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[Paul C.Gorski]

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November 17, 2006
 
 
 <http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=26816>  GITMO DETAINEES DENIED CIVIL RIGHTS
Free Market News Network - Pompano Beach,FL,USA
The US military called no witnesses, withheld evidence from detainees and usually reached a decision within a day as it determined that hundreds of men ...
 
 <http://www.kotv.com/sports/local/story/?id=114554>  Civil rights group to honor NCAA for mascot policy
KOTV - Tulsa,OK,USA
AP - 11/17/2006 5:48 AM. TULSA, Okla. (AP) The National Collegiate Athletic Association will be honored this weekend at an awards banquet in Tulsa. ...
 
 <http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/nov2006/rums-n18.shtml>  Civil rights groups file war crimes complaint in Germany against ...
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
... The complaint was prepared by the US-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) along with several other civil rights organizations on behalf of 12 victims ...
 
 <http://www.usishield.com/news/2006/11/16/News/Hate-Crimes.Hit.Close.To.Home.For.College.Students-2461442.shtml>  Hate crimes hit close to home for college students
Shield (subscription) - Evansville,IN,USA
By JAIME HESS. One in three gay or lesbian students are harassed, according to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force website. Kristi ...
 
 <http://www.unobserver.com/layout4.php?id=2826&blz=1>  Armenia: Another Anti-Racism Protest in Yerevan
UN Observer
2006-11-17 | A teenage boy has become the latest casualty in a long-running series of crimes against Armenians (and other non-Russians) perpetrated by ...
 
 <http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=11-17-06&storyID=25641>  Toxic Trucks: Smog Means Asthma For Low-Income Californians
Berkeley Daily Planet - Berkeley,CA,USA
... asthma than children living the rest of California,” says Palaniappan, whose nonprofit collaborated with more than a dozen environmental justice and health ...
 
 <http://www.gaynz.com/news/default.asp?dismode=article&artid=3986>  Global anti-homophobia petition online today
Gay NZ - New Zealand
Coordinated by the international anti-homophobia group International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO), the petition has already got the support – and ...
 
 <http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3031.html>  Campaigners petition UN over homophobic countries
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
The International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) is leading a major campaign for a UN Resolution which will decriminalise homosexuality. ...
 
 <http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/11/democrats_should_capitalize_on.html>  Yes, There is a Middle-Class Squeeze
RealClearPolitics - Chicago,IL,USA
... She does not claim, as many conservatives and free traders try to, that globalization and decline in union membership are innocent in the inequality saga. ...
 
 <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article18718>  Darfur, the economics of oppression
Sudan Tribune - Sudan
... purposes). Yet if history can tell us of the economics of oppression, it also contains some clues about how to challenge it. In ...
 
 <http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3033.html>  NUS condemns mental health gay changes
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
... To extend the definition of those who can be sectioned is ridiculous when the system is still rife with discrimination and oppression. ...
 
 <http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2006/11/17/museum-donation.html>  Human-rights museum gets $2.7M boost
CBC Manitoba - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
The proposed Canadian Museum for Human Rights, to be built in downtown Winnipeg, received $2.7 million in donations on Friday. Museum ...
 
 <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2459292,00.html>  Blair admits Iraq is 'pretty much a disaster'
The Sunday Times - UK
... Margaret Hodge was said to have accused Mr Blair of espousing “moral imperialism”, remarks that she denied through an aide but which were recalled by ...
 
 <http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_4668088>  Poverty is 'extreme' in many areas of the city
Long Beach Press-Telegram - Long Beach,CA,USA
LONG BEACH - In Long Beach, as in many cities across the nation, poverty is not only widespread but concentrated into areas of "extreme" poverty, according to ...
 
 <http://www.actu.asn.au/work_rights/news/1163646588_2606.html>  Decent Employment Without Exploitation Will Help Make Poverty ...
Australian Council of Trade Unions - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
ACTU President and Unions International President Ms Sharan Burrow will be speaking today (Thurs 16 Nov) at the Make Poverty History forum, 'Creating a Fairer ...
 
 <http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Bahrain/10083215.html>  'Sex discrimination laws must be brought in'
Gulf News - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Manama: The first conference of the Arab Women's Organisation (AWO) called for the adoption of legal texts that will ban discrimination against women and bring ...
 
 <http://www.amnesty-eu.org/static/html/pressrelease.asp?cfid=12&id=285&cat=4&l=1>  Roma discrimination in Europe: a new report
Amnesty International EU - Brussels,Belgium
Discrimination against Roma persists in various forms in several European countries. Amnesty International launches a new report ...
 
 <http://www.kxly.com/news/index.php?sect_rank=1&section_id=559&story_id=6348>  Montana dealing with new influx of white supremacists
KXLY - Spokane,WA,USA
... McAdam says that was the first sign of a familiar trend and can now point to several white supremacy leaders currently recruiting in Montana. ...
 
 <http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-11-16T200001Z_01_N16389559_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-IMMIGRATION-FLAGS.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C3-domesticNews-3>  Town bars foreign flags in swipe at immigrants
Reuters - USA
... A Nevada town passed a law this week making it illegal to fly a foreign nation's flag by itself, the latest swipe by a US community at illegal immigrants. ...
 
 <http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06320/738798-85.stm>  Case dismissed against pastor in lesbian marriage ceremony
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... Edwards said. "The church must engage in this dialogue about the place of God's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender children.". ...
 
 
 
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