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The United Nations adopts global guidelines to protect local communities when rich countries buy up land in developing nations.

NBC News | "People died to make Egypt's first-ever presidential debate happen on Thursday..."

NJ.com: Trucker found with 364 pounds of marijuana doesn't have to reveal BlackBerry password, N.J. court rules by AP:

MOUNT OLIVE — Police in northern New Jersey can't force a California trucker accused of hauling marijuana to reveal his password to unlock his BlackBerry.

A judge in Morristown on Thursday ruled that disclosing the password would violate the trucker's Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.

White House officials gave mixed signals this week on just how and when the president would roll out his support for gay marriage.

Steve Watson | "Incidental" surveillance data can be held for 90 days.

Natural News | Minnesota government is threatening to throw moms in jail for providing fresh food to infants and families.

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Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt sought "private advice" over phone hacking, an email sent to ex-News International boss Rebekah Brooks by the firm's PR chief suggests.

Cars and stars on show ahead of the Silverstone Classic

Wired.com: Few Companies Fight Patriot Act Gag Orders, FBI Admits by Kim Zetter:

Since the Patriot Act broadly expanded the power of the government to issue National Security Letters demanding customer records, more than 200,000 have been issued to U.S. companies by the FBI. But the perpetual gag orders that accompany them are rarely challenged by the ISPs and other recipients served with such letters.

Liverpool's new home kit has prompted an angry response from a number of the families of those killed at Hillsborough.

A man acquitted of murdering a vicar who he claimed abused him is found guilty of killing a supermarket worker he had sex with.

Syria foils an attempted suicide car bomb attack in the northern city of Aleppo, state TV says, a day after massive blasts in the capital Damascus.

A strike by fuel tanker drivers is averted after drivers vote to accept a peace deal, the Unite union announces.

Shares in JPMorgan Chase, the biggest US bank, dive 9% after it reveals a surprise trading loss of $2bn (£1.2bn) on complex investments.

Six senior monks in South Korea have offered to step down after a colleague leaked a video of them allegedly holding a private gambling session.

LA Times | Justice Department sues AZ Sherriff Arpaio claiming he's racially profiling Hispanic people and abusing them in his jails.

The alleged attempt on a baby's life shocks India

NYTimes.com: Lawsuit Says Sheriff Discriminated Against Latinos by Fernanda Santos and Charlie Savage:

PHOENIX — A federal lawsuit asserting a “pattern of unlawful discrimination” by law enforcement officials here claims that Latinos at the county jail were often referred to as “stupid” or addressed with a coarse ethnic slur. It also says that an e-mail circulated among jail officers contained a photograph of a Chihuahua in a swimsuit, over the words, “A rare photo of a Mexican Navy Seal.”

On the streets, Latino drivers were five to nine times more likely than their non-Latino counterparts to be stopped or searched, the suit asserts, for appearing disheveled or dirty or if it was deemed that too many people were in the back seat. Some were detained because they were said to have looked nervous or avoided eye contact.

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Portraying Sheriff Arpaio’s roughly 900 deputies as poorly trained and supervised, the suit contends that they are far more likely to stop and search Latinos than non-Latinos. Further, the complaint asserts, there is a “culture of bias” against Latinos among the 1,800 officers in the county jail system.