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UK Muslims Are Europe's Most Patriotic

Times Online | Chris Gourlay | Posted 12.14.2009 | World

Read More: Islamophobia, Uk, Islam, George Soros, Britain, United Kingdom, Islam Europe, Open Society Institute, Europe, World News

Muslims in Britain are the most patriotic in Europe -- but more than a quarter in some parts of the country still do not feel British, according to a ...

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ACLU Loses $20 Million Donor, Said To Be David Gelbaum

New | STEPHANIE STROM | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Civil Liberties, Sierra Club, Philanthrophy, Quercus Trust, Madoff, Economy, David Gelbaum, Religious Freedom, Equal Rights, Funding, Anonymous Donor, Quercus, Open Society Institute, Politics News

A longtime anonymous donor to the American Civil Liberties Union has withdrawn his annual gift of more than $20 million, punching a 25 percent hole in...

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If Skip Gates Lived in China and Other Stories of Racial Profiling Around the World

Phillip Martin | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Gates, Ethnic Profiling, Uighurs, Skin Color, Skip Gates, Open Society Institute, Racial Profiling, Politics News

In many parts of China, without the protection of an American passport, Ivy League credentials, diplomatic status or fame, dark skinned people find themselves branded as a drug dealers or worse.

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Somalia Focus: Q&A On Pirates, Politics, and Poverty

Susan Ryan | Posted 08.23.2009 | World

A gang takes people hostage and hopes it will make them millionaires because the government of those hostages will step in and pay the ransom. Governments have created a market.

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Delivering Social Good via Technology as Economy Collapses

Jim Luce | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Carnegie Corporation, Golden Venture Film, Bill Clinton, Thought Leader, Pro Bono Assistance, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, Open Society Institute, Mark O'Brien, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, Pro Bono Lawyers, Chronicle of Philanthropy, LawHelp.Org, Michael Hertz, Immigration Advocates Network, Tribeca Film Festival, The Golden Venture, Pro Bono Net, Elite Imaging & Discovery, Kirkland & Ellis, Stephen Chen, Legal Aid Societies, Pro Se, Pro Bono Manager, Manatt Phelps & Phillips, Debevoise & Plimpton, Soros Foundation, Gates Foundation, Linklaters, World News

As the economy continues to spiral downward, the need for that long-cherished legal concept of pro bono assistance to those with growing legal problems has skyrocketed.

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