Hundreds prosecuted in UK under controversial 300-year old dueling law – study

Some 1,800 people in Britain have been prosecuted for murder or manslaughter over the past eight years under an ancient doctrine of joint enterprise, which states that people do not have to be at the scene of a crime to be convicted, research reveals.Read Full Article at RT.com
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Hundreds prosecuted in UK under controversial 300-year old dueling law – study

Pope Blesses Controversial Film ‘Noah’

Pope Francis blessed actor Russell Crowe’s upcoming “Noah,” a $ 130 million epic already stirring controversy among Christians for its interpretation of the story from the Bible’s Book of Genesis, according to The Daily Mail.
Last month, Crowe began tweeting the Holy Father in hop…
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US MPs pushing Karzai to sign controversial pact

Iran Press TV
Sun Mar 23, 2014 11:55AM GMT
A group of American lawmakers is pressuring Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a controversial bilateral security agreement with the United States.
This comes as the bipartisan congressional delegation demanded President Karzai to sign the…
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Harry Reid offers the NRA a scalp on controversial Surgeon General nomination.

Tell me again about how smart it was for Harry Reid to kill the filibuster over nominations. Because I’m pretty sure that it’s going to end up giving the NRA a public win:
A number of Senate Democrats have indicated that they might oppose President Barack Obama’s choice of Vivek Murthy for the …
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African Pop Star Becomes Ghostly White after Using Controversial Pigment-Altering Cosmetics

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Harry Reid Forces Vulnerable Dems to Cast Controversial Vote for Failed Nominee

In a surprising move, the Democratic-controlled Senate rejected President Obama’s nominee to head the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division on a 52-47 vote today.
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Arizona governor vetoes controversial bill allowing religious beliefs as defense for denying service

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FOX NEWS – Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announced Wednesday she has vetoed a controversial bill that would have allowed religious beliefs as a defense for denying service to gays and others.
Brewer, who spent several days considering whether to sign the bill, said it …
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Arizona Gov Brewer announces veto of controversial ‘religious freedom’ bill

Published time: February 27, 2014 00:59

Arizona governor Jan Brewer held a press conference on Wednesday night to announce she had vetoed a controversial bill which would have permitted businesses to refuse service based on an owner’s religious beliefs.
Brewer, a Republican known n…
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China slams Japan over controversial moves

BEIJING – A Chinese spokeswoman on Tuesday hit back at Japanese criticism regarding China’s military expansion and demanded Japanese leaders confess to a recent string of controversial moves.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a daily news briefing, “Japan has become a …
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SUSAN RICE: I Have ‘No Regrets’ Over Controversial Benghazi Remarks

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National Security Adviser Susan Rice said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday that she has no regrets over comments she made in a round of Sunday-show appearances in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack in Benghazi. 

Rice, who was then …
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