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Religious Freedom Bill Riles Gay Rights Supporters

The bill allows any business, church or person to cite the law as a defense in any action brought by the government or individual claiming discrimination.

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House Minority Leader Chad Campbell, (D) Phoenix

The 33-27 vote by the House Thursday evening sends the legislation to Republican Gov. Jan Brewer and puts Arizona back at the forefront of a polarizing piece of legislation four years after the state enacted an immigration crackdown that caused a national furor. Similar religious protection legislation has been introduced in Ohio, Mississippi,

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Israeli Demand Sparks ‘Jewish State’ Debate

The U.S. usually doesn’t recognize countries by ethnicities, but Deputy State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said the U.S. does recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

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the Israeli West Bank wall

JERUSALEM (AP) — Is Israel "the Jewish state"? The answer may seem as obvious as the Star of David on the Israeli flag. Yet the question is starting to complicate the ambitious U.S. effort to ram through a peace deal between the Palestinians and Israel. A broad-based group of Israelis plans to lobby the Knesset to declare the country, for the

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Obama Meeting With Dalai Lama Rankles China

Urging Obama to cancel the meeting, China’s government accused the president of letting the Dalai Lama use the White House as a podium to promote anti-Chinese activities.

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The Dalai Lama walks out of the White House in Washington, after meeting with President Barack Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is hosting the Dalai Lama at the White House over the stern objection of China, which warned the meeting would "inflict grave damages" on the U.S. relationship with the Asian powerhouse. Obama will greet the Tibetan spiritual leader and fellow Nobel laureate on Friday while the Dalai Lama is in the U.S.

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Ukraine: President, Opposition Sign Crisis Deal

The agreement says presidential elections will be held no later than December, instead of March 2015 as scheduled, according to a copy provided by the German government.

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View on Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Kiev, Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's opposition leaders signed a deal Friday with the president and European and Russian mediators for early elections and a new government in hopes of ending a deadly political crisis. It could be a breakthrough in a months-long crisis over Ukraine's future and identity that worsened sharply this week and left scores

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Report: US Drone May Have Killed Dozen Civilians

The report said four Hellfire missiles were fired at a wedding procession of 11 vehicles on Dec. 12, 2013, in Radda in southern Yemen, killing at least 12 men and wounding at least 15 others, six of them seriously.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. military drone strike in Yemen last December may have killed up to a dozen civilians on their way to a wedding and injured others, including the bride, a human rights group says. U.S. officials say only members of al-Qaida were killed, but they have refused to make public the details of two U.S. investigations into the

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UN Resolution On Syria Aid Faces Vote This Week

Supporters late Wednesday said the resolution had been put in its final form, with a vote likely on Friday. It is unclear whether Moscow will veto the resolution or abstain in the vote.

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Western and Arab nations supporting a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding immediate access everywhere in Syria to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid are calling for a vote this week, even though diplomats say Russia is opposed to key provisions including a pledge of "further steps" for

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IOC: Attack On Pussy Riot Was ‘Unsettling’

On Wednesday, Cossack militia attacked the group with horsewhips as they tried to perform under a sign advertising the Sochi Olympics.

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Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in the aqua balaclava

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The International Olympic Committee says images of the attack on the Pussy Riot punk group in Sochi are "very unsettling." IOC spokesman Mark Adams says the governor of the Krasnodar region has apologized for the attack and is investigating. Adams says it's a matter not directly related to the Sochi Games but he "found

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