NRA opposes bill to stop gun sales to terror suspects (News) 5 discussions The National Rifle Association is urging the Bush administration to withdraw its support of a bill that would prohibit suspected terrorists from buying firearms. Tags: Corporate Governance Acts terror Violent Demonstrations Judiciary (system justice) Justice Department Virginia Paul Helmke New Jersey Frank Lautenberg Lawsuits
	Chavez closes opposition TV station; thousands protest (News) 3 discussions Venezuelan police on Sunday used water cannons and what appeared to be tear gas to break up thousands of demonstrators protesting the government's decision to close the country's most-watched televisi.. Tags: Justice Rights Corporate Governance Violent Demonstrations Coup dEtat Jose Miguel Vivanco Hugo Chavez U.S. Senate Supreme Court National Guard
	60 years later, pain still fresh for WWII sex slave (News) 2 discussions She's 78 years old, but for Lee Young-soo, life as she knew it ended at age 15 -- when the Japanese government forced her to become a sex slave for its military members during World War II. Tags: Japan White House Honda Motor Company Limited Sex Crimes Violent Demonstrations War Society Tokyo (Japan) Washington Cable News Network (CNN) South Korea George W. Bush Mike Honda Maryland China Florence (Italy) California
	Islamic militants, security forces battle in Lebanon (News) 2 discussions Lebanese tanks pounded the headquarters of a group with suspected links to al Qaeda in a Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli Sunday after the northern city's worst clashes in two decades killed 22 s.. Tags: Lebanon Parties Violent Demonstrations Islam Armed Conflict Syria Crime, Law Justice Religions
	Boot camp employees not guilty in boy's death (News) 2 discussions Seven former boot camp guards and a nurse were acquitted Friday of manslaughter in the death of a 14-year-old boy who was hit and kicked by the drill instructors in a videotaped altercation. Tags: Jeb Bush, Law Enforcement, Law, Ben Crump, Criminal Trials, Criminal Law, Martin Lee Anderson, Juvenile Justice, Mark Ober, Florida Department Law Enforcement, Hillsborough County, Scott Harmon, Trials, Guy Tunnell, Protests Demonstrations, Gina Jones
	Commentary: Stop complaining, start doing something (News) 2 discussions Over the last couple of days I've gotten a few e-mails regarding a call for a "National Blackout Day" on Friday, which calls for African-Americans to refrain from spending any money to send .. Tags: Protests Demonstrations, Radio, Alabama, Media, Richard Neill, Constitutional Law, Iraq, Roland S. Martin, Social Issues, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Advertising, Law, War Conflict, Texas, African-American Issues, Iraq War, Special Interest Grou
	Ethnic Indians protest in Malaysia (Video) 2 discussions Members of Malaysia's Indian community have protested on the streets of Kuala Lumpur, the capital. They are demanding equal rights in a country they believe discriminates against them. They are als.. Tags: AlJazeera Al Jazeera Malaysia Indians Race Colonialism Identity Demonstrations
	Student 'Twitters' his way out of Egyptian jail (News) 2 discussions James Karl Buck helped free himself from an Egyptian jail with a one-word blog post from his cell phone. Tags: Twitter Inc., Facebook Inc., Ahmed Maree, San Francisco, Hossam -Hamalawy, United States, Blogs Blogging, Egypt, California, Science Technology, University California-Berkeley, Protests Demonstrations, Police, Technology, Egyptian Consulate, Cairo
	Gunbattles break out in Beirut (News) 2 discussions Gunfire broke out in downtown Beirut on Thursday after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said recent government actions amount to "a declaration of open war." Tags: War Conflict, United States, Protests Demonstrations, Military Weapons, Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah, Wafik Shoukeir, Hezbollah, Israel, Syria, Civil Unrest, Cal Perry, Beirut, Armed Forces, Saad Hariri
	Teen girls reportedly make pregnancy pact (News) 2 discussions A pact made by a group of teens to get pregnant and raise their babies together is at least partly behind a sudden spike in pregnancies at Gloucester High School, school officials said. Tags: Gloucester High School, Joseph Sullivan, Christopher Farmer, Medicine, Pregnancy Childbirth, Obstetrics Gynecology, Health Fitness, Protests Demonstrations, Medical Specializations, Boston, Time Inc.
