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• Lawyer for father of 'Jihadi John' quits the case - Yahoo News UK

  08-03-2015 21:47
  
  Yahoo News UK
  Lawyer for father of 'Jihadi John' quits the case
  Yahoo News UK
  The Kuwaiti lawyer representing the father of alleged Islamic State group executioner "Jihadi John" said Sunday after filing lawsuits for his client that he has now withdrawn from the case. "I have decided to withdraw from the case for personal reasons ...
  
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• Holder and Obama mark Selma events with call for voting rights protections

  08-03-2015 19:48
  
  Attorney general and president attack 2013 supreme court decision1965 events memorialised this weekend led to passing of Voting Rights Act Related: Obama in Selma: Ferguson report shows civil rights 'march is not yet finished' Thousands of demonstrators gathered outside the historic Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama, on Sunday, to reprise one of the most powerful acts of the civil rights era. Related: Supreme court's voting rights decision 'deeply disappointing', Obama says Before we lef
  
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• How Selma changed the world: City honors 'LBJ' and voting legislation

  08-03-2015 17:34
  
  As 50th anniversary commemoration continues, crowd reflects on President Lyndon Johnson and the 1965 Voting Rights Act Related: Obama in Selma: Ferguson report shows civil rights 'march is not yet finished' Selma honored the late President Lyndon Johnson, signer of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, on Sunday, as the Alabama city continued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” clash between police and civil rights marchers that galvanised support for the law. Related: Barack Ob
  
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• Anti-extremist plan to push 'British values' and link benefits to learning English

  08-03-2015 15:11
  
  Home Office’s leaked counter-extremism strategy would require visa applicants to commit to ‘British values’ and ban extremists from working with children without supervision
  The Home Office is planning a “more assertive” stance against extremism, with a series of measures including penalties for benefit claimants who do not learn English and making visa applicants commit themselves to “British values”.According to a copy of a new counter-extremism strategy leaked to the Sunday Te
  
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• Miliband vows to enshrine televised general election debates in UK law - The Drum

  08-03-2015 11:23
  The Drum
  Miliband vows to enshrine televised general election debates in UK law
  The Drum
  Ed Miliband has delivered a blow to prime minister David Cameron by attacking his reluctance to participate in the televised general election debates with a promise to legislate the events' necessity into UK law. The Observer learned of the Labour ...
  
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• The Old Lady’s not for talking: what is the Bank of England not telling us?

  08-03-2015 10:00
  
  Mark Carney promised to make the Bank a more open place. But its behaviour over the Serious Fraud Office investigation is reminiscent of the bad old daysMaybe the Bank of England is still feeling its way. When the news broke last week that it faced its first investigation by the Serious Fraud Office, the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street was reticent. A brief statement from the governor Mark Carney. No details. Not even an outline of the case.Almost immediately speculation started, and with it the
  
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• India accused of ‘misguided’ ban on rape documentary

  08-03-2015 01:05
  
  Director of film about fatal attack on a student in 2012 hits back at her criticsThe director of a controversial documentary about the fatal gang rape of a young woman in Delhi has branded a ban on the film being shown in India as “misguided”, accusing her critics of reacting “hysterically”.India’s Daughter, made by Leslee Udwin, triggered national debate in India with the government banning the film “across all media platforms” and attempting unsuccessfully to stop it being broadc
  
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• Chicago protesters demand 'immediate inspection' of Homan Square facility

  08-03-2015 00:39
  
  Crowd returns to West Side police site at centre of allegations of abuseAnonymous member: ‘President Obama has been silent about this’ Related: 'They looked like Isis': masked raid led to 'kidnapping' at Chicago police site One week after the first protest at Homan Square, activists returned on Saturday to call for an “immediate inspection” of the Chicago police facility. Related: Inside Chicago's legacy of police abuse: violence 'as routine as traffic lights' Continue reading...
  
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