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JERSEY!
From Al Jazeera: More than 40 people, including politicians, officials and prominent rabbis, have been arrested in connection with corruption, money laundering and organ trafficking in the US state of New Jersey. The sweeping investigation, which saw 44 people arrested in raids on Thursday, is believed to be one of the biggest such actions in…
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Labor Pains Worth it: Kelis Nets $40k a Month from Nas
From E!: We’re in the wrong business. Gold-plated pacifiers should be our trade. A day after the all-natural birth of her son, Kelis Rogers has successfully secured roughly $40,000 in monthly spousal and child support from her estranged hubby, Nas. So much for the original $20,000 a month she was asking for—or for the one-time…
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VIDEO: Rep. Gwen Moore Gets Her Dirty Harry on Regarding Health Care
Video found on Jack and Jill Politics The following was featured in CNN’s ‘Crime and Punishment’ segment of ‘Black in America 2’ last night.
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Killers Jailed for Murdering Burundi Albinos, Selling Body Parts
From Al Jazeera: Five men have been jailed in Burundi for murdering African albinos and selling their body parts to witch doctors. The leader of the gang was jailed for life at a court in Burundi’s eastern Ruyigi province on Thursday after being found guilty of planning and carrying out the killings. Four others were sentenced to…
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VIDEO: Sexual Violence Rife in Congo Conflict
Video originally found on Al Jazeera: In the Democratic Republic of Congo, an armed conflict between government troops and rebels has been intensifying. But as the conflict rages, sexual crimes against both men and women have also been rising alarmingly.
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Ivory Coast Man Imprisoned for Match Stampede
From BBC: An Ivorian football official has been sentenced to six months in jail for his role in a deadly stadium stampede. Albert Anzouan Kacou, head of the Ivorian Football Federation’s match organising committee, was also fined $1,000 for manslaughter and fraud. Twenty people died and more than 130 were injured when a wall collapsed…
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Ain't No Country Like the One We Got: Obama Not Seeking Iraqi Territory
From Al Jazeera: Barack Obama, the US president, has said his country is not seeking any claim on Iraqi territory, after holding talks with Iraq’s prime minister in Washington. Obama said after the meeting with Nuri al-Maliki at the White House on Wednesday that the US will abide by previous pledges to pull its forces out of Iraq by…
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Four Boys, 9-14, Allegedly Rape 8-Year Old Girl
From NewsOne: Four boys ages 9, 10, 13 and 14 lured an 8-year-old neighbor into a shed at a Phoenix apartment complex, then sexually assaulted her, police say. The crime happened last Thursday evening, and police were called to the scene after reports of a young girl running out of the shed, half-nude and screaming.…
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Judge Tells DoJ to Get Its Life Together Regarding Gitmo Case
From the Washington Independent: The last time I wrote about the case of Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Jawad, the government had just conceded that its primary evidence — his “confessions” — were the product of torture and inadmissible in court. But the government still wasn’t letting Jawad go. Last night I received a copy of the…
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