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2 hrs ago | The Daily Star

Syria regime in push to crush rebels near Damascus: activists

A member of the Syrian army checks the trunk of a car at a checkpoint in Damascus on June 17, 2013.

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Lebanon

6 hrs ago | TheIndyChannel

ACLU sues Ind. FSSA over Medicaid cuts

A lawsuit filed against Indiana's social services agency claims it wrongly barred a developmentally disabled woman from Medicaid waiver programs and left her without enough income to survive.

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Related Topix: ACLU, Indiana, Indiana Government

10 hrs ago | International Business Times

Istanbul Protest: Police Arrested Medical Staff and Denied Giving Details of the Arrest

More than 100 people were reportedly arrested as a result of protesters and police crash on Saturday at Gezi, Taksim and nearby places, Amnesty International reported.

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Related Topix: Amnesty International, Charitable Organizations, Turkey, World News, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Amnesty International

Egypt: Activist faces jail sentence on bogus charges

The conviction against Hassan Mostafa is the latest blow to freedom of expression in Egypt, where we see case after case of opposition activists, bloggers, comedians and protesters facing trial for criticizing the authorities or 'defaming religion'.

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Related Topix: Prison, Amnesty International, Charitable Organizations, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak

Reuters

Starboard's battle with Smithfield over China-deal adds to activist image

Since Starboard Value LP was spun off as a separate hedge fund just over two years ago it has been fast gaining a reputation for aggressive shareholder activism, pushing for change in household names including AOL and Office Depot Inc. Initially investing in small cap value companies, Starboard quickly gained a reputation in Silicon Valley as a ... (more)

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Related Topix: AOL, Time Warner, Media, Computers, Office Equipment, Office Depot, Retail, Startups, Extreme Networks, Food, Smithfield Foods

Sunherald.com

IRS scandal brings out more charges of political audits

Liberal groups such as Greenpeace and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals say they were targeted, too, by past administrations.

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Related Topix: Tax, W., George Bush

KBND-AM Bend

Riot police target pockets of Istanbul protesters

Riot police in Istanbul fired water cannon and tear gas Monday to disperse pockets of protesters on the sidelines of a demonstration called by labor groups who hope to capitalize on weeks of initially small-scale activism to register broader discontent.

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Related Topix: Riot, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Middle East, World News

Amnesty International

Spain blocks investigations of Franco-era crimes

The fact that Spain is neither investigating nor cooperating with proceedings relating to crimes committed during the Civil War by both parties to the conflict or under Franco is a slap in the face of all the relatives of those who were abused and disappeared at the time.

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Related Topix: Amnesty International, Charitable Organizations

The Huffington Post

Ethan Hawke, 'The Purge' Actor, Talks Environmental Activism

In the new hit horror flick "The Purge," it's the year 2022 and the United States has achieved record lows for both unemployment and crime.

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Related Topix: The Purge, Celebrities, Ethan Hawke

The Argus

'Boycott your water meters', claims activist over Southern Water's Israeli-produced machines

Activists have urged water customers to boycott their meters because they're manufactured by an Israeli company 'profiteering' in the West Bank.

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, World News, Palestinian Territories,

Sun Jun 16, 2013

The Age

Turkish disperse protesters as PM talks tough

Crackdown: Police fire tear-gas as riot police spray water cannon at demonstrators who remained defiant after authorities evicted activists from an Istanbul park on Sunday.

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Related Topix: Turkey, World News, Middle East, Riot

Houston Chronicle

Colombia's long-elusive goal: land reform

Caught in the crossfire between far-right militias and leftist rebels, 40 families abandoned the farm they shared in the foothills of Colombia's Montes de Maria range.

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Jerusalem Post

Rebel brigades check loyalist advances in Aleppo

Rebel brigades fought Hezbollah-backed forces loyal to President Bashar Assad in and around Syria's commercial hub of Aleppo on Sunday, trying to claw back territory lost to an assault that threatens the opposition's grip on the city, activists said.

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BBC News

Bahraini activist freed in UAE

A Bahraini political activist has been freed in the United Arab Emirates nearly two months after being arrested amid official silence.

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Related Topix: World News, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

The Tennessean

Climate talk shifts from curbing CO2 to adapting to it

Efforts to curb global warming have quietly shifted as greenhouse gases inexorably rise.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Weather, New York, NY, Michael Bloomberh, The Future, Books

Sat Jun 15, 2013

HeraldNet

Climate policy remains a tough political sell

A pair of fundraisers just 90 minutes apart in the San Francisco Bay Area last week laid bare the competing forces of politics and policy that President Barack Obama is grappling with as he prepares to unveil a slate of major initiatives on global warming in late June or in July.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Environment, Science

The Campbell Reporter

Biden in Silicon Valley says his criticism of previous phone...

Vice President Joe Biden, campaigning Saturday for a Democratic congressman in Silicon Valley, sought to distance himself from criticism of government data-gathering programs that were revealed two weeks ago by a former National Security Agency contractor.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Joe Biden, George Bush, W., 2012 Presidential Election

Breitbart.com

Protesters Rally in Hong Kong to Support Snowden

Hundreds of protesters staged a rally in rain-hit Hong Kong Saturday to urge the city's government not to extradite former spy Edward Snowden and slam the US for its surveillance programmes.

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Related Topix: Prison

Christian Science Monitor

Colorado fire: Is global warming one of the culprits?

Incident Commander Rich Harvey gives an update on the Black Forest Fire, to resident Dan Brennan during a press briefing in Colorado Springs, Colo., Friday.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Black Forest, CO, Colorado Springs, CO

My Mother Lode

Climate talk shifts from curbing CO2 to adapting

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ambitious plan to save New York City from rising seas brings into focus a shift in approach on global warming.

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Related Topix: New York, NY, Michael Bloomberh