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Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood CCFC Praises France Baby TV Ban Urges FTC Action in the US
CCFC Praises France Baby TV Ban; Urges FTC Action in the US WASHINGTON - August 19 - Yesterday, ...
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Conservation Groups Alpine Boulder Bunny Imperiled by Global Warming
Center for Biological Diversity , (415) 632-5301, cell (415) 385-5746 Stuart Pimm, Professor of Conservation Biology, Duke University, (919) 613-8141, cell (646) ...
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Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Nuclear Suppliers Group Must Not Cave In To Bush Administration on U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
Nuclear Suppliers Group Must Not Cave In To Bush Administration on U.S.-India Nuclear Deal WASHINGTON - August 19 - The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation today urged the Nuclear Suppliers Group, which is meeting today on the U.S.-India nuclear deal, not to capitulate to the Bush administration and permit an unprecedented exception in international nuclear trade rules for India. ...
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The Real News Network Russians Checkmate US in Georgia
As tensions increase in Georgia to Iran, The Real News analyst, Eric Margolis says Russia won't let an ex-territory in the former USSR be used to launch attacks against Iran WASHINGTON - August 18 - The Real News analyst Eric Margolis says "The US is used to passive Russian response under Yeltsin" and the Russians checkmating the US in Georgia was a "brilliant move by ...
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Natural Resources Defense Council EPA Buzz Kill Is the Agency Hiding Colony Collapse Disorder Information
NRDC Forced to Sue to Get Public Records on Bee Mystery WASHINGTON - August 18 - The Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit today to uncover critical information that the US government is withholding about the risks posed by pesticides to honey bees. NRDC legal experts and a leading bee researcher are convinced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has evidence of ...
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Environmental Groups Court Strikes Down Bush Administration Pollution Monitoring Loophole Upholds Publics Right to Know
Throws out EPA rule that waived pollution monitoring requirements for thousands of factories and power plants WASHINGTON - August 19 - A federal appeals court ...
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Union of Concerned Scientists Northwest Airlines Asks Clear Channel to Pull Science Groups Anti-Nuclear-Weapons Ad in Minneapolis Airport
Billboard Calls for Sen. McCain to 'Get Serious' About Reducing the Threat of Nuclear Weapons WASHINGTON - August 19 - Northwest, the official airline of the Republican National Convention, has taken on a new role of censor. Yesterday it asked Clear Channel Communications to remove a Union of Concerned Scientists' (UCS) anti-nuclear-weapons billboard in the Minneapolis airport ...
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SEIU McCain Health Care Putting Moms Last
Starting Tuesday, Nationwide SEIU Events Will Highlight How McCain Care Leaves Women and Families Behind WASHINGTON - August 18 - With health care costs rising out of control, more and more Americans are finding it impossible to keep up. Women, 90 percent of whom shoulder the health care responsibility for their families, are in particular feeling the strain. Beginning Tuesday, August 19, ...
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Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Senior Advisor to John McCain Oversaw Gun Lobby Office That Hired Spy
Senior Advisor to John McCain Oversaw Gun Lobby Office That Hired Spy WASHINGTON - August 18 - A political consultant who serves as a senior advisor to presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain apparently oversaw a lobbying operation that hired a mole to infiltrate and spy on progressive opposition groups. James Jay Baker, a longtime Republican political operative, served as ...
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Amnesty International Sudan Still Holding Hundreds Without Charge Months After Attacks Ouside Khartoum
Sudan Still Holding Hundreds Without Charge Months After Attacks Outside Khartoum, Amnesty International Says NEW YORK - August 18 - Amnesty International today accused the Sudanese government of holding hundreds of people -- including women and a nine-month-old -- without charge or access to lawyers as they prepare to try another 109 individuals in sham courts over the armed attacks by the ...
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Brave New Films AFL-CIO and SEIU Team Up With Brave New Films to Tell Public That Multimillionaire John McCain Is the Real Elitist
AFL-CIO and SEIU Team Up With Brave New Films to Tell Public That Multimillionaire John McCain Is the Real Elitist LOS ANGELES - August 18 - This morning, Brave New Films will distribute to its list of 500,000 people a new online video meant to bring attention to John McCain's exorbitant personal wealth. 'McCain's Mansions: The Real Elitist' makes the case that ...
