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Angola condemned for prosecuting reporter
2015-06-03 18:54:28| Jewelry - Topix.net
Pressure was growing on Tuesday night on the Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos to drop a prosecution of award-winning investigative journalist Rafael Marques de Morais as jewellers including Tiffany & Co called for his release over a controversial expose of the blood-diamond industry. Mr de Morais was last week given a six-month suspended sentence, suspended for two years, following a trial in which he faced criminal defamation charges over his book on blood diamonds, which highlighted alleged links between Angola's military rulers and the illicit trade.
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Majestic Hotel Condemned by Hot Springs City Council
2015-03-18 01:14:54| Waste Management - Topix.net
The city says the Majestic's owner, Gary Hassenflu, will now be served with a notice and given 30 days to either secure and cleanup the property or raze it. At the end of 30 days, a $250 a day fine per parcel of land will begin to be imposed.
Diesel car 'demonisation' condemned
2015-03-11 07:35:21| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, a car industry group, launches a campaign to combat the 'demonisation' of diesel in the wake of a Paris ban on the cars.
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Peru activist killings condemned ahead of climate talks
2014-11-17 23:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: At least 57 environmental activists have been murdered in Peru since 2002, a rights group said Monday, criticizing the killings as the country prepares to host major UN climate talks. In a report released two weeks before Peru welcomes the annual UN climate meeting, Global Witness condemned the country's record on the environment and human rights, calling it one of the most dangerous places in the world to be an environmental activist. The London-based group said at least 57 environmentalists...
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Condemned Santa Clara County killer loses mental retardation claim
2014-09-16 18:01:44| Grocery - Topix.net
Condemned Santa Clara County killer David Allen Raley has lost perhaps his last legal argument to get off California's death row for the 1985 murder of a Peninsula teenager and the attempted murder of her friend inside a deserted Hillsborough mansion. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Linda Clark this week rejected Raley's argument that he was mentally retarded at the time of the crime, a finding that would bar his execution under a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
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