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Syria steps up crackdown on opposition activists
Hundreds of people are arrested on the eve of another planned day of protests against the Baathist regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The government warns people to stay home and deploys troops around the country. Syrian authorities intensified a crackdown on opposition activists Thursday, arresting hundreds of people ahead of another planned day of demonstrations after weekly prayers …
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The first tea party movie? ‘Atlas Shrugged’ strikes a chord with activists.
Did America just go John Galt?
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Clinton condemns attacks on journalists, protesters, human rights activists in Egypt
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has issued a sharp criticism of attacks on journalists, peaceful demonstrators, human rights activists and diplomats in Egypt.
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Clinton condemns Belarus crackdown, meets activists
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday condemned the Belarussian government’s recent crackdown on political opponents and warned that Washington was watching the situation closely.
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GOP activists believe Whitman, unlike Schwarzenegger, will lead the party
For seven years now, Republican activists believe, the California Republican Party has had to fend largely for itself as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to do much for its candidates. Meg Whitman, GOP gubernatorial candidate, is joined on the podium by Sen. Tony Strickland, R- Thousand Oaks, left , GOP candidate for State Controller and Damon Dunn, GOP candidate for Secretary of State at the …
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Liberal ‘netroots’ convention will test Democratic activists
WASHINGTON — Activists in the liberal blogosphere face a crossroads: They had tremendous success in 2008 helping to turn voter anger into votes for Democrats, but persuading Congress and the White House to adopt their agenda is much harder.
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Clinton: ‘Steel vise’ crushing global activists
KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Intolerant governments across the globe are “slowly crushing” activist and advocacy groups that play an essential role in the development of democracy, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday. She cited a broad range of countries where “the walls are closing in” on civic …
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‘Steel vise’ crushing activists
KRAKOW – INTOLERANT governments across the globe are ‘slowly crushing’ activist and advocacy groups that play an essential role in the development of democracy, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Saturday. She cited a broad range of countries where ‘the walls are closing in’ on civic organisations such as unions, religious groups, rights advocates and other nongovernmental …
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Political Notebook: Pelosi Pride video elicits rebuke from local activists
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, now speaker of the House, rode in the San Francisco Pride Parade in 1999, wearing a sticker opposed to the anti-gay Knight initiative, which went before voters the next year.
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Flotilla Activists Returning to Greece, Turkey
Planes Also Carrying Bodies of 9 People Killed During Raid; 1 More Flight Expected to Depart
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