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Life Tears for Anene Booysen
It is estimated that a woman born in my country, South Africa, has a greater chance of being raped than of learning how to read. Here, 144 women report rape to the police every day — that’s six cases reported every hour. These cold statistics from the Medical Research Council (MRC) tell us that a…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Say Detainee Was Tortured to Death
Palestinian officials said on Sunday a Palestinian detainee who died in an Israeli prison was tortured before his death, but Israel said autopsy findings were preliminary and inconclusive. The death of 30-year-old Arafat Jaradat in an Israeli jail on Saturday and a hunger strike by four inmates have flared tension across the occupied West Bank,…
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Fast Forward Israel Demands Palestinians End Widespread Protests
Israel on Sunday demanded the Palestinian Authority stem a surge of anti-Israeli protests ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to the region next month. A senior aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gave no indication the Authority, which exercises limited self-rule in the occupied West Bank, would issue any call for calm, and blamed…
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Fast Forward Several Reported Wounded in Riots in Support of Jailed Palestinians
Several people were injured in West Bank protests staged in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners. An Israel Defense Forces soldier was lightly wounded on Feb. 15 near Baytuniya checkpoint north of Jerusalem. Several hundred protesters pelted the checkpoint with stones and other objects, the news site Ynet reported. Several of the demonstrators were also wounded…
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Fast Forward Hundreds Rally in Protest of Iran-Argentina Pact
Some 300 people attended a protest rally against Argentine-Iranian cooperation in investigating the deadly 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center. Among the protestors on Feb. 14 in the Argentine capital were relatives of the survivors of the bombing of the AMIA center. Israeli and Argentinean justice authorities blame Iran for the attack. “We ask…
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Fast Forward Newtown Students Join Anti-Gun Violence March
Thousands of marchers rallied in Washington in favor of gun control on Saturday, including residents of Newtown, Connecticut, where a mass elementary school shooting reignited the U.S. gun violence debate. Speakers – including Education Secretary Arne Duncan, lawmakers and actors – urged the protesters to lobby Congress and state legislators to back gun control measures….
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Fast Forward Prosecutor Defends Case Against Aaron Swartz
The prosecutor who pursued criminal charges against Aaron Swartz, the 26-year-old Internet activist and computer prodigy who killed himself last week, has defended her actions after facing several days of harsh criticism. “There is little I can say to abate the anger felt by those who believe that this office’s prosecution of Mr. Swartz was…
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Fast Forward Internet Activists Plan Protest Over Aaron Swartz
The “hacktivist” group Anonymous) announced today it will hold a protest at the Justice Department on January 25 in memory of web pioneer and Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz. Swartz, who was found dead in his apartment last week in an apparent suicide, was facing federal hacking charges for illegally downloading academic journal articles. After his…
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