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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Political Activism</title>
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		<title>Activist probing Guinea massacre of opposition supporters denied entry to country</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Activist probing Guinea massacre denied entry

BANJUL, Gambia — A human rights activist says he&#8217;s been denied entrance to Guinea, where he planned to investigate a massacre of opposition supporters earlier this year.
Mabassa Fall denounced the move by Guinea&#8217;s ruling junta, saying &#8220;there can be no justice without truth.&#8221;
Fall, who is the permanent representative of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan president Hamid Karzai sworn in to second 5-year term</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/afghan-president-hamid-karzai-sworn-in-to-second-5-year-term-232263/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Afghan president sworn in to second 5-year term

KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his country&#8217;s security forces should take the lead in tackling the insurgency there, and that the forces should be able to take control of security in the next five years.
Karzai also addressed corruption during his inauguration ceremony in the presidential palace. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israeli military punishes troops for protesting West Bank settlement evacuation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Israel army punishes troops for settlement protest

JERUSALEM — The Israeli army has punished a group of soldiers for protesting the forcible evacuation of settler homes in the West Bank.
The army says the troops refused to follow orders during the military&#8217;s evacuation of settlers on Monday at an unauthorized outpost and hoisted a sign opposing settlement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopian human rights activist says liberties are waning in his country</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anita Powell</dc:creator>
		
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Activist: Rights, liberties waning in Ethiopia

JOHANNESBURG — An Ethiopian human rights activist who was jailed for 2 1/2 years said Friday that his country is less free today than it was during its disputed 2005 election.
Daniel Bekele, 42, is crisscrossing the U.S. and Canada on a speaking tour after being honored for his human rights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran releases 3 journalists jailed during pro-government and opposition rallies in Tehran</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Iran releases 3 journalists jailed during rallies

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have released three journalists who were among more than 100 people arrested during pro-government and opposition street demonstrations this week, the country&#8217;s official news agency reported.
One of the reporters, Farhad Pouladi, is an Iranian who works for Agence France-Presse. The other two are foreign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rights group says Chechen authorities abduct human rights activist in Moscow</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/rights-group-says-chechen-authorities-abduct-human-rights-activist-in-moscow-219103/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Chechen human rights activist abducted in Moscow

MOSCOW — A Russian rights group said Chechen authorities on Thursday abducted a human rights advocate in Moscow who has been critical of Chechnya&#8217;s Kremlin-backed leader.
Arbi Khachukayev was detained by Chechen security officers and was flown to the Chechen capital of Grozny against his will, the Memorial group said. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine voters reject same-sex marriage law; heartbreaking loss for gay rights activists</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/maine-voters-reject-same-sex-marriage-law-heartbreaking-loss-for-gay-rights-activists-217149/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Adams</dc:creator>
		
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Maine voters reject gay-marriage law
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine voters repealed a state law Tuesday that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed, dealing the gay rights movement a heartbreaking defeat in New England, the corner of the country most supportive of gay marriage.
Gay marriage has now lost in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN rights panel: threats, killing of Russian journalists, rights activists</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-rights-panel-threats-killing-of-russian-journalists-rights-activists-212729/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliane Engeler</dc:creator>
		
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UN panel faults Russia&#8217;s support for human rights
MOSCOW — From Russia&#8217;s North Caucasus to the streets of Moscow, those who find themselves at odds with authorities can wind up as targets of deadly violence. So increasingly, some are working quietly or have abandoned their efforts altogether.
On Friday a new U.N. Human Rights Committee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ore. teacher unions accuse political activist of racketeering, using sham charity for politics</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ore-teacher-unions-accuse-political-activist-of-racketeering-using-sham-charity-for-politics-212674/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Mccall</dc:creator>
		
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Ore. teachers renew legal fight with activist

PORTLAND, Ore. — Two Oregon teacher unions have gone back to court against political activist Bill Sizemore to accuse him again of racketeering, this time in the 2008 elections.
The legal battle between Sizemore and the unions dates to 2002 and a racketeering lawsuit the unions won against a Sizemore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN rights panel: threats, killing of Russian journalists, rights activists alarming</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-rights-panel-threats-killing-of-russian-journalists-rights-activists-alarming-212469/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliane Engeler</dc:creator>
		
