexico in &#8216;dirty war&#8217; case

MEXICO CITY — The Inter-American Court of Human Rights condemned Mexico on Tuesday for failing to adequately investigate the 1974 disappearance of a guerrilla sympathizer during the country&#8217;s &#8220;dirty war.&#8221;
The decision marked the first time an international court has ruled against Mexico in a human rights case stemming ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/inter-american-rights-court-condemns-mexico-in-dirty-war-disappearance-244506/" title="Inter-American rights court condemns Mexico in &#8216;dirty war&#8217; disappearance">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals court agrees that uniform maker Cintas used unfair labor practices</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Sewell</dc:creator>
		
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Appeals court rules against Cintas
CINCINNATI — A federal appeals court agreed Tuesday that the Cintas Corp., the nation&#8217;s largest uniform supplier, violated employee rights by cracking down on workers who showed union support.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis affirmed a National Labor Relations Board decision against the Cincinnati-based company. The board .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/appeals-court-agrees-that-uniform-maker-cintas-used-unfair-labor-practices-244432/" title="Appeals court agrees that uniform maker Cintas used unfair labor practices">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>STORY REMOVED: US&#8211;Immigrant Killing-Students</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
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STORY REMOVED: US&#8211;Immigrant Killing-Students

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — The Associated Press has withdrawn its story about Pennsylvania police officers charged with a cover-up in the investigation of a fatal attack on an immigrant. Only three officers, not four, are charged with a cover-up in the beating investigation. The fourth has been charged with extortion and civil rights .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/story-removed-us-immigrant-killing-students-244427/" title="STORY REMOVED: US&#8211;Immigrant Killing-Students">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. police accused of lying in probe of fatal attack on immigrant by high school athletes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Pa. police accused of cover-up in immigrant attack

SHENANDOAH, Pa. — Federal prosecutors charged three police officers in a racially tense Pennsylvania coal town with orchestrating a cover-up in the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant by altering evidence or lying to the FBI in a hate crimes case against two popular football players.
The former Shenandoah .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pa-police-accused-of-lying-in-probe-of-fatal-attack-on-immigrant-by-high-school-athletes-244399/">Source &nbsp;: Pa. police accused of lying in probe of fatal attack on immigrant by high school athletes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cops: 4 family members, including 2 young kids, found dead in upscalde Calif. gated community</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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4 family members found dead in upscale Calif. home

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — A Houston-area attorney involved in a bitter custody dispute was found fatally shot along with her two young daughters and mother in an apparent murder-suicide after she was ordered to bring the children to a court hearing, authorities said Tuesday.
Investigators found 38-year-old Elizabeth ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cops-4-family-members-including-2-young-kids-found-dead-in-upscalde-calif-gated-community-244344/" title="Cops: 4 family members, including 2 young kids, found dead in upscalde Calif. gated community">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Atlanta adding to tourist appeal of Olympic Park area with 3 new museums in next 5 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorie Turner</dc:creator>
		
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Atlanta Olympic Park area: 3 new museums, 5 years

ATLANTA — New York City has Times Square. New Orleans is known for the French Quarter, and in San Francisco, camera-toting tourists flock to Fisherman&#8217;s Wharf.
Now, city leaders in Atlanta hope to add Centennial Olympic Park — and the growing roster of museums dotting it — to .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/atlanta-adding-to-tourist-appeal-of-olympic-park-area-with-3-new-museums-in-next-5-years-243885/">Atlanta adding to tourist appeal of Olympic Park area with 3 new museums in next 5 years</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama drug czar: Pot-smoking keeps increasing among US teens; cigarettes, binge drinking drops</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David N. Goodman</dc:creator>
		
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DETROIT — A decade-long decline in the number of teens using pot has apparently stalled, and some teens&#8217; attitudes on how harmful marijuana can be may be softening, according to a federal survey on teen drug use released Monday.
The findings were based on a survey of roughly ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-drug-czar-pot-smoking-keeps-increasing-among-us-teens-cigarettes-binge-drinking-drops-243857/">Obama drug czar: Pot-smoking keeps increasing among US teens; cigarettes, binge drinking drops</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guinea&#8217;s military junta rejects proposal to send foreign troops to prevent further violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Guinea: Junta rejects proposal for foreign troops

