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Egypt's Historic Presidential Vote Underway
KTLA NewsCairo -- About half all Egypt's registered voters had cast ballots through the second and final day of the country's historic presidential election, a top elections official said Thursday. Voting continued into the night Thursday. Farouk Sultan, head...Tags: CNN (tv network), David Dreier, Cairo (Egypt), North Africa, Egypt
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Protesters ask Edison to decommission San Onofre nuclear plant
L.A. NOWEnvironmental and anti-nuclear activists gathered at Southern California Edison headquarters in Irvine on Wednesday calling for the San Onofre nuclear plant to be decommissioned and for the utility to implement more extensive conservation programs. The... -
Let's go to the video -- Cameras everywhere subject police, protesters to further review
Change of SubjectThere will be no pictures of you and Willie May Pushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run, Or trying to slide that color television into a stolen ambulance … There will be no pictures of pigs...... -
Quebec tuition-hike protesters collide with disputed new law
World NowIn the throes of massive rallies against tuition hikes in Montreal, at least 100 protesters were arrested Tuesday night using a disputed new law that regulates protests and requires approved routes.... -
Garden Grove woman awaits husband's release from jail in Vietnam
World NowNguyen Quoc Quan was arrested a month ago upon arriving in Ho Chi Minh City, reportedly charged with terrorist acts linked to Viet Tan, a banned party pushing for democracy in the Communist country. The group says that the charges are fabricated and has... -
Ohio, at least, will no longer call all pit bulls 'vicious'
Pit bulls have a new best friend in Ohio: lawmakers. Elsewhere, some officials are on the other side of the fence. A new Ohio law went into effect this week that protects pit bulls from being labeled as "vicious" dogs simply because they're pit bulls....
Tags: Laws, Pets, Politics, Animal Attacks, Justice System
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O.C. supervisors decline to honor Harvey Milk's birthday -- again
L.A. NOWAs cities and schools across California celebrated the 82nd birthday of slain gay-rights activist Harvey Milk, Orange County elected leaders remained steadfastly silent.... -
'Stroller Brigade' rolls out for Safe Chemicals Act
WASHINGTON — Moms, a few dads and some children gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday to urge Congress to strengthen the federal government's powers to regulate harmful chemicals. The group of almost a hundred activists, which included registered...Tags: Chicago Tribune, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Frank Lautenberg, Consumers
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Russia lawmakers advance bill on penalties for protesters
MOSCOW — Stiff new penalties aimed at opposition protesters were given preliminary approval Tuesday by Russian lawmakers loyal to President Vladimir Putin, the target of mass rallies and demonstrations before his March election victory.
The bill,...Tags: Russia, Political Dissent, Protest, Moscow (Russia), Demonstration
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Let's go to the video
There will be no pictures of you and Willie May Pushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run, Or trying to slide that color television into a stolen ambulance … There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down Brothers on the...
Tags: NATO, Photography Supplies and Services, Eric Zorn, Photography and Video, YouTube
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Orange County again declines to officially recognize Harvey Milk Day
As cities and schools across California celebrated the 82nd birthday of slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk, Orange County elected leaders remained steadfastly silent. Activists, for the second year, asked Orange County supervisors Tuesday to recognize...
Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Sean Penn, Justice and Rights, Janet Nguyen
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Out-of-town protesters depart
By Tuesday afternoon, all that remained from the anti-NATO demonstrators who flowed into the Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ over the weekend were piles of discarded blankets and clothes and the faint, lingering funk of dozens of unwashed...
Tags: Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois), NATO, Pilsen, Politics
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