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Today, the Selma bridge and adjoining downtown business district look much as they did in 1965, though many storefronts are empty and government buildings are occupied largely by African-American officials who are beneficiaries of the Voting Rights Act. |
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Well-wishers began to gather along Taft Ave. just outside the Apostolic Nunciature and in roads leading to Villamor Airbase to say goodbye to Pope Francis, hours before his scheduled departure to Rome. The Pope will leave before noon after his five-day visit to the Philippines. |
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SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Oprah Winfrey and other actors from the movie "Selma" marched with hundreds Sunday ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. holiday to recall the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. Their steps in tribute to King in Alabama came as key black members of Congress elsewhere invoked recent.... |
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At the height of his work as a pre-eminent leader of the civil rights movement that won him the Nobel Peace Prize, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. rarely traveled without his personal copy of the Bible. Now, decades after King’s assassination, the heirs of the Georgia pastor who preached justice and.... |
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At the height of his work as a preeminent leader of the civil rights movement that won him the Nobel Peace Prize, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. rarely traveled without his personal copy of the Bible. Now, decades after King’s assassination, the heirs of the Georgia pastor who preached justice and.... |
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David Cameron has criticised the Pope, insisting it is wrong to suggest that those who mock Islam and other religions could 'expect a punch'. In a highly-unusual move, the Prime Minister put himself at odds with the Pontiff, insisting someone who is offended does not have the right to 'wreak vengeance'. |
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Minister for Health has ‘open invitation to come to Panti Bar, says gay rights campaigner.
Entertainer and gay rights activist Rory O’Neill known as Panti stops for a selfie with a passerby, at the launch of #ShareTheLove , a crowd funding campaign aimed at securing a Yes vote in the upcoming referendum, in Dublin. |
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David Cameron has criticised the Pope, insisting it is wrong to suggest that those who mock Islam and other religions could 'expect a punch'. In a highly-unusual move, the Prime Minister put himself at odds with the Pontiff, insisting someone who is offended does not have the right to 'wreak vengeance'. |
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By Francis Onoiribholo Bureau Chief, Benin. The Edo State-based Independent Television (ITV), owned by chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Gabriel Igbinedion, has apologised to Governor Adams Oshiomhole for airing a malicious report on its television and radio stations that the governor’s aides beat up a Catholic priest at Ujogba. |
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Mahigit 2,000 pamilya sa Bicol at Eastern Visayas ang kinailangang ilikas bunga ng pananalasa ng bagyong "Amang" (Mekkhala), ayon sa ulat ng National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council nitong Linggo. Sa ipinalabas na ulat ng NDRRMC nitong Linggo ng umaga, sinabing ang mga pamilyang.... |
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* Pope, moved by abandoned girl, appeals for help for children. * Says world has to "learn how to cry" over their fate. * Men are "too machista", should listen more to women, Francis says. MANILA - An emotional Pope Francis, moved by the tears of an abandoned child, said on Sunday the world needed.... |
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