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Editorials from Wisconsin newspapers
DO NOT LIMIT POLITICAL SPEECHFor advocates of free speech -- and that ought to include all Americans -- the day politicians decided it was a good idea to regulate paid messages around elections should be draped in black on the calendar. The argument is always that these ads can...Tags: National Government, Unions, Biotechnology Industry, Biotechnology, Health and Safety at School
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Journalists arrested at RNC
Spin CycleThe radio host and two producers of Democracy Now! were arrested as they covered a protest of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, the Washington Post reports. Amy Goodman was released after a few hours, but was still awaiting......Tags: Washington Post Company
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Thailand protesters unmoved by emergency
Special to The TimesBangkok shopkeeper Rai Varopaspiman is dead tired. Months ago, she joined anti-government protesters and began camping outside the gates of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's administrative compound, demanding his resignation. Six days ago, the situation...Tags: Injuries, Prosecution, Strikes, Corporate Crime, Corrupt Practices
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SEIU president says he will seek aid from labor reform groups
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe president of the Service Employees International Union said this week that he plans to consult with two labor reform groups in an effort to clean up his scandal-stained organization, beginning with a new ethics code and an internal watchdog...Tags: Long Term Care, National Government, Employees, Corruption, Government
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Thai protesters flout premier's state of emergency
The Associated PressThailand's embattled leader struggled to keep the peace and his grip on power today after declaring a state of emergency that was openly flouted by thousands of anti-government protesters in the capital. While Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej sought to...Tags: Injuries, Emergency Incidents, Unions, Labor Disputes, Corporate Crime
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A Georgian soldier of the Velvet Revolution
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterShe's a soldier in a different kind of war. Every few months, Nini Gogiberidze is deployed abroad to teach democracy activists how to agitate for change against their autocratic governments, going everywhere from Eastern Europe to train Belarusians to...Tags: Coup d'Etat, Human Rights, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Columbia University, NATO
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Judge dismisses group's bid for ballot proposal
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit trying to get a growth-management proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot. The suit by Florida Hometown Democracy Inc. challenged a Feb. 1 deadline for verifying petition signatures. The group's proposed state constitutional...Tags: Political Candidates, Referenda, Trials, Local Elections, Judges
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Taiwan's new president faces big challenges on China
Associated PressIn his first 100 days in office, Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou has helped arrange a series of high-profile meetings between Chinese and Taiwanese leaders, completed a historic agreement on regular flights across the Taiwan Strait and opened Taiwan's...Tags: Political Candidates, United Nations, National Government, International Organizations, Government
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Mexicans add modern tool to ancient art of protest: Facebook
Chicago Tribune correspondentThe protest is an art form in Mexico. Load up a bus by offering a meal or a few pesos as an incentive, arm the troops with signs and bullhorns, and find a strategic plaza or street for maximum attention or disruption. But with outrage bubbling after...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Human Rights, Civil Unrest, Diplomacy, Internet
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Striking harsher chord in piracy
Tribune NewspapersWhen five FBI agents arrested Kevin Cogill at his Culver City, Calif., apartment, it marked the newest weapon in the entertainment industry's war on piracy: felony charges against small-time bootleggers. Cogill posted nine leaked songs from an unreleased...Tags: Prisons, Culver City, Networking, Trials, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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What to do with Russia-Georgia mess will be a hot debate topic
Russia's new in-your-face "diplomacy" rivals George W. Bush and Dick Cheney in their most hubristic days. Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev don't care if you are with them or against them on their invasion of Georgia. They just want you to get out of...Tags: Foreign Aid, National Government, Dick Cheney, Dmitry Medvedev, Diplomacy
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Florida judge rejects planning amendment appeal
The Associated PressA federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit trying to get a growth management proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot. The suit by Florida Hometown Democracy Inc. challenged a Feb. 1 deadline for verifying petition signatures. The group's proposed state constitutional...Tags: Political Candidates, Referenda, Trials, Local Elections, Judges
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