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CIVIC Georgia After Dropping Cluster Bombs Russia Has Responsibility to Help Civilians
Georgia: After Dropping Cluster Bombs, Russia Has Responsibility to Help Civilians WASHINGTON - August 15 - Human Rights Watch reported today that on August 12 Russian forces used cluster bombs in two separate attacks on Georgian towns, killing a total of 11 civilians and injuring dozens more. Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC) deplored the use of the indiscriminate weapon and ...
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Peace Action Maine Mainers Unite to Prevent War With Iran
Delegates to the Democratic National Convention Will Propose a Platform Emphasizing Diplomacy, Not War PORTLAND, Maine - August 15 - Peace Action Maine, Pax Christi Maine, Military Families Speak Out/ Maine, the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, and other Maine based organizations are circulating a statewide petition that opposes preemptive military action, acts of war, a naval ...
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International Campaign to Ban Landmines Condemns Russian Use of Cluster Munitions in Georgia
ICBL Condemns Russian Use of Cluster Munitions in Georgia August 15 - The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) strongly condemned Russia today for the use of cluster bombs in Georgia which resulted in at least 11 civilians being killed and dozens injured. Evidence of cluster munitions use by Russia was revealed by ICBL member Human Rights Watch in a press release issued ...
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American Rights At Work Formal Complaint for FEC Investigation of Wal-Marts Unlawful Federal Election Activity
Formal Complaint for FEC Investigation of Wal-Mart's Unlawful Federal Election Activity WASHINGTON - August 14 - Today American Rights at Work, the AFL-CIO, Change to Win, and WakeUpWalmart.com will hand ...
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SEIU to Count Down to Better Health Care With 365 Stories for Next 365 days
Health Care Workers, Patients, Consumers to Speak Out About Challenges of Broken System WASHINGTON - August 15 - With growing numbers of Americans calling on elected officials to fix the broken health care system, ...
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American Friends Service Committee California Becomes First State to Condemn Use of Torture in War on Terror
California Becomes First State to Condemn Use of Torture in 'War on Terror' SACRAMENTO, CA - August 14 - The California Legislature today adopted a resolution aimed at preventing California health professionals from engaging in coercive interrogations of detainees at ...
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India Resource Center Coca-Cola Plant Shut Down in India
Chinta Dewi, Coca-Cola Bhagao, Krishi Bachao Sangharsh Samiti +91 94507 79325 (Hindi) Nandlal Master, Lok Samiti +91 94153 00520 (Hindi) Amit Srivastava, India Resource Center +91 98103 46161 (India) +1 415 336 7584 ...
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Planned Parenthood American Journal of Public Health Study Shows Public Clinics Provide More Choices More Care
American Journal of Public Health Study Shows Public Clinics Provide More Choices, More Care WASHINGTON - August 14 - A new study in ...
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WakeUpWalmart.com Files Official Complaint Against Wal-Mart With The FEC and Calls For An Investigation
WakeUpWalmart.com Files Official Complaint Against Wal-Mart With The FEC and Calls For An Investigation WASHINGTON - August 14 - WakeUpWalMart.com today, along with American Rights at Work, Change to Win, and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, jointly filed an official complaint with the Federal Election Commission. The groups filed the complaint of ...
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Got broadband Access now extends to 94 percent of Americans.
Every year, Internet access via broadband becomes available to millions more Americans, up from 92 percent last year to 94 percent, a recent report shows. Rural and tribal areas are the ...
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National Family Farm Coalition Dairy Farmers Praise Monsanto Selling Off rBGH Divsion
Farmers Opposed Inhumane Technology from Very Beginning WASHINGTON - August 13 - The Dairy Subcommittee of the National Family Farm Coalition today expressed its delight that Monsanto will be selling its controversial Posilac division. From the very beginning, NFFC has opposed Posilac, also known as recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH), and lobbied against its legalization by the FDA in ...
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Kids Count report Americas children are advancing despite the economy
The widely-watched Kids Count annual survey on the state of America's children shows gains in health and education despite the poor economy. But advocates say raised poverty rates merit more attention from ...
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Brady Campaign Brady President Praises Federal Court Decision
Brady President Praises Federal Court Decision WASHINGTON - August 13 - Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, issued the following ...
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Amnesty International USA Brings Guantanamo Cell Replica to Denver
Human Rights Organization Will Tour Cell Across the Nation Urging the Bush Administration to Close Detention Facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba WASHINGTON - August 13 - Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) will bring its national tour of a life-size Guantanamo prison cell replica to Denver, Colorado starting Sunday, August 24 through Tuesday, August 26; visitors are encouraged to experience the ...
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