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Chris Patrie looks at the Benelli display of shotguns during the NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits April 13, 2012 at the America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri. More than 60,000 people are expected to attend the convention, which runs through Sunday. Republican presidential candidates former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum are all scheduled to speak. (Photo by Whitney Curtis/Getty Images)

Researchers report sharp rise in 'patriot' groups

Bob Johnson, Asociated Press
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) - Opposition to President Barack Obama's administration and the gun control debate after the Connecticut school shooting has led to surging numbers of anti-government "patriot" groups, according to a civil rights group that tracks extremist groups...
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Former leader of the National Integrationist Front, Mathieu Ngudjolo, right, listens to his lawyer prior to his verdict at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. The ICC acquitted Ngudjolo of all charges of leading fighters who destroyed a strategic village in eastern Congo, hacking to death and raping some 200 people including women and children in 2003. Tuesday’s acquittal is only the second verdict in the court’s 10-year history and the first time it has cleared a suspect. (AP Photo/Robin van Lonkhuijsen, Pool)

UN court acquits Congo rebel leader of war crimes

Mike Corder, Associated Press
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The International Criminal Court acquitted a Congolese militia leader Tuesday of all charges of commanding fighters who destroyed a village in eastern Congo in 2003, raping and hacking to death some 200 people, including children...
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In this Dec. 12, 2011 file photo, U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Burnett, 26, right, and Pvt. Christopher Salmon, 25 are led away in handcuffs after appearing before a magistrate judge at the Long County Sheriffs Office Monday, in Ludowici, Ga. (AP Photo/Lewis Levine, File)

5 more charged in Ga. military militia case

Russ Bynum, Associated Press
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Four former Army soldiers and a civilian have been charged in new indictments for connections to an anti-government militia that authorities say was led by Fort Stewart troops who stockpiled weapons and talked of ultimately overthrowing the U.S. government...
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In this Dec. 12, 2011 file photo, U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Burnett, 26, right, and Pvt. Christopher Salmon, 25 are led away in handcuffs after appearing before a magistrate judge at the Long County Sheriffs Office Monday, in Ludowici, Ga. (AP Photo/Lewis Levine, File)

DA eyes death penalty in soldier militia plot case

Adam Howard
LUDOWICI, Ga. (AP) - A prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty against one of three Georgia-based soldiers accused of killing two people to protect an anti-government militia...
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In this Dec. 12, 2011 file photo, U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Burnett, 26, right, and Pvt. Christopher Salmon, 25 are led away in handcuffs after appearing before a magistrate judge at the Long County Sheriffs Office Monday, in Ludowici, Ga. (AP Photo/Lewis Levine, File)

Georgia murder case uncovers militia terror plot

Russ Bynum, Associated Press
LUDOWICI, Ga. (AP) - Four Army soldiers based in southeast Georgia killed a former comrade and his girlfriend to protect an anarchist militia group they formed that stockpiled assault weapons and plotted a range of anti-government attacks...
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View of a burning cross on Ruby Hill, in Denver, Colorado; a man in Ku Klux Klan uniform and hood is to the side. [between 1920 and 1930, photographer: Harry Mellon Rhoades)

Is the KKK making a comeback in Colorado?

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - The Ku Klux Klan does not appear to be having a resurgence in Colorado, despite a report by a Durango newspaper, but the Klan has a long history in the Centennial...
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Kenya army, Somali militia swap Twitter insults

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenyan military spokesman Maj. Emmanuel Chirchir accuses al-Shabab of stoning an innocent girl to death and chopping off hands...
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Somalis scramble to escape fighting in capital

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KAKUMA, Kenya (AP) - Fighting in the Somali capital of Mogadishu has killed more than 230 people in the past two weeks, forcing civilians to choose between military barrage or refugee status...
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Militia movements pose a danger to democracy

Melissa Harris-Perry
OPINION - I am deeply distressed when a group of organized, active-duty personnel seem to suggest that a coup is a legitimate way to express their grievance...
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