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  Associated Press

  Fans across German stadiums call for Qatar World Cup boycott

  Germany’s professional soccer leagues have been marked by widespread protests against the World Cup in Qatar, with rival fans joining forces to condemn FIFA corruption and human rights abuses in the Gulf Arab country. On Sunday, before the last Bundesliga game ahead of the league’s extended two-month winter break, Freiburg fans behind one goal held a huge banner with the words, “Boycott Qatar.” Other large banners highlighted alleged injustices in the country, while it seemed almost every supp

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  Aiken Standard, S.C.

  Hometown Heroes banners on display this month

  Nov. 13—Several generations of warriors are being publicly honored this month in downtown Aiken and downtown North Augusta, and also alongside Virginia Acres Park's walking track, with the relatively new tradition of having Hometown Heroes banners on display. North Augusta's banners are spread along Georgia Avenue, and Aiken's downtown displays involve Richland Avenue, Laurens Street, Park ...

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  TechCrunch

  Ireland-led GDPR probe of Yahoo's cookie banners moves to draft decision review

  A multi-year investigation into TechCrunch's parent entity Yahoo -- looking at compliance with key transparency requirements of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including in relation to cookie banners displayed on its media properties -- has taken a step forward today after Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced that it has submitted a draft decision to other EU data protection agencies for review. On October 27, 2022, the DPC submitted a draft decis

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  The Week

  California officials denounce 'vile' antisemitic banners over L.A. freeway

  California officials denounce 'vile' antisemitic banners over L.A. freeway

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  World

  Associated Press

  China quashes social media about protest banners in Beijing

  China’s internet censors moved quickly to scrub social media posts Thursday after reports that banners criticizing the Communist leadership were hung from a busy intersection in the capital Beijing. Images on Twitter, which is blocked in China, showed smoke spiraling up from a fire on an elevated roadway and banners calling for an end to the hard-line “zero-COVID” policy and the overthrow of Communist Party leader and President Xi Jinping.

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  Reuters

  Rare political protest banners removed in Chinese capital

  BEIJING (Reuters) -Beijing authorities removed rare banners of political protest from an overpass in the Chinese capital, according to images circulated widely on social media on Thursday, just days before the start of a twice-in-a-decade Communist Party congress. The banners bore several slogans, including a call for President Xi Jinping's ouster and an end to strict COVID-19 policies, according to numerous images and videos circulated on Twitter, which is blocked in China. Smoke could be see

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  Junction City Daily Union, Kan.

  Junction City to display banners of first responders through July 4

  Apr. 28—Light poles in Junction City have held the banners of veterans from mid-September through Veterans Day for two years now, with this year to be the third. This year, banners are also available to honor current and retired first responders from mid-June through July 4, including firefighters, EMTs, police officers and emergency response nurses. Craig Bender, director of the Military ...

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  Chillicothe Gazette

  Frankfort and Clarksburg honor military heroes

  "It is pretty humbling," said Captain C.W. Sheward. "Never on God's green earth did I think this would happen to me."

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  The State Journal-Register

  'Peace for Ukraine' banners in Springfield designed to create awareness of conflict

  Several blue-and-yellow "Peace for Ukraine" banners will be going up around the downtown Springfield area early this week.

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  Northwest Florida Daily News

  County responds to 30A homeowner: Code violation of 'Trump Won' banners not 'content-related'

  Walton County has filed a response to Seagrove Beach homeowner Marvin Peavy's challenge of a county citation for a pro-Trump banner at his residence.

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