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3 min ago | Independent Online

Activists bury heads in sand

St Andrews, Scotland - Twenty activists donned suits and ties and buried their heads in the sand on a Scottish beach on Saturday to protest against a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of 20 powerful nations.

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4 hrs ago | The Post Chronicle

Italy Convicts Former CIA Agents In Rendition Trial

An Italian judge sentenced 23 Americans to up to eight years in prison on Wednesday for the abduction of a Muslim cleric, in a symbolic condemnation of the CIA "rendition" flights used by the former U.S. government.

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Related Topix: Europe, Italy, World News, Prison, US Military, US Air Force

8 hrs ago | The Age

Angry words as timetable for climate deal starts to slip

Green groups and activists for the developing world on Thursday accused rich nations of tiptoeing away from vows to seal a binding, far-reaching UN treaty on climate change in Copenhagen next month.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Global Warming, Prison, Games, Board Game

13 hrs ago | National Post

Judicial inquiry to examine disappearance of millions of B.C. salmon

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday the federal government will convene a judicial inquiry to investigate the disappearance of millions of sockeye salmon from B.C.'s Fraser River fishery.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Times

Two charged over murders of...

Comment about "Two charged over murders of Russian lawyer and reporter" Phone Name Comment 0 Two charged over murders of Russian lawyer and reporter Arrests welcomed by human rights groups AFP Female Russian murder suspect Yevgenia Khasis, with a black bag over her head, sitting in the defendant's cage of a Moscow court, yesterday.

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KXAM-TV Austin

Group accuses Iran of covering up rapes

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: Charitable Organizations

Inter Press Service

DEVELOPMENT: 'Africans Should Become Their Own Philanthropists'

Africans "should dare to imagine an African world not defined by the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund but one that comes out of Africa". This is necessary for Africans to grow out of dependence and become the agents of their own development.

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Related Topix: South Africa, Africa, World News, Non-Profit

Domain-B

Sir Roger Moore lends face to raise funds for PETA

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has launched an advertising campaign which stars Sir Roger Moore and targets Selfridges.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Foie Gras

Education Week

ACLU suit alleges Fla. neglecting schools

The state court suit filed in West Palm Beach names Gov. Charlie Crist, the Board of Education and several political leaders and alleges that they are violating a requirement in the Florida Constitution to provide a "uniform, efficient, safe, secure... This article is available to registered guests only.

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Related Topix: ACLU, Palm Beach County, FL, West Palm Beach, FL, West Palm Beach Metro, Palm Beach, FL

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, Charitable Organizations

Thu Nov 05, 2009

680News

Negotiators scale back expectations of reaching full climate treaty by December deadline

Daigle, Arthur Max,Katy - Activists of anti-poverty group Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders fron left to right: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Spain's Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, perform during the ...

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Related Topix: Nicolas Sarkozy, Travel, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Spain Travel, Barack Obama, Europe, World News, Germany

Guardian Unlimited

Russian far-right activists arrested over murders

Human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and reporter Anastasia Baburova were gunned down in Moscow earlier this year Alleged killer Eugenia Khasis, in a black hood, is led by police to court in Moscow.

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Mail & Guardian

Zuma asked to end bull-killing ritual

President Jacob Zuma was asked to intervene to end the bull killing ritual of Ukweshwama in a letter released by Indian animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi on Thursday.

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Guardian Unlimited

China activist risks jail with letter to Obama - AP

A A A' A Chinese dissident recently freed after eight years in jail said Thursday he is seeking President Barack Obama's help in gaining medical parole for two friends jailed with him for forming a political study group.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Prison, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Hu Jintao

The State

UN climate talks focus on how to cut emissions

African nations pushed wealthy countries at U.N. climate talks on Wednesday to explain how they intend to cut their greenhouse emissions under the landmark global warming agreement being negotiated.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Agriculture, Weather, Natural Disasters, Science, Drought, Spain, World News, George Voinovich, US News, US Senate, Republican, US Politics

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Salisbury Journal

Warning over carbon 'double whammy'

Environmental campaigners have claimed the Government' "obsession" with carbon trading as a solution to climate change is "irresponsible and dangerous" and could trigger a sub-prime style financial collapse.

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The CW Washington, WDCW-TV

Italian judge convicts 23 Americans in absentia of kidnapping in CIA rendition of cleric

An Italian judge found 23 Americans and two Italians guilty Wednesday in the kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect, delivering the first legal convictions anywhere in the world against people involved in the CIA's extraordinary renditions program.

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Related Topix: Europe, Italy, World News, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Prison, US Military, US Air Force

The Skanner

Outrage in Oakland: Transit Cop Who Killed Unarmed Man Gets Change of Venue

The family of Oscar Grant, III, residents, community activists, religious and civic leaders have expressed disappointment that an Alameda County, Calif., judge granted a change of venue in the trial of a former transit officer who shot and killed the 22-year-old unarmed passenger in Oakland.

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Related Topix: Alameda County, CA

Amnesty International

Belarus man loses death sentence appeal

Death row cell, Minsk, Belarus. © Legal initiative Simulation of execution method used in Belarus - executioner shoots victim in back of head with silenced pistol, February 2009 © Amnesty International 29 October 2009 Amnesty International has urged Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka to prevent the execution of a death row ...

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Related Topix: Prison, Belarus, World News, Amnesty International, Charitable Organizations, Death Penalty

CBC

Seal hunt protest hits Charlottetown lunch

Hotel staff attempt to talk protesters down off the furniture. Four seal hunt protesters were dragged from a lunch hosted by the Fisheries Council of Canada in Charlottetown on Wednesday.

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