Recent Stories
Latest news from around Northern Michigan, the State of Michigan and the Nation/World
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
The French Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a bill banning the burqa-style Islamic veil on public streets and other places, a measure that affects less than 2,000 women but that has been widely seen as a symbolic defense of French values.
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Friday, August 20, 2010
The conflict is dividing a group that in many ways has never been united, with some saying the cultural center would reopen old wounds too close to hallowed ground and others say that opposing it is tantamount to bigotry.
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