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Discriminatory

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First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 Documents

Jackson Memorial Hospital nurses personally apologize to lesbian whose partner died there

BY STEVE ROTHAUS, srothaus@MiamiHerald.comSeveral Jackson Memorial Hospital nurses personally apologized to Janice Langbehn, a Washington state lesbian who said a Jackson social worker wouldn't allow her to be with her dying partner in 2007."We certainly ... [Miami Herald - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Lesbian, Gay, Elizabeth Schwartz

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Patrick Leahy

Sen. Patrick Leahy to vote to end the health bill filibuster on Saturday

"Decision time is nearing on health insurance reform, and I will vote to end the filibuster on Saturday so the Senate can begin this important and historic debate. We cannot afford to let the health industry's sentries of the status quo kick the can down ... [News-Medical.Net - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Patrick Leahy, Health Insurance, Final Plan, Affordable Health Care

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Spanish tax refund for 90,000 Britons

Britons who sold their Spanish holiday homes in the past 12 years could claim tax rebates worth thousands of pounds after a ruling by the European Court of Justice.Some 90,000 people could be entitled to make a claim against the tax authority because ... [Telegraph - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Taxes, European Court of Justice, Discriminatory

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Taliban strikes in Peshawar again with new blast

Peshawar At least 15 people have been killed and 20 injured in the latest terror attack in Peshawar in Pakistan.The blast, a suicide attack, targeted the judicial complex on Khyber Road.Security forces have cordoned off the area. Rescue teams are at the ... [NDTV - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Peshawar, Taliban, Air Pollution, Suicide Attack

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Illovo dips, looks to Africa

Fin24.com encourages freedom of speech and the expression of diverse views. The views of users published on Fin24.com are therefore their own and do not represent the views of Fin24.com. All posts are monitored by Fin24.com's editors and grossly derogatory ... [Finance 24 - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Discriminatory

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

ACRA Weighs in on Florida Excise Tax

In the opinion piece listed below, ACRA President Bob Barton concurs with the Coalition Against Discriminatory Car Rental Taxes in opposition to a proposed doubling of the car rental tax in Florida.Letter to the Editor:This letter is in response to the ... [Auto Rental News - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Taxes, Bob Barton, Coalition, Encumbrance

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Government wrong on new employment burdens

The announcement, today (Wednesday), of the Government's legislative programme confirms it plans to open the door to new costs for employers.Reacting to the Queen's Speech, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said the Government seems determined to press ... [ePolitix.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: British Retail Consortium, Encumbrance, Stephen Robertson

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Australia: Government must overturn law which discriminates against Aboriginal people

Slamming decades of failure by Australian governments to address the dire living conditions and discrimination faced by many of the country's Indigenous peoples, Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan warned the Rudd government not to squander ... [Amnesty International UK - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Irene Khan, Discriminatory, Australia

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Why discriminate when training is same, women officers ask

New Delhi, Nov 19 : Twenty women officers of the Indian Army Thursday sought to know from the Delhi High Court why they were discriminated in service vis-a-vis the men when both got similar training.Rekha Palli, counsel for the woman officers, submitted ... [Topnews.in - 11/19/2009]

Entities: New Delhi (India), Indian Army, Induction

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Consumer Protection Act Series – Part Two

Following on from my first post about the Consumer Protection Act, here are a couple more bite-sized chunks about the new legislation to help you get to grips with how it will affect your life and help you to realise your rights as a South African citizen. 1. The ... [South Africa Rocks - 11/19/2009]

Entities: The Act, Discriminatory, Alcohol

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

The great gay blood donation debate (updated 18/11/09)

Is a policy which seeks to prevent sexually active gay and bi men from donating blood discriminatory or a sensible element of a process designed to keep nasties such as HIV out of the blood supply?Following our publication of this item Rainbow Wellington's ... [Gay NZ - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Gay, Donations, Tony Simpson

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Police woman fights back in court

The country's constitution and its Employment Equity Act were pitted against each other yesterday in a case involving a police captain who claims to have been overlooked for a position because she is white.Captain Renate Barnard said under cross-examination ... [The Star South Africa - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Cross-examination, Discriminatory

