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Russia, China Veto U.N. Draft Backing Arab Plan For Syria
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia and China vetoed on Saturday a U.N. resolution that backed an Arab plan calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to quit, stalling global efforts to end his bloody crackdown on unrest after hundreds were reported...Tags: China, Elections, Brown University, Activism, Nicolas Sarkozy
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Internet Blackout Against U.S. Law Fails To Enlist Big Sites
REUTERSA blackout scheduled for Wednesday to protest against proposed legislation on online piracy has failed to get the support of the biggest Internet players. Despite calls for the participation of sites such as Facebook, Twitter and other big names, the...Tags: Zynga Inc., eBay Inc., Computer Networking and Internet, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, PROTECT IP Act
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Occupy Activists To Protest Right-To-Work At Super Bowl
ReutersINDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Anti-Wall Street activists said on Friday they will march to protest Indiana's new anti-union "right-to-work" law in downtown Indianapolis this weekend, where the New England Patriots and New York Giants will face off in the Super...Tags: Republican Party, Super Bowl, Activism, Football, Labor Legislation
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Websites Go Dark To Protest SOPA
PIX11.comSome big name websites are going off-line today, January 18. Dozens of sites -- including Wikipedia -- are protesting SOPA legislation. The law would make it easier for media companies to take down illegal file sharing websites...but opponents say it...Tags: Politics, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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OWS Protesters Lose Base Camp, Talk About Next Steps
pix11.com | @mariopix11The Joy of Living sculpture is the only thing standing tall at Zuccotti park. Their base camp, the birthplace of the Occupy Wall Street movement is decimated. The scrubbing by the NYPD did what it was intended to do, deliver a massive blow to the...Tags: New York City Police Department, Occupy Wall Street, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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MTA To Allow Controversial 'Ground Zero Mosque' Ads
In a new development, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has decided to allow controversial advertisements arguing against the proposed construction of a mosque to appear on the side of New York City buses.
The MTA released the following...Tags: Entertainment, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Justice and Rights, Television, Human Rights
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NYC Reserves The Right To View Porn In Public Libraries
pix11.comNEW YORK (PIX11) -- In three seconds, close to 84,000 people will go online and watch Internet porn. And it turns out that some of those people may be doing it on taxpayer-funded computers at New York's Public Libraries. It is all thanks to a policy,...Tags: Los Angeles, Brooklyn (New York City), Social Issues, Politics, New York
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NY Assemblyman Flips Out on Hate Group Targeting Brooklyn Schools
wpix.comAn angry, state Assemblyman from Brooklyn tried to punch out a Kansas woman, who was carrying signs on Ocean Parkway denouncing Jews, Israel, gays and dead, American soldiers. Democratic Assemblyman, Dov Hikind--who lost his grandmother in the Holocaust-...Tags: Christianity, Gardens and Parks, Ocean Parkway, Censorship, Vehicles
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Suspected Tucson Shooter 'Slowly Spiraled Into Madness'
Staff reporterThe two teenagers were in an old minivan just before midnight, driving through their scrubby neighborhood on the outskirts of Tucson when they were pulled over by sheriff's deputies. The driver and his passenger, Jared Lee Loughner, both smelled...Tags: MySpace, Behavioral Conditions, Elections, Genocide, Censorship
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'Brilliant But Clueless' Michigan Med Student Missing In NYC Found At YMCA
wpix.comA desperate five-day search for a missing medical student from Michigan has come to an end after she was found Tuesday evening at a Manhattan YMCA. Police say Aimee Angle-Zahn, 34, was found in good condition at the West Side YMCA, located on 63rd Street...Tags: New York City, Rentals, Apartments, Politics, New York
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