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Faith Ringgold exhibit challenges America to see its true colors	18.6.2013	Denver Post: Entertainment
WASHINGTON — Fifty years after the racial upheaval of the 1960s, Americans often like to say they don't see color.
Demonstrators flood Brazilian streets	18.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
The Associated Press Published Jun 18, 2013 09:18AM MDT Sao Paulo • Some of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil’s 1964-85 dictatorship broke out across this continent-sized country, with more expected Tuesday, protests uniting multitudes frustrated by poor transportation, health services, education and security despite a heavy tax burden. Mostly peaceful protests in at least eight big cities drew large crowds, and local news media estimated that at least 240,000 people took part in the demonstrations nationwide. However, demonstratio... ...
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100K protesters flood Brazilian streets in protest	18.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
SAO PAULO—Some of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship have broken out across this continent-sized country, uniting tens of thousands frustrated by poor transportation, health services, education and security despite a heavy tax burden.
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Protests build in Brazil as discontent spreads	18.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday in a growing protest that is tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police
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Unions prepare strikes to support Turkey protests	17.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
ISTANBUL—Turkish trade unions urged their members to walk out of work Monday and join demonstrations in response to a widespread police crackdown against activists following weeks of street protests.
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Activist group pushes for RTD routes	17.6.2013	Denver Post: Local
Activist group pushes for RTD routes
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Supreme Court considers landmark equality cases	17.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by David G. Savage Tribune Washington Bureau (Mct) Published Jun 16, 2013 08:00PM MDT Washington • The Supreme Court has devoted decades to giving meaning to the Constitution’s promise of equality for all before the law. Now, as the court heads into the final two weeks of this year’s term, the justices may be about to close one chapter of that long story even as they open a new one. The court is set to decide whether to pull back on 1960s-era remedies for racial discrimination that critics say have outlived their need. One case tests a race-based affirmative action policy at the... ...
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Turkish PM defends his ‘duty’ to end protests	16.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
the Associated Press Published Jun 16, 2013 12:14PM MDT Istanbul • Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday it was his “duty” to order riot police to evict activists occupying an Istanbul park that became a center of defiance against his rule, even as the government crackdown continued across town with tear gas fired at protesters trying to regroup. In a thunderous speech to hundreds of thousands of supporters in western Istanbul, Erdogan also railed against foreign media coverage of the unrest amid criticism over his government’s hand... ...
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Turkish police crack down on revival of protests	16.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
ISTANBUL—Thousands of defiant protesters attempting to converge on central Istanbul's Taksim Square on Sunday were kept away by police firing repeated rounds of tear gas, as the government maintained a hard line against rekindled demonstrations.
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Egypt cuts relations with Syrian government	16.6.2013	azcentral.com \| news
Egypt cuts relations with Syrian government
The new dads Diaper dutyx2019s just the start	15.6.2013	Durango Herald
NEW YORK x2013 Laura Radocaj of Vero Beach, Fla., was warned when she was pregnant with twins that motherhood would be harder than she imagined x2013 especially because she planned to go back to work while the twins were still babies. x201cBut this has been the easiest transition,x201d said Radocaj, 28, who works from home in...
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Will immigration reform provide the workers America needs? No	15.6.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
How can "comprehensive immigration reform" benefit our American children and grandchildren, who will prosper from or suffer the consequences of our decisions?
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Moderate Iranian cleric leads early returns in presidential vote	15.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
TEHRAN — After a larger-than-expected voter turnout for Friday's election, early returns indicate a strong showing by the most moderate of the six candidates running for president of Iran.
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Syria: U.S. chemical-weapons charges 'full of lies'	14.6.2013	azcentral.com \| news
Syria: U.S. chemical-weapons charges 'full of lies'
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Turkey protests enter crucial phase	14.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
ANKARA, Turkey—Activists leading a sit-in in a coveted Istanbul park on Friday were considering a promise made by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in talks with activists overnight to let courts—and a potential referendum—decide about a park redevelopment project that has sparked Turkey's biggest protests in decades.
Turkey's government poses referedum on park that sparked protests	13.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
ISTANBUL — Turkey's government on Wednesday offered a first concrete gesture aimed at ending nearly two weeks of street protests, proposing a referendum on a development project in
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Tunisia imprisons 3 European topless activists	13.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
TUNIS, Tunisia—A Tunisian court on Wednesday convicted three European feminist activists who staged a topless courthouse protest last month, sentencing them to four months and a day in prison, a court official said.
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Report: Colorado women's economic lives better now than a decade ago	12.6.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
The lives of women and girls in Colorado have greatly improved in recent decades — especially if the women are white, according to a report released Wednesday by The Women's Foundation.
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Activists promote camel farm for Greeley refugees	11.6.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
Colette West and Asad Abdi have devoted their careers to helping an influx of African refugees in Greeley function in their new community, but now they're ready to watch the displaced people thrive here by creating a camel farm.
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Senate passes half-trillion dollar farm bill	11.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Mary Clare Jalonick The Associated Press Published Jun 10, 2013 09:28PM MDT Washington • The Senate on Monday passed a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill that expands government subsidies for crop insurance, rice and peanuts while making small cuts to food stamps. The bill passed on a bipartisan 66-27 vote. The legislation, which costs almost $100 billion annually, also would eliminate subsidies that are paid to farmers whether they farm or not. All told, it would save about $2.4 billion a year on the farm and nutrition programs, including across-the-board cuts t... ...
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