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Another Voice: We can honor Bourdain’s memory through dining diversity

The Buffalo News 25 Jun 2018

By Gail Fischer. Anthony Bourdain’s sudden and tragic passing brought grief to every corner of the world. His comfortable acceptance of others and their cultures modeled that we can be generous and genuine – because no matter where he went, he was consistently Anthony Bourdain ... For me the women served a vegetarian cuisine with delicious eggplant, rice, and raw cabbage. We wished one another “peace” before leaving for home ... Story topics ... ....

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Saudi Arabia lifts ban driving ban on women

The Oklahoman 25 Jun 2018

It also represents the culmination of years of campaigning by rights activists who have sometimes been arrested and imprisoned for their efforts ... For some, though, the jubilation at realizing a hard-won freedom Sunday will be tempered by the arrests last month of a number of Saudi rights activists, including some who have played a prominent role in the fight for women's right to drive ... Activists arrested....

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Hemland peace team reaches UNAMA for sit-In protest

Yahoo Daily News 25 Jun 2018

Earlier this week, the activists gave the Taliban three days to revert to their demands including, a month-long ceasefire ... The peace activists, then on June 23 announced they would embark on their sit in protest from June 24 - their first stop being the UNAMA compound ... The activists covered over 700km and ......

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Arrest of Siti Kasim draws flak from all quarters

The Star 25 Jun 2018

KAJANG. The arrest of lawyer activist Siti Kasim and the police application of remand for her have drawn much outrage from lawyers and activists in the country ... ....

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Zambia: Drop criminal charges against six activists over protest

Amnesty 25 Jun 2018

The Zambian authorities must immediately drop all criminal charges against six activists who took part in peaceful protests that questioned exorbitant levels of government spending, Amnesty International said ahead of their trial on 25 June. These activists are being put in the dock solely for exercising their right to peaceful assembly. They have committed no crime....

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10 injured as TD, YSRC men clash in Guntur

Deccan Chronicle 25 Jun 2018

Guntur ... Venkateswarlu said TD activists Chinakothapalli Deena Raju and Daida Kiran Babu were discussing village politics in their farm where YSRC activists Kotapalli Bhushan and Daida Nagaraju joined them.   ... ....

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Saudi women hit roads as driving ban ends

The News International 25 Jun 2018

But it has been accompanied by a crackdown on dissent, including against some of the very activists who previously campaigned against the ban ... Activists have already begun campaigning to end the guardianship system, which has been chipped away at slowly over the years.Prince Mohammed declared in an interview earlier this year that he believes men and women are equal....

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A landmark Saudi reform

Deccan Chronicle 25 Jun 2018

However, it’s feared a backlash could see still more action against the original activists from early in this decade who demanded the women’s right to drive ... The modernisation drive comes even as rulers keep an iron hand on society in gestures like action on activists ...  . ....

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Protests continue as Trump administration moves to reunite separated families

Chron 25 Jun 2018

Kristen Ruiz has never thought of herself as an activist ... Four days later, immigration activists and lawyers said the administration still had yet to lay out a clear plan for reuniting children with their parents ... Immigration lawyers, activists and Democratic lawmakers said the government’s description of an orderly and organized process does not match reality....

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S Arabia overturns ban on women driving

The News International 25 Jun 2018

... Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s plan to modernise the conservative petrostate -- but it has been dented by the jailing of female activists who long opposed the driving ban.Women in Riyadh and other cities began zipping around streets bathed in amber light soon after the ban was lifted at midnight, with some blasting music from behind the wheel....

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Pride parade NYC: Resistance Contingent fights the power, 30+ advocacy groups strong

AM New York 25 Jun 2018

And so progressed the resistance down Seventh Avenue in Manhattan ... “We believe that protest groups and activist groups fighting for social and economic issues embody the spirit of what the Pride March stands for” Natalie James, an organizer with the Democratic Socialists of America, said ... Eat it. Drink it ... Activist group Voices 4 carried coffins, Adam Eli said, to symbolize those members of the LGBTQ community killed by hate crimes ... .......

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Who is Holtec? International company touts experience in nuclear storage

Farmington Daily Times 25 Jun 2018

A proposed temporary storage facility for thousands of tons of spent nuclear fuel in SE New Mexico was met by waves of protests from activist groups ... ....

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