Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez are expected to join immigrant-rights protesters Thursday at a rally denouncing police behavior during a May 1 immigration rights rally.
The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with a town hall-style meeting at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, located at Wilshire Boulevard and Berendo Street, followed at 6 p.m. [...]
Entries from May 2007
Mayor, Speaker To Join Rally Protesting LAPD Behavior
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Tags: civil-rights
EU targeting illegal employment
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European businesses caught employing illegal immigrants face jail sentences under new proposals from the European Commission to control immigration.
Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini also wants a five-fold increase in the number of spot checks on companies.
As much as 16% of Europe’s business is done off the books, Mr Frattini says.
It is estimated that [...]
Tags: Corruption · immigration
Antarctic mission finds 700 new species
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An astonishing array of wildlife has been unexpectedly found in one of the world’s most hostile environments - the pitch-black, freezing extreme depths of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica.
More than 700 creatures new to science, ranging from crustaceans and molluscs to carnivorous sponges and free-swimming worms, have been discovered on a series of expeditions [...]
Tags: civil-rights
U.S. Minority Population Tops 100 Million
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The number of people in the United States from ethnic or racial minorities has risen to more than 100 million, or around one third of the population, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report on Thursday.
The minorities figure stood at 100.7 million, up from 98.3 million a year earlier. Within that, the Hispanic population [...]
Tags: diversity
DENMARK: Nationalist politicians cleared of racism
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Public prosecutors will not bring charges of racism against twelve members of the Danish People’s Party before the district court
District prosecutors have decided not to bring racism charges against high-ranking members of the nationalist Danish People’s Party, including leader Pia Kjærsgaard, reported Politiken newspaper.
Besides Kjærsgaard, the most quoted members of the Danish People’s Party [...]
Tags: civil-rights
War-torn Iraq ‘facing collapse’
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Iraq faces the distinct possibility of collapse and fragmentation, UK foreign policy think tank Chatham House says.
Its report says the Iraqi government is now largely powerless and irrelevant in many parts of the country.
It warns there is not one war but many local civil wars, and urges a major change in US and [...]
Tags: anti-war
Pakistan Christians demand help
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Christians in north-west Pakistan are demanding government protection following threats of bomb attacks if they do not become Muslims.
An unsigned letter received 10 days ago said they had to convert by Thursday.
Militants have been carrying out a sustained campaign to prevent “anti-Islamic” activities in North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
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Tags: Islam/Muslims
Indian buys Scotch whisky giant
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An Indian billionaire has bought the Scottish whisky distiller Whyte & Mackay in a £595m ($1.2bn) deal.
The spirits giant United Breweries, which is headed by Vijay Mallya, announced the all-cash acquisition to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
In a statement, the firms said the deal would help expand the market for Whyte & Mackay’s brands [...]
Tags: General
Patriots stand in Irish General Election
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Tags: immigration
Rwanda wants Finland to extradite genocide suspect
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A Finnish newspaper reports that Rwanda plans to ask Finland to extradite a man living in Finland who is suspected of involvement in the Rwandan genocide in 1994.
“We want those who were guilty of brutal crimes to answer for them before the eyes of the Rwandans as well”, said Jean Bosco Mutanga in [...]
Tags: immigration