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Local News: Speeding Crackdown+Monument Honoring Maynard Jackson Unveiled At Oakland Cemetery

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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Speeding Crackdown A five state crackdown on speeding kicks off today.  Georgia along with Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee are holding a week long speed prevention and enforcement initiative.  Officials say speeding is the leading cause of traffic fatalities and is associated with other factors including distracted driving, reckless driving and D.U.I.’s.   Georgia […]

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Syria: Citizens Videos Show Horror in Daraa

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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As the crackdown on protests in Daraa continues and reports pour in of more deaths, citizen reporters in the town are capturing video and uploading it to YouTube, which was only recently unblocked in Syria. The videos show the extent of the violent crackdown in Daraa. Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Global Voices Online Discovery Date : 23/03/2011 23:54 Number of articles : 2

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Libya unrest 2011

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

A protestor holds a placard as demonstrators gather outside the Libyan Embassy in London. International concern at the crackdown on the unprecedented unrest rocking Libya is growing as events unfold with human rights group putting the death toll at between over 200 to some 400 people. Spreading unrest in Libya shut down 6 percent of oil output in Africa#39;s No.3 producer and prompted a host of energy firms to pull out international staff, sending oil prices to above $105 a barrel. Wintershall

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Soccer: The International Language of Love

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Heading to the Paris banlieues to interview African teens. Last visit was during the riots when the media wasn't exactly welcome. We were thrown rocks at every time we tried to take out the camera. But this time we'll be talking the language of love: Soccer. There's a piece I did four years ago that I've been thinking about a lot. It's a report on the crackdown on African migration to Europe: added by: MarianaVanZeller

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Iran’s first trials of protesters to begin

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

TEHRAN, Iran – Around 20 protesters will be put on trial starting Saturday in the first prosecutions from Iran's crackdown on the opposition following disputed presidential elections last month, the state news agency reported. The announcement comes as anger is growing over allegations of abuse against detainees from the crackdown. Reports have emerged in recent days of several young protesters who died in prison, and the opposition says authorities are torturing detainees to force confessions that can be used in trials

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