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Mobs Leave Charred Corpses, Fear in North Nigeria

KADUNA, Nigeria -- The mobs poured into the streets by the thousands in this dusty city separating Nigeria's Muslim north and Christian south, armed with machetes and poison-tipped arrows to unleash their rage after the oil-rich nation's presidential election. Muslim rioters burned homes, churches and police stations in...

Calif. Debates Place of Gay History in Textbooks

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- California conservatives were outraged in 1966 when the state Board of Education adopted a new junior high school history textbook. The book's inclusive treatment of the civil rights movement and influential black Americans would indoctrinate students, undermine religious values and politicize the...

New Jersey Transgender Man Says Firing Was Discriminatory

El'Jai Devoureau wants to be treated just like any other man. The 39-year-old New Jersey resident was born into a woman's body but says he's known from the very beginning that he is male. Apparently, though, Devoureau wasn't man enough for his former employer: The drug treatment center where he worked watching men urinate...

Arizona Bans Abortions Based on Sex, Race [VIDEO]

NY Fashion Exec Sues for $2 Million After Transfer to New Jersey

A senior manager at the New York fashion house Elie Tahari claims he had a mental breakdown after being forced to travel to New Jersey for work and is suing the company for $2 million. Thomas Horodecki says he was discriminated against by his Israeli bosses and passed over for promotions at work because he was Christian...

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05/29/12 Will challenge sub-quota denial in apex court: Khurshid Source: Deccan Herald - India The central government Tuesday said it would appeal in the Supreme Court against the Andhra Pradesh High Court order rejecting the state government's proposal to create 4.5 percent sub-quota for notified minorities.
05/29/12 Fewer Than A Third Of Top Jobs Held By Women Source: Aol UK News (Press Association Feed) Fewer than a third of the most senior jobs in the UK are held by women, according to new figures.
05/29/12 DiNapoli Pushes Transgender Corporate Rights Source: Long Island Press - Syosset NY Texas-based oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. stockholders will vote Wednesday on a proposed company policy to ban discrimination against gay or transgender workers, a shareholder resolution pushed by New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
05/29/12 Swamy snubs challenge to HC order on minority quota Source: The Economic Times - India Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy today condemned the government's decision to challenge the Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing the proposed 4.5 per cent reservation to minorities within the OBC quota.
05/29/12 Supreme Court Fight Against Discrimination: 80-20... Source: PR Newswire WASHINGTON , May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 80-20 National Asian American Educational Foundation (80-20) shall jointly file an amicus brief with Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights (Brandeis Center) on May 29, 2012 .