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1 hr ago | National Post

U.S. court rejects Arar lawsuit bid

A U.S. appeals court ruled Monday that Syrian-born Canadian Maher Arar cannot sue the United States over his forced deportation to Syria after his arrest in New York as a suspected terrorist.

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Related Topix: Second Circuit Court of Appeals, US News, US Supreme Court

6 hrs ago | Gulf Times

Vietnamese dissident near death

Mai said Hung had not eaten and had drunk nothing but water since his conviction, and now weighed just 30kg.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, Vietnam, World News

10 hrs ago | KansasCity.com

Report: Sea lion kill hasn't reduced salmon toll

Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River.A new report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates sea lions ate 4,960 salmon and steelhead during the spring of 2009 - 2.4 percent of the fish passing the dam located near Cascade ...

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Related Topix: US News, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Cascade Locks, OR, Activism

14 hrs ago | The Hindu

ICRISAT studies to help reduce poverty

SANGAREDDY: With the support of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics has taken up a project intended to improve the quantity and quality of village-based information for better decision making.

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18 hrs ago | R & D

Global challenges and opportunities in fighting HIV/AIDS and neglected diseases

Responding to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and tackling so-called neglected tropical diseases are the focus of the November/December 2009 edition of Health Affairs .

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Malaria

22 hrs ago | The Huffington Post

Pinon Canyon Expansion: Are Nature Conservation Groups Helping The Army Secure More Land?

Ranchers opposed to the Army's planned expansion of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site are charging The Nature Conservancy environmental group with being the Army's silent partner, based on past and continuing agreements with Fort Carson to establish conservation easements around both the Mountain Post and the 238,000-acre Pinon Canyon training range.

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Related Topix: Fort Carson, US Army, US Military, Fort Carson, CO

Fri Nov 06, 2009

NewsOn6 Tulsa

Feed the Children President Fired

Larry Jones, the founder of Oklahoma City-based Feed The Children, has been fired.

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KSWB-TV San Diego

Rights group says it has documented rape of detainees in Iran's postelection turmoil

An international human rights group said Friday it has documented three cases of sexual assault against detainees arrested during Iran's postelection turmoil, including one that was supported by an official report but not investigated further.

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Related Topix: Activism

State of Michigan

Governor Granholm Hails New W. K. Kellogg Foundation Woodrow Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellowship

In her weekly radio address, Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today said Michigan has been chosen for a new teaching fellowship program that will benefit almost 20,000 Michigan public school students in high-need schools.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Michigan Government, Wilson, MI, Jennifer Granholm, US Governors, Education Etc.

Tonawanda News

CONFER: The cost of cap and trade: part one

Sitting near the top of the Left's ambitious agenda is the tempering of alleged man-made global warming.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Opinion

Medical News Today

Global Challenges And Opportunities In Fighting HIV/AIDS And Neglected Diseases

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Tropical Diseases Article Date: 04 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST Responding to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and tackling so-called neglected tropical diseases are the focus of the November/December 2009 edition of Health Affairs.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Malaria

Amnesty International

Acts of torture by Guyanese police must be punished

Amnesty International has urged the Guyanese authorities to charge police officers involved in the torture and ill-treatment of three individuals, including a 15-year-old boy, who were detained in relation to a murder investigation.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Guyana, Amnesty International, Activism

Thu Nov 05, 2009

CTV.ca

Appeals court says Maher Arar cannot sue U.S.

Home : World : Appeals court says Maher Arar cannot sue U.S. Appeals court says Maher Arar cannot sue U.S. Date: Monday Nov.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Terrorism, US News, Sonia Sotomayor

The Dallas Morning News

Dallas Fire-Rescue, MADD team up in campaign to prevent drunken driving

Mothers Against Drunk Driving and Dallas Fire-Rescue have joined together to "wrap the metroplex in red." They announced today a new campaign to prevent drunken driving and brings MADD's "Tie One on for Safety" initiative to a local level.

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Related Topix: Dallas Metro, Dallas, TX, Fort Worth Metro

KSPR

Researchers try to use algae to fight malaria

St. Louis researchers are trying to engineer algae capable of killing the mosquito larvae that transmits malaria.

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Scoop

Fallen UN Staff Had Aimed to Help Afghans

Lawrence Mefful's family and colleagues say it was typical of the United Nations security officer and devout Christian to put the well-being of others before his own safety.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Englewood, NJ, US Military, US Navy

The State

Landmark for sale - to preservationists only

One of Columbia's oldest homes, a downtown landmark owned by the same family for 130 years and largely unchanged, has gone on the market.

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Columbia, SC, Columbia Metro, Interior Design, Arts, Sumter, SC

Houston Home-Journal

U.S. House of Represnetatives overwhelmingly rejects Goldstone Report

Houston News.Net Wednesday 4th November, 2009 A non-binding resolution condemning the Goldstone Report, which accuses Israel and Hamas of committing war crimes in Gaza, has been passed in the US House of Representatives with an overwhelming majority.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Hastings, US Military, US Army, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Corrine Brown, Democrat, Howard Berman

Wed Nov 04, 2009

KSAX

MN State Senator Put on Presidential Arts Panel

A Minnesota state senator is being sworn in as a new member of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.

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Kansas City Star

A look at credit card interest rate increases

Credit card interest rate increases are behind the House's vote Wednesday to make new rules on credit card companies immediately, accelerating the February enactment date in legislation previously passed by Congress.House Democrats say the change is needed because lenders are raising rates ahead of the Feb.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

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