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UN panel: killing of Russian journalists alarming

GENEVA — Russia fails to protect journalists, activists, prison inmates and others at odds with authorities from a wide range of abuses, including torture and murder, the U.N. Human Rights Committee said Friday.
The findings came in a report by an 18-member panel of independent experts who urged the Kremlin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Barker gives Mo. alma mater $1 million to promote animal rights curriculum</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bob-barker-gives-mo-alma-mater-1-million-to-promote-animal-rights-curriculum-209890/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Bob Barker donates $1M for animal rights professor

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Former television game show host Bob Barker, who ended episodes of &#8220;The Price is Right&#8221; by asking viewers to spay and neuter their pets, donated $1 million to Drury University to establish a professorship on animal rights that he hopes will lead to a full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reports: Criminal case opened against prominent Russian rights activist</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/reports-criminal-case-opened-against-prominent-russian-rights-activist-208975/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Heintz</dc:creator>
		
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Reports: Case opened against Russian activist

MOSCOW — A lawyer for Chechnya&#8217;s strongman president said Tuesday that a criminal libel case carrying possible prison time has been opened against one of Russia&#8217;s most prominent human rights activists, news agencies reported.
The report of the case against Oleg Orlov, chairman of the Memorial group, comes less than a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prominent opposition activist shot and killed in southern Russia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamsudin Bokov</dc:creator>
		
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Opposition activist killed in southern Russia

NAZRAN, Russia — A prominent opposition and rights activist in Russia&#8217;s southern province of Ingushetia was shot dead Sunday in at least the third killing of a human rights defender in the volatile North Caucasus region in just over three months.
Maksharip Aushev worked to publicize human rights abuses and organize [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU awards Sakharov rights prize to Russians beleagured rights activists</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/eu-awards-sakharov-rights-prize-to-russians-beleagured-rights-activists-203391/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Nowak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — The European Union&#8217;s parliament on Thursday awarded its annual Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought to three prominent Russian rights activists, in recognition of the difficult conditions they face in defending human rights in Russia today.

The prize was awarded to Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Sergei Kovalyov and Oleg Orlov on behalf of the human rights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU awards Sakharov rights prize to Russia&#8217;s Memorial group</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/eu-awards-sakharov-rights-prize-to-russias-memorial-group-203216/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS — The European Union&#8217;s parliament has awarded its annual Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought to Russia&#8217;s Memorial group of human rights activists.

Thursday&#8217;s decision lauds the group, which was founded two decades ago to memorialize the victims of Stalinist oppression but quickly expanded to cover a broad array of civil-society development issues.
One of its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Years after 1st declaring she&#8217;s a lesbian, appointee could become 1st openly gay US marshal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Condon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS — As a little-known Minneapolis police sergeant, Sharon Lubinski made headlines when she declared she was a lesbian on the front pages of the city&#8217;s largest newspaper — a bold move that other gay officers say inspired them to come out, too.

More than a decade later, Lubinski could become the first openly gay U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small group of animal rights activists protests Vick outside Coliseum, others show support</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janie Mccauley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OAKLAND, Calif. — Michael Vick heard it all in his first road game, from supporters to animal rights activists and protesters eager to boo him. Or bark at him for that matter.

&#8220;I&#8217;m just trying to do the best I can,&#8221; Vick said afterward. &#8220;I want to help more animals than I hurt. I understand there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US customs agents detain Mexican human rights activist apparently for his own safety</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EL PASO, Texas — A Mexican human rights official is in U.S. customs detention, apparently for his own safety, after he reported 170 instances of Mexican soldiers allegedly torturing, abusing and killing innocent people in Chihuahua.

Customs and Border Protection agents took Gustavo de la Rosa Hickerson into custody Thursday.
A report in Saturday&#8217;s El Paso Times [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Paraguay, secret archive may shed light on dictatorship-era repression in South America</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-paraguay-secret-archive-may-shed-light-on-dictatorship-era-repression-in-south-america-196224/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pedro Servin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASUNCION, Paraguay — Human rights activists gained access Wednesday to a dictatorship-era military archive that appears to contain long-held secrets about Paraguay&#8217;s persecution of opponents during Alfredo Stroessner&#8217;s 1954-1989 rule.

