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Not many people recall the name Michael Alphonsius Shen Fu Tsung. Which is a shame, really, because he was the first recorded Chinese person to visit Britain back in the late 17th century. A government official, he met King James II who was so impressed he opted for a 1680s version of a selfie by.... |
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A comparison of maps of the 13 Confederate States with a heat map of states, cities and locales with the highest rates of HIV in the US suggests entrenched, widespread health disparities in the South. As debate unfolds around the public display of the Confederate flag, AHF—which has free HIV/AIDS.... |
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Russia Doesn't Quite Know How To React To U.S. 'Gayification' Movement. RFE Tuesday 30th June, 2015 MOSCOW -- One lawmaker wants Facebook banned for being rainbow-flag friendly. Another suggests that now is the time to move toward greater acceptance of the LGBT community. |
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A man waves a large rainbow flag in the street during the Gay Pride Parade in New York, Sunday, June 24, 2012. The parade was held one year to the day of same-sex marriage being legalized in New York state. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (AP)
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Politics were a major touchstone. This was easily the most powerful BET Awards in some time, no surprise given recent events. Starting with Kendrick Lamar, who stood atop a police car covered in graffiti under a waving, partially shredded American flag (recently seen at MOCA as the centerpiece of William Pope L. |
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1) Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Many people expected The Sarah Connor Chronicles to be a cash-grabbing follow up to a beloved series—but it turned out to be a far superior extension of the Terminator mythology than any of the post-Cameron sequels. |
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ST.-PRIEST, France — A deliveryman who French security officials say once had links to radical Islamist groups drove his truck into an American-owned chemical plant near Lyon on Friday, set off an explosion and, in a macabre twist, mounted his boss’s severed head on the plant’s gate. |
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A woman demonized by the left and sanctified by the right, there has always been a religious undercurrent to discussions of Margaret Thatcher. While her Methodist roots are well known, the impact of her faith on her politics is often overlooked. In an attempt to source the origins of Margaret.... |
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Matthew Lowry was out of pills and getting desperate. The doctor who prescribed pain medication to ease his chronic and painful inflammation of the intestines had disappeared. He went to clinics, but his wife had begun questioning the bills. He was shaking, sweating, tired. |
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MOSCOW -- One lawmaker wants Facebook banned for being rainbow-flag friendly. Another suggests that now is the time to move toward greater acceptance of the LGBT community. And a prominent Russian Orthodox priest is warning that the United States is out to "steal your soul." These are among the confused and immediate reactions in Russia to the U. |
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The doctor who prescribed pain medication to ease his chronic and painful inflammation of the intestines had disappeared. He went to clinics, but his wife had begun questioning the bills. He was shaking, sweating, tired. It had been four years since Lowry graduated with honors from the FBI Academy,.... |
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