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Slavery In United States: Five States To Vote To Abolish It
The bills on the ballot in Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, and Vermont have the potential to bolster the country's growing prison-reform efforts.
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Kamala Harris Botches Juneteenth History Lesson To Children: Report
Kamala Harris, the Vice-President of United States of America (USA), made a gaffe while addressing students during the Juneteenth holiday on Monday, telling children that Black people were enslaved in America for 400 years.
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From Slavery To Police Abuse, New Museum Documents US' Racist Past
Slavery, lynchings, segregation, mass incarceration and police abuse: a museum that opens Friday in the state of Alabama traces a direct link between the racist past of the United States and today's inequalities.
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South Korea 'Comfort Women' Seek $20 Million Lawsuit in US
South Korea's ageing victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery said today they would file a $20 million lawsuit next month at a US court to seek financial compensation from Tokyo.
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UN Rights Boss Condemns 'Widespread' Islamic State Crimes
United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay on Monday condemned "appalling, widespread" crimes being committed by Islamic State forces in Iraq, including killings, slavery, sexual crimes and targeting people on ethnic or religious grounds.
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Two freed on bail in British '30-year slavery' case
British police have released two suspects on bail after they were arrested in connection with the case of three traumatised women who allegedly spent 30 years as slaves, Scotland Yard said Friday.
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Slavery In United States: Five States To Vote To Abolish It
The bills on the ballot in Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, and Vermont have the potential to bolster the country's growing prison-reform efforts.
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Kamala Harris Botches Juneteenth History Lesson To Children: Report
Kamala Harris, the Vice-President of United States of America (USA), made a gaffe while addressing students during the Juneteenth holiday on Monday, telling children that Black people were enslaved in America for 400 years.
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From Slavery To Police Abuse, New Museum Documents US' Racist Past
Slavery, lynchings, segregation, mass incarceration and police abuse: a museum that opens Friday in the state of Alabama traces a direct link between the racist past of the United States and today's inequalities.
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South Korea 'Comfort Women' Seek $20 Million Lawsuit in US
South Korea's ageing victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery said today they would file a $20 million lawsuit next month at a US court to seek financial compensation from Tokyo.
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UN Rights Boss Condemns 'Widespread' Islamic State Crimes
United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay on Monday condemned "appalling, widespread" crimes being committed by Islamic State forces in Iraq, including killings, slavery, sexual crimes and targeting people on ethnic or religious grounds.
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Two freed on bail in British '30-year slavery' case
British police have released two suspects on bail after they were arrested in connection with the case of three traumatised women who allegedly spent 30 years as slaves, Scotland Yard said Friday.
