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This June, CAIR released its annual report on the status of Muslim civil rights in the United States. This year’s report, entitled “Presumption of Guilt,” finds a 25% increase in civil rights complaints nationwide. Since the first report in 1996, the number of reported incidents and experiences of anti-Muslim bias, discrimination, harassment, physical attacks, and hate crimes has risen every year. The last year alone saw a 25% increase in the number of such reports. The report analyzed the complaints according to the place of occurrence, alleged type of abuse, and factors triggering discrimination.
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The new Miss United States 2007 hopes to bring to the nation's attention the need for research to find a cure for a rare genetic disease that can lead to organ failure. and picture blog
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Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) today introduced a joint resolution directing the United States to initiate international discussions and to negotiate with other nations an agreement for managing fish stocks in the Arctic Ocean. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and a bipartisan group of 10 Senators are original cosponsors of the measure…
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Seventy two percent of U.S. troops in Iraq believe the United States should pull out within one year, a column by Nicholas Kristof in Tuesday's New York Times reveals. The poll was conducted by Zogby International and is the first poll to examine the attitudes of those currently serving in the wartorn nation.
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WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today revealed his Top 15 flaws with the amnesty program in the immigration reform bill being debated in the United States Senate. He pointed out that the amnesty section in the Senate immigration bill is ripe for abuse and rotten for national security.
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There are five service academies: The United States Air Force (USAFA), Naval (USNA), Military (USMA), Merchant Marine (USMMA), and Coast Guard (USCGA) Academies. Nominations are required for all but the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, to which appointments are made on the basis of an annual nationwide competition.
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