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Anti-Transgender Activist: Follow Women Into Bathrooms

Edit Opposing Views 17 Jun 2016
Joseph Backholm, director of the Family Policy Institute of Washington, told his supporters to follow women into bathrooms and get them to sign a petition to add an anti-transgender measure to the state ballot ... In an audio recording than an anonymous source gave to the Gender Justice League of Seattle, Backholm told signature gatherers ... In another recording, Backholm also made similar comments about entering a woman's spa....

CBI probes misappropriation of over Rs. 1 cr in HPO

Edit The Hindu 17 Jun 2016
1 crore at the Head Post Office (HPO) here ... After the department officials exposed the fraud in May and referred the case to the CBI, a seven-member team from the anti-corruption wing visited the HPO on Tuesday and completed the first phase of investigation on Wednesday. They verified the records and raided the premises of an agent. Sources told The Hindu that the CBI officers had taken some records ... ....

JNU forms panel to hear appeals of penalised students

Edit Indian Express 17 Jun 2016
JNU was at the centre of a controversy in February this year because of an event on campus against hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru at which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised ... JNU sets up panel to hear students’ appeal against punishment ‘Anti-national’ slogan raising man still active on campus ... record taken into account....

"Rare, dangerous" heat headed to parts of the Western US

Edit Business Insider 17 Jun 2016
Glendale Fire Department firefighter Chris Greene, right, gets a case of water from service worker Edi Marroquin, left, from the dozens of cases of water at the Glendale Fire Department Resource Center as they prepare for the record-setting heat predicted for the weekend Thursday, June 16, 2016, in Glendale, Ariz ... The hottest day on record in Phoenix occurred June 26, 1990, when the thermometer reached 122 degrees....

Udta Punjab's pirated copy hosted by over 700 websites

Edit The Times of India 17 Jun 2016
The illegal link to watch the controversial 'Udta Punjab' has been detected in as many as 732 websites by the anti-piracy wing of the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce. "It is clear that the movie is a copy that was submitted to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for certification," said A Raj Kumar, who heads the anti-piracy wing in Hyderabad ... Thus, the anti piracy wing has its task cut out for it....

Jared Tallent gold medal: Russia athletics and anti-doping were 'rotten to core'

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 17 Jun 2016
Russia's anti-doping agency and athletics body were "rotten to the core", says International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates ... Kirdyapkin was one of six Russian athletes sanctioned for anti-doping rule violations by the Russian Anti-Doping Authority ... "When the disciplinary committee of the Russian Anti-Doping Authority ......

In or Out? A look at the upcoming IAAF ruling on Russians

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 17 Jun 2016
The IAAF imposed the indefinite suspension in November after a report by an independent World Anti-Doping Agency commission detailed widespread doping, corruption and cover-ups in Russian track and field ... A potential compromise — favored among top IOC leaders — would give Russian athletes with a proven clean doping record and who have passed a certain number or recent tests the chance to compete....

Killing of anti-Brexit lawmaker arouses global reaction

Edit China Daily 17 Jun 2016
BEIJING - The killing of an anti-Brexit lawmaker has aroused global reaction as a June 23 referendum on whether Britain will remain in the European Union (EU) is drawing near ... far-right anti-immigration group....

IOC’s Coates expects IAAF to retain Russia ban

Edit The Himalayan 17 Jun 2016
International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president John Coates has branded Russia’s anti-doping agency and athletics body as “rotten to the core” and believes the country’s athletes will remain banned from competing at international events ... from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) revealed widespread state-sponsored doping....

Russia To Learn On June 17 Whether Its Athletes Can Compete In Rio

Edit Radio Free Europe 17 Jun 2016
The federation suspended Russia from all track and field events in November after a report from the World Anti-Doping Agency revealed widespread, state-sponsored doping....

Mets' Wright undergoes neck surgery (MLB - Major League Baseball)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Jun 2016
The decision to proceed with the operation was made after weeks of tests, rest and anti-inflammatory injections to alleviate pain and improve his mobility, the Mets said ... But Wright's neck began bothering him late last month, and after attempting both oral anti-inflammatory medication and an injection, he landed on the disabled list June 3....

Brazil's interim government loses 3rd minister in month

Edit The Oklahoman 17 Jun 2016
Temer had been vice president ... Alves has denied any wrongdoing in the case ... Planning Minister Romero Juca stepped down after leaked audio recordings suggested he was plotting to obstruct the Petrobras corruption probe. A week later, Temer's anti-corruption czar Fabiano Silveira left the head of the Transparency Ministry after he was heard in the leaked audios instructing a politician investigated in the Petrobras case. ....

Amartya Sen describes Indian caste divisions as ‘anti-national’ at London School of Economics

Edit Indian Express 17 Jun 2016
Nobel laureate Dr Amrtya Sen criticizes the attitude of branding people in India a anti-nationals ... Nobel laureate Professor Amartya Sen on Thursday criticised the practice in India of branding people who don’t “toe a certain line” as anti-national ... “One issue that keeps coming up in India is people being branded as ‘anti-national’ for not toeing a certain line”....
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