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UN Names Mexico's Butterfly Reserve as World Heritage Site
Animals  (tags: Mexico, Monarch butterflies, AnimalWelfare, conservation, environment, GoodNews, habitat, protection )

Cat
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- 3 hours ago - news.yahoo.com
Mexico's Foreign Relations Department says the reserve located in the states of Mexico and Michoacan was declared a natural heritage site by the U.N.'s World Heritage Committee meeting in Quebec City.
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ViaK0m Goes After UTube+Google
Society & Culture  (tags: corruption, activists, free speech, web, net, youtube, google, rights, identitiy )

Rob
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- 3 hours ago - cnn.com
well, Gigity-Google vs. Viak0m.."attorney with Electronic Frontier Foundation said Stanton should have considered that..along w/ free-speech rights including right to read/view material anonymously; ViaK0m said it is NOT seeking users identity{hhmm} =][=
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Seduction of Spirit: Ireland | Chopra Center
World  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, asia, children, china, freedoms, humanrights, HumanRights, india, iran, iraq, israel, middle-east, palestine, society, unitednations, world )

Patrick
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- 2 hours ago - chopra.com
Just when you were looking for something to do, eh? Let's all join this effort for Peace? Brought to you in association with PeaceMakers News Report.
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100 Foods No Environmentalist Should Ever Eat
Green Lifestyle  (tags: Food, Environment, Diet, Health, Fitness )

Neelakant
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- 2 hours ago - x-raytechnicianschools.org
Avoiding certain foods may be extreme for some, but eliminating even a few of these foods is enough to make an impact. Read on to find out what you should do your best to steer clear of.
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McCain Backer's Firm Pleaded Guilty To Funding Terrorist Group In Colombia
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: elections, government, McCain, Colombia, terrorism )

Julia
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- 5 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
The co-host of a recent top-dollar fundraiser for Sen. John McCain oversaw the payment of roughly $1.7 million to a Colombian paramilitary group that is today designated a terrorist organization by the United States.
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Obama Wades Into Controversy With Iraq Comments
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: elections, obama, politics, candidates )

Julia
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- 4 days ago - reuters.com
FARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama waded into controversy on Thursday over his plans to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq, first saying he might "refine" his views but later declaring his stance had remained
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Brazil's Elite Police Spark Controversy
Society & Culture  (tags: violence, crime, police, Brazil, slums )

Julia
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- 6 days ago - reuters.com
Unease turned to fear when she saw it was no ordinary police raid on her Rio de Janeiro shantytown -- the hundreds of officers fanning out through the streets were clad in the black uniforms of BOPE, the city's elite special police.
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Beirut Restaurant Makes Meal Out of War
Society & Culture  (tags: society, violence, culture, food )

Julia
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- 6 days ago - reuters.com
BEIRUT (Reuters) - At "Buns and Guns" you can order a "Kalashnikov" sandwich from a bullet-shaped menu, prepared by chefs in military fatigues with the roar of explosions as background music.
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ZIMBABWE: Women Bear Brunt of Violence
World  (tags: violence, women, zimbabwe, HumanRights )

Julia
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- 5 days ago - ipsnews.net
HARARE, Jun 28 (IPS) - "We are too familiar with the violence that was meted upon numerous of us from 1890 when the colonialists came into our country right up to the most recent elections. Chief among these forms of violence is sexual violence.
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YEMEN: Government Body Moves to Stem Female Genital Mutilation
Society & Culture  (tags: violence, women, FGM, safety, government )

Julia
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- 5 days ago - irinnews.org
ANAA, 1 July 2008 (IRIN) - The Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood (SCMC), a government body, has drawn up a national action plan to end the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Yemen.
 
 
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