Tag: politics
group name: oneworldus
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October 02, 2006 11:36 AM EDT --
Health groups are rejoicing this week after a federal judge in New York gave the go-ahead to the largest class action lawsuit in U.S. history. Smokers of "light" and "low tar" cigarettes . . .
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August 26, 2008 01:29 PM EDT --
August 26, 2008
Jeffrey Allen , OneWorld US
DENVER, Aug 25 (OneWorld) - Author and environmental leader David Orr is upset about the corruption of language in the United States. He . . .
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November 28, 2008 06:48 PM EST --
WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (OneWorld) - Leading civil rights groups today denounced the rise in hate crimes taking place in the United States, especially against Hispanics, and called for passage of . . .
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September 28, 2006 12:26 AM EDT --
The fate of a U.S. Army medic who went AWOL rather than return for a second tour in Iraq is unclear today after he turned himself in to military authorities.
Attorneys for Augustin Aguayo filed new . . .
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May 05, 2008 06:15 PM EDT --
Haider Rizvi
OneWorld US
Fri., May. 2, 2008
UNITED NATIONS, May 1 (OneWorld) - The Canadian government has drawn fierce condemnation from the world's indigenous communities for . . .
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September 02, 2008 02:51 PM EDT --
September 2, 2008
Haider Rizvi , OneWorld US
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 1 (OneWorld) - A vast majority of Latino workers in the United States are forced to work for long hours and . . .
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April 25, 2008 11:24 AM EDT --
Alison Raphael
OneWorld US
Thu., Apr. 24, 2008
WASHINGTON, Apr 24 (OneWorld) - Recording artist Shakira and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown joined . . .
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November 09, 2006 02:03 PM EST --
Many non-profit groups are quite pleased with the results of Tuesday's Congressional elections and looking ahead to what this might mean for the United States.
On national security - Council for . . .
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September 02, 2008 02:33 PM EDT --
August 26, 2008
Nicholas Benequista , OneWorld US
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 26 (OneWorld) - Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein signed an agreement here today . . .
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October 28, 2008 12:04 PM EDT --
October 21, 2008
Haider Rizvi , OneWorld US
NEW YORK, Oct 21 (OneWorld) - Human rights activists are planning to launch another major international campaign against De Beers, after receiving . . .
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July 29, 2008 05:26 PM EDT --
NEW YORK, Jul 24 (OneWorld) - With the U.S. presidential polls just over 100 days away, a watchdog group that usually focuses on freeing political prisoners around the world has launched a campaign to . . .
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August 20, 2008 10:35 AM EDT --
August 13, 2008
Alison Raphael , OneWorld US
WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (OneWorld) - Power-sharing talks between Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai . . .
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September 16, 2008 03:24 PM EDT --
September 9, 2008
Haider Rizvi , OneWorld US
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 9 (OneWorld) - Disarmament groups and peace activists are urging Congress to reject the Bush administration's . . .
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September 16, 2008 03:38 PM EDT --
September 11, 2008
Haider Rizvi , OneWorld US
NEW YORK, Sep 11 (OneWorld) - Increased economic investment in clean energy sources could help revive the U.S. economy and create hundreds . . .
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October 12, 2006 09:54 AM EDT --
North Korea's nuclear weapon test has spawned widespread denunciation but the fallout also includes divergent positions on how to respond.
Some U.S. analysts and policy makers say they believe . . .
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July 17, 2008 05:05 PM EDT --
WASHINGTON, Jul 7 (OneWorld) - A powerful coalition of civil society groups is demanding that world leaders gathered for the G8 meeting Jul. 7-9 in Japan urgently address such key issues as hunger, . . .
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February 07, 2007 02:19 PM EST --
Attorneys for the first commissioned officer to refuse to serve in Iraq plan to appeal if he's convicted at a court martial this week on a U.S. military base at Fort Lewis, Washington.
"It's . . .
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December 18, 2006 02:11 PM EST --
Time Magazine's Person of the Year has been nominated and it is You. Yes YOU... for your contribution to online social networking.
I was listening to BBC's World Have Your Say asking . . .
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January 26, 2007 03:11 PM EST --
Government leaders across the world must stop using anti-terror laws as a tool to suppress opposition movements and deprive ordinary citizens of their due civil and human rights, say international civil . . .
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February 10, 2007 04:46 PM EST --
Wary of the fast-deteriorating human rights conditions in Colombia, church leaders and aid groups in the United States are calling for the Bush administration to reconsider its current policy toward Bogota. . . .
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