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News Gay rights rally in Poland sparks violence
Gay rights rally in Poland sparks violence
Christopher Tate
June 11, 2005 03:27:00 pm

Violence broke out on the streets of the Polish capital Warsaw Saturday when right-wing activists confronted over 2,000 homosexuals marching for gay rights in the predominantly Catholic country. Three people were injured and ten were...

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GOP Senator calls for Guantanamo closure
Christopher Tate
June 11, 2005 02:59:00 pm

Republican Senator Mel Martinez has become the first major GOP lawmaker to call for the closure of the military terror detention camp at Guantamao Bay . Speaking Friday in Florida, Martinez, a former Secretary of...

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