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• Another Oil Rig Explodes in Gulf of Mexico
• BP: Denial of Drilling Permit Threatens Gulf Coast Claims
• Calls Grow for Offshore Drilling Ban
• US Accused of Killing 10 Afghan Civilians
• Main Afghan Bank Faces Collapse
• Slain US Army Chaplain Is First to Die in Combat Since Vietnam War
• Israeli, Palestinian Leaders Agree to Further Talks
• Settlers: "We Are Building" All Over West Bank
• Companies Passing on More Healthcare Costs to Employees
• 4 Accused of Coercing 400 Thai Workers into Forced Labor
• LA Garment Factory to Pay Workers Unpaid Overtime, Allow Monitor
• Environmentalist Sentenced to 4 Months for Accepting Facebook Friend Request

Student activist Christina Chan Hau-man was found not guilty in Eastern Court on Friday of assaulting a policewoman during a protest on New Year's Day.

At the urging of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles plans to warn motorists that leaving dogs and cats unattended in hot cars is a crime.

The welfare of many thousands was willfully destroyed.

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By Tom Wetzel - Sept. 01, 2010

The working class faces the dire circumstances of high unemployment, precarious income, and attacks on social services at a time when the level of collective self-organization and collective struggle by the class is at low ebb. Many of the organizations that do exist...tend to act as “service agencies” with decision-making authority concentrated into hierarchies of paid leaders, executives and professional staff...[T]his crisis is not likely to be overcome except through a protracted process of struggles, organizing, popular education and change in the mindset of increasing numbers of people.

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Two Greenpeace activists will face possible jail terms in Japan on Monday for stealing a box of whale meat in a trial the environmental group says will test the country's limits on political activism.

By Krystalline Kraus - September 2, 2010

For the G8 and G20 Summits in Huntsville and Toronto, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) recruited more than 500 Québéc police officers to assist with policing and security. These officers fell under the Integrated Security Unit (ISU) command during the weekend.

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The Chinese star of "Lust, Caution," Tang Wei, has been cast as one of Mao Zedong's early girlfriends in a propaganda film to commemorate the 90th anniversary of China's Communist Party, marking her full comeback after a reported blacklisting.

Cairn Energy was forced to shut down oil exploration operations in the Arctic after Greenpeace activists managed to breach a security perimeter, scale one of its rigs and then fasten themselves to it.

By Vancouver Media Co-op - August 31, 2010

This issue covers the demo in solidarity with Tamil refugees, follows the boycott by Boycott Israeli Apartheid Committee against the Zim shipping line, looks at the protest against local mining company Pacific Rim, and takes an in-depth look at Short Term Incentives for Rental as used by developers to maximize profit at the cost of the public.

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Last spring, Edison International allowed shareholders to vote on the compensation of the utility giant's executives for the first time.

Glenn Beck organized a much-publicized "Restoring Honor" rally on Saturday in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Beck’s fans reportedly number in the millions, and Saturday’s rally drew nearly 100,000 supporters. We speak with Alexander Zaitchik, author of Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance. [includes rush transcript]

A federal court in California has issued a ruling that’s raising widespread alarm among advocates for civil liberties. Last month, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said law enforcement agents can sneak onto a person’s property, plant a GPS device on their vehicle, and track their every movements. The court’s ruling means the spying is legal in California and eight other Western states. [includes rush transcript]

New York Governor David Paterson has signed into law a measure establishing a landmark set of working standards for housekeepers, nannies and other domestic workers. With the signing of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, New York becomes the first state where domestic workers will be guaranteed overtime pay after a forty-hour workweek, at least one day off per week, and at least three days off with full pay per year. [includes rush transcript]

In Pakistan, torrential rains a month ago that triggered unprecedented floods have moved steadily from north to south, engulfing a fifth of the country. Seventeen million people have been affected, and some five million have lost their homes. Meanwhile, a movement to cancel Pakistan’s external debt is now underway as campaigners plan a protest in front of Pakistan’s parliament house today to call on international institutions like the IMF to cancel the country’s debt. [includes rush transcript]

• Palestinians: Obama Vows to "Stop the Settlements"
• Biden Marks Nominal End to US Combat Operations in Iraq
• Over 60 Killed in Pakistan Air Strikes
• Justice Dept. Charges Mehsud with CIA Bombing in Afghanistan
• UN Increases Estimate of DRC Rape Victims
• Evacuations Ordered in NC Ahead of Hurricane Earl
• Armed Suspect Killed After Taking Hostages at Discovery Channel
• Judge Rejects Dismissal of Suit to Overturn Drilling Ban
• BP Ad Spending Tops $93M Since Spill
• Recession Spurs Sharp Decline in Undocumented Immigration
• Wyoming Town Near Drilling Told Drinking Water Unsafe, Potentially Explosive
• WikiLeaks Founder Speaks Out Against Swedish Probe
• Lawyer: Mental Health of Alleged Leaker Was Questioned

Silent protest during a Senate hearing on Guantanamo Bay: Tuesday evening, hear from a CCR lawyer trying to stop a "targeted killing" by the United States in Yemen and who represents men detained at Guantanamo -- where Yemeni men constitute the largest group of remaining prisoners, all declared by the Obama administration to be indefinitely ...

James Lee, who police say was responsible for the Discovery Channel hostage crisis in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday, was shot and killed.

America is on a fast track toward despotism.

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Longtime O.C. activist Zoe Ann Nicholson is in the documentary "March On! Their Stories Are The Reason We March!" It premieres Sept.