The basement archive in the Ministry of Defense appears to hold some records about Operation Condor, a coordinated campaign by South American military governments against leftists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opposition leaders say Clinton pledges US support for democracy, human rights in Russia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nataliya Vasilyeva</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton assured Russia&#8217;s struggling independent journalists and rights activists Tuesday that U.S. efforts to improve ties with Moscow did not mean Washington was abandoning its support for democracy in Russia.

&#8220;In our discussions with the Russian government, we will continue to express our support for efforts to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gypsy laborer faces execution in Belarus, the last European country using capital punishment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yuras Karmanau</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TATARYA VILLAGE, Belarus — His last hopes fading, a 30-year-old illiterate Gypsy laborer whose lawyers say was tortured into confessing to murder awaits his unannounced appointment with the executioner.

With all appeals exhausted and pleas for mercy from rights activists and European officials unheeded, Vasily Yusepchuk is to be killed Soviet-style — with a bullet in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emirates court convicts Lebanese-American on terrorism charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Surk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Using sweeping security codes passed after the Sept. 11 attacks, the United Arab Emirates&#8217; highest court convicted an American citizen Monday on terrorism-related charges amid claims that torture was used to extract his confession.

The four-month trial of Naji Hamdan also was carried out without making public details of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-government protesters in Bangkok call for Thai prime minister to step down</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — Thousands of supporters of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, all in red shirts, rallied Sunday in Bangkok to demand the government step down and call fresh elections.

Supporters of Thaksin have been staging sporadic protests that have threatened to rekindle the political turmoil that has gripped the country since before the former leader was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Barack Obama seeks to appease gay rights supporters after rocky relations this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Simmons</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is finding it tough to deliver on big campaign promises to the gay rights community but is looking to reaffirm a commitment to their priorities.

On the eve of a major gay-rights rally, Obama planned to address thousands of gays and lesbians at a fundraising dinner Saturday night for the Human [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US President Barack Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OSLO — The Norwegian Nobel Committee says U.S. President Barack Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for &#8220;his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.&#8221;

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP&#8217;s earlier story is below.
OSLO (AP) — Zimbabwe&#8217;s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Colombian senator [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norwegian broadcaster: Tsvangirai, Cordoba potential Nobel Peace Prize winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Macdougall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OSLO — Zimbabwe&#8217;s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Colombian senator Piedad Cordoba and Chinese dissident Hu Jia are among the favorites to win the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian national broadcaster NRK reported Friday.

French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and Afghan woman&#8217;s rights activist Simi Samar also are possible candidates for the prestigious prize, NRK said, about an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speculation ahead of Peace Prize, with activists from China, Colombia taking center stage</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/speculation-ahead-of-peace-prize-with-activists-from-china-colombia-taking-center-stage-191287/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Macdougall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OSLO — Activists from Colombia, Jordan and Afghanistan working to resolve armed conflicts and a Chinese dissident are at the center of speculation as contenders for this year&#8217;s Nobel Peace Prize.

As always, the secretive five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee has remained tightlipped about its decision, which it made earlier this week, but will unveil its choice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds rally in Moscow on 3rd anniversary of Politkovskaya&#8217;s killing, call for justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Hundreds of people urged Russian authorities to find and punish the killers of journalists and human rights activists in Russia, rallying Wednesday to mark the third anniversary of the killing of Anna Politkovskaya.

&#8220;The authorities are incapable of solving such crimes,&#8221; said Mikhail Kasyanov, a former prime minister and now a leader of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese dissidents top Nobel Peace Prize speculation in 20th anniversary year of Tiananmen</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Macdougall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OSLO — Chinese dissidents are leading the odds of winning the Nobel Peace Prize this year, the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre and the 60th since the establishment of the People&#8217;s Republic of China.

Speculation on the chances of Chinese dissidents for the peace prize, announced this year on Friday, has been a yearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chechnya&#8217;s Kremlin-backed leader wins defamation lawsuit against rights activist</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mansur Mirovalev</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Chechnya&#8217;s Kremlin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Tuesday won a defamation lawsuit against a rights activist who blamed him for the killing of a colleague whose murder sparked international outrage.

