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                    [Title] => Outcry after Muslim teen is detained over homemade clock
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Police declined to seek any charges against Ahmed Mohamed, but his arrest and suspension ignited a wave of criticism of police and school officials and raised suspicions that they had overreacted because of the boy's religion.

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Utah's governor has received hundreds of messages from people around the country urging him to sign or veto a bill that would make the state the only one to allow executions by firing squad if lethal injection drugs are unavailable.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-21 04:07:03 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1520327 [AuthorName] => Michelle L. Price [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150321/Firing-squad-Chamber-Utah.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1432417 [Title] => Group: Snowden proved NSA Internet spying harms Americans [Summary] =>

The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups sued the National Security Agency and the Justice Department on Tuesday, challenging the government's practice of collecting personal information from vast amounts of data harvested directly from the Internet's infrastructure.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-11 09:41:28 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1432838 [AuthorName] => Juliet Linderman [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150311/nsa-surveillance-laws.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1413957 [Title] => U.S. Supreme Court sets stage for historic gay rights ruling [Summary] =>

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear arguments on whether same-sex couples have a right to marry everywhere in America sets the stage for a potentially historic ruling on one of the country's most sweeping social issues.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-17 15:34:52 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500180 [AuthorName] => Mark Sherman [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20140513/same-sexmarriage.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1404575 [Title] => Impunity will persist on CIA torture, killings [Summary] =>

Somehow it comes as a surprise, if not a let-down.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133567 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804785 [AuthorName] => Satur C. Ocampo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1389242 [Title] => Death with dignity [Summary] =>

“No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law” is arguably the most important provision in all of Philippine law.

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Kita nga adunay mga mata nga makakita pa sa palibot, usahay gani mapandol ug magkalisud mahulog pa sa imburnal.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134320 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1657588 [AuthorName] => Pons M. Abatayo [SectionName] => Banat Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1325632 [Title] => Utah ordered to recognize over 1,000 gay marriages [Summary] =>

When Matthew Barraza and Tony Milner's 5-year-old son starts kindergarten next fall, both of his fathers could finally be recognized as his legal parents.

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The White House is asking Congress to pass new privacy laws that would add more safeguards for Americans’ data and provide more protections for emails sought in the course of a law enforcement investigation.

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ISANG estudyanteng atheist ang naghain ng reklamo sa ACLU tungkol sa pagdadasal ng kanyang eskuwelahan bago simulan ang graduation.

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