	Berkeley protesters spend 18 months atop trees (News) 2 discussions In December 2006, protesters angry about campus expansion plans clambered into the branches of a threatened oak grove at the University of California, Berkeley. Tags: California Oak Foundation, University California-Berkeley, Dan Mogulof, U.S. Courts, Judiciary, Hayward, Alameda County, Trials, Protests Demonstrations, Berkeley
	Man beheads Hitler waxwork (News) 2 discussions A man raced into Berlin's Madame Tussauds wax museum Saturday and ripped the head off a waxwork of Adolf Hitler, police said. Tags: Museums, Boris Becker, Angela Merkel, Culture Lifestyle, Nathalie Ruoss, Tussauds Group, History, Protests Demonstrations, World History, Cultural Institutions Parks, Berlin, Uwe Kozelnik, Johann Sebastian Bach, Albert Einstein, London, World War
	Cinderella, others arrested in Disneyland labor protest (News) 2 discussions Cinderella, Snow White, Tinkerbell and other fictional fixtures of modern-day childhood were handcuffed, frisked and loaded into police vans Thursday at the culmination of a labor protest that brought.. Tags: Chris Schneider, Rick Martinez, Jobs Labor, Anaheim, Disneyland Resort, Labor Unions, Walt Disney Company, Melbourne, Amanda Kosato, Protests Demonstrations, Luz Vasquez, Business, Ada Briceno, Lisa Haines, Australia
	Beirut on lockdown after rivals battle in streets (News) 1 discussions Lebanese officials Thursday imposed an overnight curfew for Beirut after deadly clashes erupted between pro-government and opposition supporters at Beirut Arab University. Tags: Lebanon Personal Debt Strikes Violent Demonstrations Television Coup d'Etat Islam Israel France Paris (France) Hassan Nasrallah Government Road Transportation
	Chirac reversal on Iran nuke bombs (News) 1 discussions French President Jacques Chirac said in an interview with three newspapers that Iran's possession of a nuclear bomb would not be "very dangerous" and that if it used the weapon on Israel, Te.. Tags: Lebanon Personal Debt Strikes Violent Demonstrations Television Coup d'Etat Islam Israel France Paris (France) Hassan Nasrallah Government Road Transportation
	4 held for protest on Mount Everest (News) 1 discussions Three Americans and a Tibetan-American were detained on Mount Everest on Wednesday as they called for independence for Tibet and protested against the Beijing Olympics, an activist group said. Tags: Tibet Beijing (China) China Olympics Wireless Phones Corporate Governance Violent Demonstrations Colorado Hein Verbruggen Nepal
	NRA opposes bill to stop gun sales to terror suspects (News) 1 discussions The National Rifle Association is urging the Bush administration to withdraw its support of a bill that would prohibit suspected terrorists from buying firearms. Tags: Corporate Governance Acts terror Violent Demonstrations Judiciary (system justice) Justice Department Virginia Paul Helmke New Jersey Frank Lautenberg Lawsuits
	Truce broken at Lebanon camp; U.N. workers trapped (News) 1 discussions A truce declared by the militant group Fatah al-Islam in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon ended soon after it was announced Tuesday, when a U.N. relief convoy in the camp came under fire. Tags: Lebanon Islam Armed Conflict Syria Parties Violent Demonstrations Crime, Law Justice Religions
	Lebanon to receive weapons shipment from U.S. (News) 1 discussions Lebanese forces battling Islamic militants inside Lebanon will be resupplied by a shipment of U.S. military ammunition, which is expected to arrive within two days, senior U.S. officials told CNN on T.. Tags: Lebanon Islam Armed Conflict Syria Parties Violent Demonstrations Crime, Law Justice Religions
	Gays protest Fort Lauderdale mayor's remarks (News) 1 discussions With white sandy beaches and a laid-back atmosphere, Fort Lauderdale has long billed itself as a gay-friendly tourist destination. Tags: Culture Lifestyle, Social Issues, Special Interest Groups, Local Politics, Broward County Commission, Media, Politics, Relationships, Tourism, Libraries, Fort Lauderdale, Protests Demonstrations, Dan Trantalis, Sexuality, Waymon Hudson, Boy Scouts A
	Teen Christians campaign against pop culture (News) 1 discussions At one point in Jared Hutchins' young life, the Beatles were a big problem. Tags: Mexico, Georgia, Protests Demonstrations, Terrorism, Arcade Fire, Detroit, Mindy Peterson, Tijuana, War Conflict, Ron Luce, California, Michigan, Texas, Atlanta, Christiane Amanpour, Beatles, San Francisco, United States, Virginia, Jared Hutchins
	Deposed Philippine president given life sentence for plunder (News) 1 discussions Deposed Philippine President Joseph Estrada was convicted and sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after a landmark six-year trial on charges that he took bribes and kickbacks in office. Tags: Mammals, Rene Saguisag, Dennis Villa-Ignacio, Jinggoy Estrada, Protests Demonstrations, Civil Unrest, Politics, Nature Environment, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Ignacio Bunye, Capital Punishment, Joseph Estrada, Eduardo Serapio, Political Policy, Enterta
	Musharraf 'elected to third term' (News) 1 discussions Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf was Saturday elected for a third term as president according to unofficial ballot results, state-run TV reported. Tags: Supreme Court Pakistan, United States, Peshawar, Dan Rivers, Pakistan, Politics, Pakistan Peoples Party, Pervez Musharraf, Protests Demonstrations, World Politics, Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani Politics, Pakistani Armed Forces
	Jemima Khan joins protests (News) 1 discussions Up to 1,000 human rights campaigners demonstrated Saturday in front of No. 10 Downing Street, the official residence of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, calling on the British government to demand.. Tags: Political Policy, Downing Street, Politics, Imran Khan, United Kingdom, Gordon Brown, Jemima Khan, World Politics, Pakistan, Protests Demonstrations, Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani Politics, Human Rights Policy, Pakistani Cricket Team, British Politics
	Protesters arrested trying to block military shipments (News) 1 discussions At least a dozen people were arrested as demonstrators rallied to protest military cargo shipments arriving from Iraq at the port in the state capital. Tags: Andrew Yankey, Armed Forces, Fort Lewis, Protests Demonstrations, Ken Carlson, Patti Grant, Iraq, Tor Bjornstad, Olympia

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