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Nebraska execution can go ahead despite German pharma firm’s opposition, judge rules

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German pharmaceutical company Fresenius Kabi had argued Nebraska cannot use its drugs to carry out an execution. A judge ruled that the execution can go ahead.

Pussy Riot protester defies travel ban to flee Russia for Edinburgh

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Punk activist Maria Alyokhina drives 1,000 km to reach UK after being stopped at border

A member of the protest band Pussy Riot has smuggled herself out of Russia after being barred by the government from travelling to perform at the Edinburgh festival fringe.

Maria Alyokhina, one of three members of Pussy Riot who stood trial in 2012 for a “punk prayer” at a Moscow church, was stopped by Russian border guards and told she could not leave the country. The reason given was that she had refused to serve a community service sentence for a separate protest held against Russia’s powerful Federal Security Service.

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They Left China to Chase the American Dream. Now They’re Fighting Affirmative Action.

400 Years + of slavery and another 100 years of incomplete civil rights – period! That has not and cannot be wiped out in 50 years. Daily, we still read and hear about racism against Black-Americans – Period! An increasingly vocal group of Chinese-Americans who were once politically dormant have been galvanized by the fight over race-based school admissions.