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17 Apr 2009 - Headlines for April 17, 2009
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Obama Releases Bush Torture Memos, Assures No Prosecutions for CIA Interrogators Study: Iraqi Women and Children Account for Most Victims of US Air Strikes In Mexico, Obama Resists Call to Reimpose Assault Weapons Ban Mexicans Protest US Immigration Raids, Deportations Cuba Renews Call for US Talks 3 Killed in Alleged Morales Assassination Plot Russia Announces Formal End to Chechnya Operations Israel Rejects Vague US Calls for Peace Talks Israel Rejects UN War Crimes Probe Report: Somali Pirate to Be Tried in US Obama Announces New Transit Funding Court Rejects Troy Davis Appeal, Extends Stay of Execution Paterson Introduces Gay Marriage Bill Trial Begins for Anti-Transgendered Hate-Crime Murder In Colorado, a murder trial has opened that’s believed to be the first-ever hate-crime case for the killing of a transgendered person. Allen Andrade is accused of murdering eighteen-year-old Justin “Angie” Zapata after arranging a meeting online. The case has boosted calls for the inclusion of transgendered people in hate-crimes statutes on the state and federal level. Eleven states and the District of Columbia currently recognize transgendered people in hate crime laws.
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