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A Norfolk-based animal-welfare group thinks workers at a Corapeake, North Carolina research lab have abused dogs, cats and rabbits.

Israelis are worried about delegitimization.

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Police prepared Wednesday for the release from prison of a blind, self-taught activist lawyer in much the same way they treated him before his jailing four years ago: putting his family under surveillance and ringing his rural east China home with plainclothes security personnel.

A woman covers her nose as traffic passes at a busy intersection in Hong Kong. Roadside air pollution there hit record highs for the first six months of this year.

Global condemnation grows over a Florida church’s plan to burn the Quran on September 11th. General David Petraeus warns it could endanger US troops abroad. We speak with a Gainesville student who is helping to organize a series of counter events in the community; Mayor Craig Lowe, the first openly gay mayor, who was targeted by the Florida church during his campaign; and Moustafa Bayoumi, author of How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America. [includes rush transcript]

The longtime radical animal liberation activist Rod Coronado has been sent back to prison for four months after a US district judge in Michigan ruled he had violated the terms of his parole. Coronado’s offense was associating with fellow radical activist Mike Roselle by accepting a friend request from Roselle on the social networking website Facebook. We speak with Dean Kuipers, author of Operation Bite Back: Rod Coronado’s War to Save American Wilderness. [includes rush transcript]

Thirteen people died and hundreds were wounded last week in the African nation of Mozambique when police cracked down on a three-day protest over a 30 percent hike in the price of bread. The UN says the riots in Mozambique should be a wake-up call for governments that have ignored food security problems since the global food crisis of 2008, when countries around the world saw angry protests in the streets over the rising prices of basic food items. We speak with author and activist Raj Patel. [includes rush transcript]

• Obama Rejects Extension of Top-Bracket Tax Cuts
• Iraqi Soldier Kills 2 US Troops
• Admitting Fault, UN Reports Over 500 DRC Rapes Since July
• UN Delays Release of Rwanda-DRC Report
• Report: Torture-Linked Ex-CIA Officer Rehired as Private Contractor
• Protesters, Police Clash over LA Shooting
• Groups File Suit over Laptop Searches
• Black Farmers Call for Cloture Vote on Discrimination Settlement
• Arizona GOP Recruits Homeless to Run for Green Party
• Whistleblower Ordered to Pay Wall St. Giant $10.7M
• Soros Donates $100M to HRW
• Pastors for Peace Founder Lucius Walker Dies at 80

John Piotti says he pays no attention to the Maine Heritage Policy Center and then quickly admits he's being flippant.

"There it goes -- look at that!" Environmental activist and author Bill McKibben and others sign a solar panel at Unity College on Tuesday.

L ady Gaga has sparked outrage among animal rights activists with her latest controversial magazine cover, as the pop star appears naked and wearing nothing but raw, red meat on the front of Vogue Hommes Japan.

By David Cronin - September 07, 2010

...[T]he [European Union] has become increasingly acquiescent towards Israel’s crimes against humanity. Under the terms of an EU-Israel association agreement...Israel is required to respect fundamental human rights in order to qualify for privileged commercial access to the Union’s markets. Heaps of documentation illustrating that Israel has not complied with this provision have been accumulated over the past decade, yet not only has the EU refused to rescind Israel’s existing trade privileges, it has granted further perks.

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Jim Leech, president and chief executive of Teachers', said there was more at stake then one company's stock: "The intended goal is the efficiency and integrity of Canadian capital markets" Photograph by: Brett Gundlock/National Post files, Brett Gundlock/National Post files Executives at Canada's largest pension funds say they don't want to be ...

By STANLEY HELLER - September 7, 2010

...[D]oes organized labor deserve automatic support while it has a big war stain on its collar, the stain from the support its leaders give to Israeli Apartheid? They support it in two ways, by opposing the growing...boycott, divestment and sanctions...movement against Israel and by buying huge amounts of Israel Bonds...Go to the [Jewish Labor Committee] website and see how [Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Worker's Union] and [American Federation of Teachers] leaders give cover to Israel for its crimes on the Mavi Marmara.

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By Annie Elation - September 6, 2010

In the last week alone, five people were killed in “officer-involved” shootings in the Puget Sound region. On August 31, John T. Williams became the first of this last string of killings by police. John Williams, age 50, was a native man from the Dididaht, Nuu Chan Nulth nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island. He was shot four times in the chest by Seattle police officer Ian D. Birk...

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By Friends of Juan Pablo Lepore - September 6, 2010

Juan Pablo Lepore, 28, was arrested on the morning of September 2 in Montreal, for participating in the G20 Summit in Toronto this June. Juan Pablo was transferred to Toronto the same night and appeared in court Friday morning. He has been refused bail...Juan Pablo is an Argentinian documentary film-maker and independent journalist, visiting Canada for several months.

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By Alheli Picazo - September 7, 2010

The battle between supporters and opponents of Sun TV News -- the Fox News style channel headed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former communications director Kory Teneycke -- reached new heights when members of the 'Fox News North' team took issue with a growing online petition urging the [Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission] to reject Quebecor's (QMI) request to "make it mandatory for cable and satellite networks to provide access to the channel 'for a maximum period of three years to effectively expose and promote its programming to viewers across Canada'."

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The president of a Montana tea party group has been kicked out of the organization for an exchange on his Facebook page that appeared to condone violence against homosexuals.

Half-buried in rubble, Bazelais Suy struggled to breathe - a dead woman lay on his chest.

September 7, 2010

Erik Lankin was finally [granted] bail Friday, September 3, 2010, after serving two months in jail for alleged offences during the G20 Summit in Toronto; including being an alleged organizer of the protests. He is the last of the 18 alleged "ringleaders" arrested for their supposed role in organizing the G20 protests...

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