Quotes

...However, he said he was sure that there was systematic bias. "The judge is right to raise his voice against a policy that is more lenient towards Jewish offenders. This is a policy being pursued by state prosecutors intentionally and not by accident, and it undermines trust in the system." Judge Shadmi referred only to discrimination in sentencing in Israeli criminal courts

Israel's Two-Tiered Justice System [Middle East Online - 11 hours ago]

...rights situation in Iran and the government's failure to uphold its obligations under its own constitution and international human rights law. "Underlining that that 118 members of the General Assembly did not support it the resolution, Iran's UN envoy Mohammad Khazaee sharply criticised Canada for tabling the 'politically motivated' resolution, and criticised it for 'systematic violations of human rights including discriminatory policies against Aborigines, migrants and minorities. 'Wood, however, described the results as 'the largest vote margin on such a resolution on Iran in the UN ever.' 'The resolution expressed 'particular concern at the response of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran following the Presidential election of June 12, 2009 and the concurrent rise in human rights violations. These included -'the government's reported use of forced confessions,' 'its mass trials resulting in some death sentences, and the 'escalation in the rate of executions in the months following the elections. 'It listed several violations such as 'harassment, intimidation and persecution, including by arbitrary arrest, detention or disappearance, of opposition members, journalists and other media representatives, bloggers, lawyers, clerics, human rights defenders, academics, (and) students."

UN condemns Iran for post-polls rights violations [Times of India - 15 hours ago]

"Underlining that that 118 members of the General Assembly did not support it the resolution, Iran's UN envoy Mohammad Khazaee sharply criticised Canada for tabling the "politically motivated" resolution, and criticised it for "systematic violations of human rights including discriminatory policies against Aborigines, migrants and minorities."

UN condemns Iran for post-elections human rights violations [Deccan Herald - 17 hours ago]

"They should be allowed the right to have decent housing and go into restaurants without being discriminated against or harassed" he said

Tampa, Hillsborough County sexual discrimination policies illustrate political divide [St. Petersburg Times - 18 hours ago]

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Law minister, NGOs slam trial of grandmother fo... [Jakarta Post - 17 hours ago]
Zoladex consumers entitled to treble damages, C... [News-Medical.Net - 17 hours ago]
Jackson Memorial Hospital nurses personally apo... [Miami Herald - 18 hours ago]
Tampa, Hillsborough County sexual discriminatio... [St. Petersburg Times - 18 hours ago]
The Demographic Demon [Outlook India - 18 hours ago]

Blogs

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CNN's Phillips: Kids Who Bully Pledge Spurner A... [NewsBusters.org blogs - 21 hours ago] On today's CNN Newsroom, anchor Kyra Phillips went after the kids who supposedly bully a 10-year-old boy who refuses to say the Pledge of Allegiance because homosexual ...
Opponents of Botox Tax Go Big: Baby Boomers! Wo... [WSJ.com: Health Blog - 11/19/2009] The Senate health care bill’s 5% tax on elective cosmetic procedures (breast implants, Botox wrinkle treatments, etc.) is drawing opposition from predictable quarters: ...
The Senate HCR Abortion Provision [Daily Kos - 11/19/2009] The extreme abortion language included in the House bill has been left out of the Senate bill, in favor of a provision that more closely tracks with the Capps amendment ...
GOP Claims Senate Bill Forces Taxpayers To Pay ... [TPM Election Central - 11/19/2009] House Minority Leader John Boehner's office has posted a long statement blasting the Senate health care plan, specifically targeting the abortion provisions with ...
Senate Abortion Provision Wins Support Of Key P... [TPM Election Central - 11/19/2009] We now have much more clarity on how the abortion provision in the Senate health care bill will work, and it's won the support of both senior administration officials, ...

Audio/Video

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Nadler opposes Anti Choice Stupak Amendment [Rep. Jerrold Nadler - YouTube Channel - 11/09/2009]
Rep. Courtney Debates HR 3962 [Rep. Joe Courtney - YouTube Channel - 11/08/2009]
Sri Lanka shows what it looks like to win a war... [Slate Magazine - 11/03/2009]
What Does It Look Like To Win a War on Terror? [Slate Magazine - 11/03/2009]
How The AIDS Virus Discriminates [Mefeedia Video Tag : canc - 10/25/2009]

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