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Fall TV 2019: Watch Trailers for the New Broadcast Shows (Updating)

The Wrap 15 May 2019

Watch the trailers and read descriptions for the shows below. Also Read. 'Batwoman' ... FOX. “NOT JUST ME” ... “PRODIGAL SON” ... Coming from a famous Memphis family known for taking on injustice, brilliant lawyer Sydney Strait used to work at her father Elijah’s celebrated law firm until their tumultuous relationship got in the way....

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Their islands are eroding, as are their human rights

Gulf News 14 May 2019

The lives of the people here are tied to the island, one of 18 spits of earth in the Torres Strait inhabited by indigenous Australians ... Lawyer with ClientEarth. So Mosby, and seven other Torres Strait Islanders, are taking action ... In the Torres Strait Islands, stores import groceries, so the food supply is not similarly threatened....

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Islanders complain to U.N. over Australia's climate change inaction

Yahoo Daily News 13 May 2019

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A group of islanders off Australia's north coast are set to file a human rights complaint to the United Nations against the Australian government on Monday over inaction on climate change, which they say is threatening their homes, their lawyers said....

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Islanders to sue Canberra for inaction

Taipei Times 13 May 2019

A group of islanders off Australia’s north coast were yesterday set to file a human rights complaint to the UN against the Australian government over inaction on climate change, which they say is threatening their homes, their lawyers said. The complaint by eight Torres Strait ......

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Torres Strait islanders lodge world first complaint over Australia's inaction on climate change

Xinhua 13 May 2019

SYDNEY, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Inhabitants of Australia's Torres Strait ... "The predicted impacts of climate change in the Torres Strait, including the inundation of ancestral homelands, would be catastrophic for its people," ClientEarth's lead lawyer for the case Sophie Marjanac said....

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Doris Day, America's box-office sweetheart of the '50s and '60s, is dead at 97

Henry Herald 13 May 2019

Doris Day, the box-office queen and singing star whose wholesome, all-American image belied an often-turbulent personal life, has died, her foundation announced Monday ... Melcher died unexpectedly in 1968, leaving Day with a CBS sitcom and in financial straits ... The lawyer went through Day's millions with bad investments in oil wells, cattle and hotels....

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‘Bluff City Law,’ ‘Perfect Harmony’ and ‘Sunnyside': Watch Trailers for NBC’s New Fall Shows (Video)

The Wrap 12 May 2019

Following the release of its full fall schedule on Sunday, NBC has begun releasing trailers for its new upcoming fall TV shows ... Also Read ... . Coming from a famous Memphis family known for taking on injustice, brilliant lawyer Sydney Strait used to work at her father Elijah’s celebrated law firm until their tumultuous relationship got in the way....

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See NBC's fall 2019-20 primetime schedule

Entertainment Weekly 12 May 2019

“We are keeping it open for right now,” NBC Co-Entertainment Chairman Paul Telegdy said during a call with reporters ... 8-10 P.M ... SVU ... Coming from a famous Memphis family known for taking on injustice, brilliant lawyer Sydney Strait used to work at her father Elijah’s celebrated law firm until their tumultuous relationship got in the way....

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NBC’s Fall Schedule: ‘Bluff City Law’ Scores Post-‘Voice’ Slot, Moves ‘Manifest’ to Midseason

The Wrap 12 May 2019

Wednesdays will also remain the same with Dick Wolf’s “Chicago” franchise ... At 10 p.m. “Law & Order ... Also Read ... MONDAY ... Coming from a famous Memphis family known for taking on injustice, brilliant lawyer Sydney Strait used to work at her father Elijah’s celebrated law firm until their tumultuous relationship got in the way....

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Get Your First Look at New TV Shows for the 2018-19 Season (Photos)

The Wrap 11 May 2019

“Bluff City Law” Coming from a famous Memphis family known for taking on injustice, brilliant lawyer Sydney Strait used to work at her father Elijah’s (Jimmy Smits) celebrated law firm until their tumultuous relationship got in the way ... “Sunnyside” Garrett Modi (Kal Penn) was living the American Dream ... “FBI....

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NBC orders new fall series featuring Jimmy Smits and Kal Penn

Yahoo Daily News 07 May 2019

More. NBC has begun to set its fall 2019 prime-time schedule by picking up new series starring Jimmy Smits and Kal Penn ... “Coming from a famous Memphis family known for taking on injustice, brilliant lawyer Sydney Strait used to work at her father Elijah’s (Smits) celebrated law firm until their tumultuous relationship got in the way ... NBC. More ... ....

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Group urges better cross-strait oversight

Taipei Times 22 Apr 2019

“We are not against cross-strait negotiations, but there should be a bottom line to ensure that we do not lose our sovereignty and democracy,” group founder and lawyer Lai Chung-chiang (賴中強) said at a rally outside the legislature ... It should also clearly define a cross-strait agreement involving political issues, Chiou said....

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Surendran hits out at Nurul Izzah for labelling Dr M a ‘former dictator’ during interview

Malaysia Today 25 Mar 2019

(MMO) – PKR lawyer N. Surendran has hit out at Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar for calling Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad a ‘former dictator who wreaked so much damage’ during an interview with Singapore daily The Straits Times (ST). The adviser for Lawyers for ......