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Guinea&#8217;s military leadership on Monday rejected a proposal from a regional group to bring in foreign troops to prevent further violence, saying it would consider such a move an act of war.
Meanwhile, a diplomat and a bodyguard close to the junta&#8217;s No. 2 said he ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guineas-military-junta-rejects-proposal-to-send-foreign-troops-to-prevent-further-violence-243762/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Guinea&#8217;s military junta rejects proposal to send foreign troops to prevent further violence</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: 2,000 killed this year as humanitarian crisis worsens in south Sudan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Report: 2,000 killed in 2009 south Sudan violence

NAIROBI,Kenya — Officials from an international medical group say more than 2,000 people have died and 250,000 have fled their homes this year because of fighting in southern Sudan.
Officials from Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, say the violence is the worst seen in the south since ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-2000-killed-this-year-as-humanitarian-crisis-worsens-in-south-sudan-243754/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Report: 2,000 killed this year as humanitarian crisis worsens in south Sudan</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: UN-backed Congolese troops deliberately killing civilians in east Congo;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Faul</dc:creator>
		
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Report: UN-backed Congo troops killing civilians

JOHANNESBURG — A U.N.-backed Congolese military operation to oust rebels from eastern Congo has caused more civilian casualties than damage to rebels, with more than 1,400 people deliberately killed over a nine-month period, human rights groups said Monday.
Human Rights Watch said it had documented &#8220;vicious and widespread&#8221; attacks against civilians ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-un-backed-congolese-troops-deliberately-killing-civilians-in-east-congo-243727/">Report: UN-backed Congolese troops deliberately killing civilians in east Congo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: 1,400 civilians killed in east Congo in 9-month period; group calls for UN to do more</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Report: 1,400 killed in east Congo over 9 months

JOHANNESBURG — A U.N.-backed Congolese military operation to oust rebels from eastern Congo has caused more civilian casualties than damage to rebels, with more than 1,400 people deliberately killed over a nine-month period, human rights groups said Monday.
Human Rights Watch said it documented the killings by soldiers .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-1400-civilians-killed-in-east-congo-in-9-month-period-group-calls-for-un-to-do-more-243649/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Report: 1,400 civilians killed in east Congo in 9-month period; group calls for UN to do more</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guinea: W.African bloc calls for troops to prevent violence after assassination attempt</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Guinea: W.African bloc calls for preventive troops

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — West Africa&#8217;s regional economic body on Sunday called for troops to be sent to Guinea to prevent violence in the wake of an assassination attempt against the military leader earlier this month and a bloody massacre in September.
Economic Community of West African States chief Mohammed ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guinea-wafrican-bloc-calls-for-troops-to-prevent-violence-after-assassination-attempt-243538/">Guinea: W.African bloc calls for troops to prevent violence after assassination attempt</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Human Rights Watch says Libyan dissidents still targeted despite some expansion of freedoms</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Rights group says Libya still behind on freedoms

TRIPOLI, Libya — A leading human rights group says Libya continues to subject political dissidents to arbitrary detention and unfair trials despite limited improvements in freedom of expression since the country began to shed its pariah status in 2003.
The New York-based Human Rights Watch announced its report Saturday ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/human-rights-watch-says-libyan-dissidents-still-targeted-despite-some-expansion-of-freedoms-243332/" title="Human Rights Watch says Libyan dissidents still targeted despite some expansion of freedoms">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nigerian couple in Texas accused of forcing widow to work for 9 years in home with no days off</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anabelle Garay</dc:creator>
		
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Nigerians facing forced servitude charges in Texas

DALLAS — She was a widow in a Nigerian village trying to raise six children when she says she met a man who told her he and his wife needed a nanny for their newborn. If she came with them to Texas, they would help support her children financially, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nigerian-couple-in-texas-accused-of-forcing-widow-to-work-for-9-years-in-home-with-no-days-off-243120/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Nigerian couple in Texas accused of forcing widow to work for 9 years in home with no days off</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ravens LB Suggs agrees to protective in domestic violence case, denies wrongdoing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nuckols</dc:creator>
		
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Protective order granted against Ravens LB Suggs

BALTIMORE — A judge granted a protective order Friday that bars Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs from contact with the mother of his two young children, a decision that Suggs agreed to without admitting any wrongdoing.
Candace D. Williams, 26, accused Suggs of hitting her in the chest, pushing her ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ravens-lb-suggs-agrees-to-protective-in-domestic-violence-case-denies-wrongdoing-243111/" title="Ravens LB Suggs agrees to protective in domestic violence case, denies wrongdoing">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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