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Is Nivea Ad 'Re-Civilizing' Black Men Really Racist?

The latest from the corporate world to join an allegedly racist faction is Nivea which proved that it hasn't learned much from the mistakes of Cadbury and Dove. In its latest print ad advertizing men's skin care range, Nivea juxtaposes a well-groomed African-American male, holding a mask of a bearded African man, with a slogan that says Re-Civilize Yourself.
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A police woman holds flowers as she takes part in a march near Utoeya island to pay their respects for the victims of the killing spree and bomb attack in Norway, in the village of Sundvollen

Westboro Church to Picket Funerals of Norway Massacre Victims

The Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church has issued a press release saying that they will picket the funerals of the Norway victims who lost their lives when Anders Breivik set off a bomb in Oslo and gunned down 69 at a youth camp in the island of Utoya.
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Polygamist Warren Jeffs - Will He Get Life Behind Bars?

Ending perhaps one of the strangest trials in recent years, which could go down in history as another example of why one does not represent himself in court, a Texas jury on Thursday found the leader of the largest polygamous religious sect in the U.S. guilty of two counts of sexual assault on a child.
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Polygamist Leader Warren Jeffs? Trial Goes to Jury

Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs' trial has concluded, and the jury is deliberating the fate of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' fate in the Texas underage sexual assault case.
People offer flowers on a memorial stone in Tyrifjorden lake near Utoeya island

Norway Soul Searches on Crime After Rampage

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg urged Parliament Monday to preserve the democratic values of Norway as public pressure grew for stiffer sentences for serious crimes after an anti-immigration zealot's bloody rampage.
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Insurers to Pay for Women?s Health Screenings and Birth Control

The Obama administration announced Monday that private health insurers must pay for an assortment of women's health screenings, counseling and birth control. The benefits will begin on Jan 1, 2013 and will be offered "without cost-sharing" (no co-pay, co-insurance or deductibles).
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Polygamist leader says is persecuted

Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs interrupted his Texas child sexual assault trial on Friday, shouting that his religious rights were being violated and warning the court it was stomping on "sacred ground".

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