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The State Department and DHS allege that Hamdi supports terrorism and poses a threat to national security, while a Muslim advocacy group argues he is being politically targeted in violation of his free speech rights.

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The United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk in April said the mass trial was "marred by violations of fair trial and due process rights", adding it raised "serious concerns about political motivations".

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The UN and the Lebanese government say Israel's actions are a violation of the country's sovereignty and in breach of the ceasefire deal.

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Many of Garg's songs cannot be uploaded online without risking copyright violation owing to a lack of clarity over their ownership, which is scattered among a complicated network of producers, distributors and music labels.

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This observation conflicts with expectations from the Standard Model, suggesting that additional sources of fundamental symmetry violation are needed to account for the scarcity of antimatter.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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