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1 hr ago | Tampa Bay Online

Judge Orders Release Of 17 From Gitmo Into U.S.

A federal judge ordered the Bush administration today to immediately free 17 Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay into the United States, rebuking the government in a landmark decision that could set the stage ...

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, US News, Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay

5 hrs ago | The Sydney Morning Herald

On the attack: Bardot slams Palin as a "disgrace to women".

On the attack ... Brigitte Bardot. Photo: AP French film legend-turned-activist Brigitte Bardot took a swipe at Sarah Palin on Tuesday, saying the US vice-presidential candidate was a disgrace to women.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, John McCain

10 hrs ago | WTAE-TV Pittsburgh

ACLU Sues Allegheny County Over Sex Offender Restrictions

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project are challenging Allegheny County's restrictions governing where registered sex offenders may live.

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Related Topix: ACLU, Allegheny County, PA

15 hrs ago | Guardian Unlimited

Penguins washed up on beaches in Brazil

More than 370 young penguins, who were mysteriously washed up on tropical beaches in Brazil, have been airlifted to safety in cooler water.

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19 hrs ago | The Peninsula

Animal activists organised six-year terror campaign

LONDON * A group of animal rights activists co-ordinated a six-year campaign of blackmail and menaces designed to close down Huntingdon Life Sciences, a court heard yesterday.

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Related Topix: Animal Rights, World News

Mon Oct 06, 2008

CANOE

New options for battling unruly crowds

Sitting idle, the Taser Shockwave looks like a waist-high rack of square green teeth.

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Daily Times

Iranian student activists detained

TEHRAN: Iranian police detained 10 student activists on Sunday after they gathered in front of parliament to protest at being banned from enrolling at universities, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

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Bangor Daily News

Ralph Nader to rally in Portland

"Good that Maine will have a critical role in the election. I think the people of Maine are level " Analysts say Maine plays key "I can't get over how one sided danwoj and Joshua look at things.

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Related Topix: Susan Collins, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Portland Metro, Portland, ME, Ralph Nader, 2008 Presidential Election

Friends of the Earth

Legal challenge over Government's fuel poverty strategy

The Government has been taken to the High Court today to defend its failure to lift vulnerable people out of fuel poverty.

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Stateline.org

The population issue: Big, critical, global

Imagine the next president of the United States moving decisively to slow down the world's population growth as it arcs from today's 6.7 billion toward a predicted and perilous 9.2 billion by 2050.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Sun Oct 05, 2008

Ann Arbor News

ACLU make last try to keep painter out of jail

Artist Ed Stross faces a stint in jail unless the American Civil Liberties Union manages to overturn his conviction for painting the word "love" on his mural in this Detroit suburb.

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Related Topix: ACLU, Detroit Metro

Ames Tribune

Gore urges Democrats to stay active

Democrat Al Gore on Saturday night urged Iowa Democrats to avoid becoming complacent in the final weeks before the presidential election, highlighting the importance of this year's race.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Al Gore, Des Moines Metro, Global Warming

MyTELUS

Rallies planned in Toronto, Ottawa asking for Omar Khadr's return

Rallies are being held in Toronto and Ottawa today demanding that Omar Khadr be returned home.

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Southeast Asia News

Amnesty appeals for aid for displaced tribesmen along Pak-Afghan border

London, Oct 5 : The international human rights body, Amnesty International has reportedly appealed to the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan and the US-led NATO security forces operating in Afghanistan to ...

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News

KCRG-TV Cedar Rapids

Blog on Meat Plant Was Astroturf, Not Grassroots

As Agriprocessors Inc. was getting stung by criticism after a federal immigration raid snared hundreds of its workers, a blog supposedly by people who live and work in Postville appeared in its defense.

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Related Topix: Postville, IA

XtraMSN Real Estate

Guessing game in full-swing ahead of 2008 Nobel Prizes

The pundits' wild guessing game is in full swing ahead of the Nobel season which opens Monday, with Chinese or Russian human rights activists favourites to win the Peace Prize and France's Jean-Marie Gustave Le ...

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Related Topix: Norway, Europe, World News

Sat Oct 04, 2008

This Is Bolton

Elderly want more fuel poverty help

Almost three-quarters of elderly people think the Government is not doing enough to help people with the rising cost of fuel bills, according to new research.

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Charleston Daily Mail

Blog on meat plant was astroturf, not grassroots

As Agriprocessors Inc. was getting stung by criticism after a federal immigration raid snared hundreds of its workers, "a blog by people who live and work in Postville'' appeared in its defense in May.

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Kazinform

Settlers attack Palestinians

RAMALLAH. October 4. KAZINFORM. Violent clashes erupted in the West Bank city of Hebron yesterday when militant Jewish settlers attacked a group of Palestinian farmers and left-wing Israeli activists during an ...

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

San Jose Mercury News

Renewable energy propositions will either help or hurt the environment, dueling sides claim.

Against a backdrop of high gas prices and calls for energy independence, two renewable energy measures on the November ballot claim to offer solutions.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Geothermal Power, Solar Energy

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