Moscow&#8217;s Tverskoi district court ordered Memorial rights group chairman Oleg Orlov to retract his statement that Kadyrov was responsible for Natalya Estemirova&#8217;s death.
Kadyrov&#8217;s lawsuit attracted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zimbabwe human rights activists sue state for $500 million after terror charges dropped</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARARE, Zimbabwe — A prominent Zimbabwean human rights activist and eight others are suing the government for $500 million after terror charges against them were dropped because they had been beaten and tortured, their lawyer said Thursday.

Harrison Nkomo, a lawyer for activist Jestina Mukoko, said the national police commissioner, intelligence minister and several police officers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visiting US diplomat met with Cuban dissidents amid high-level talks with government officials</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — A senior U.S. diplomat who traveled to Havana for the highest-level talks with Cuban officials in decades also met with opposition activists to discuss their political views, three dissidents and a State Department official said Wednesday.

Bisa Williams, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, met with 15 prominent dissidents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela releases jailed student activist as more join hunger strike over prosecutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela released a student activist Monday whose imprisonment was cited as an example of politically motivated prosecutions by President Hugo Chavez&#8217;s government.

The release of Julio Rivas prompted cries of joy from Venezuelans who rallied behind him. But fellow students vowed to continue a hunger strike outside the Caracas offices of the Organization [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Democratic fundraiser gets 24 years in prison in case that embarrassed Clinton campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Former Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison Tuesday by a judge who accused him of funding his fraud with a &#8220;conniving use of the political process.&#8221;

U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero sentenced Hsu to 20 years in prison for his guilty plea to fraud charges and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zimbabwe&#8217;s chief justice drops terror case against human rights activist, co-accused</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARARE, Zimbabwe — A prominent human rights activist and her co-accused cannot be tried — now or in the future — on terror charges because they were beaten and tortured in jail, Zimbabwe&#8217;s Supreme Court ruled Monday.

Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku said the court was issuing a permanent stay of prosecution in the case of Jestina [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Dem fundraiser sentenced in NYC to 24 years in case that embarrassed Clinton campaign</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-dem-fundraiser-sentenced-in-nyc-to-24-years-in-case-that-embarrassed-clinton-campaign-180832/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Former Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was sentenced Tuesday to more than 24 years in prison by a judge who accused him of funding his fraud by manipulating the political process in a way that &#8220;strikes at the very core of our democracy.&#8221;

U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero sentenced the 58-year-old Hsu, who raised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian leader defends himself against Chechen president&#8217;s defamation lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — A Russian human rights activist on trial over a defamation claim filed by Chechnya&#8217;s strongman president said Friday he stands by his statements blaming the Kremlin-backed provincial leader for a fellow activist&#8217;s slaying in July.

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov sued Memorial rights group chairman Oleg Orlov after Orlov said Kadyrov was responsible for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aid groups warn of humanitarian crisis, unable to reach those fleeing Yemen&#8217;s fighting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah El Deeb</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN&#8217;A, Yemen — Tens of thousands of Yemenis displaced by warfare between the government and Shiite rebels are stranded around the war zone with aid agencies unable to reach them because of the intensified fighting, U.N. officials and rights activists said.

The humanitarian crisis has been worsened by tribes in the region robbing relief convoys as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northern Idaho human rights activist finds noose on front porch of Spokane home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COEUR D&#8217;ALENE, Idaho — The education director of a Human Rights Education Institute in Idaho said someone left a noose on the porch of her home in an apparent threat against the black family.

Rachel Dolezal said she found the noose Sunday morning just outside her front door in Spokane, Wash.
&#8220;I spent a lot of time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US takes UN podium to criticize rights abuses in Iran, Russia, China</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — The United States criticized Iran Tuesday for its crackdown on opposition groups, while chiding Russia and China for failing to protect human rights activists and minorities.

The U.S., which was elected to the 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council in May, expressed concern about abuses in more than a dozen countries including Sri Lanka, Cuba [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dismayed abortion-rights advocates say health care debate isn&#8217;t advancing their cause</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Crary</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — For some abortion-rights activists, the debate over health care reform has been frustrating, even disheartening, as they see their political allies on the defensive and their anti-abortion rivals on the attack.

The crux of the dispute is reflected in the slogan adopted by many anti-abortion activists, &#8220;Abortion is Not Health Care.&#8221; The abortion-rights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Boehner says tea party protests stem from a &#8216;political rebellion&#8217; happening in America</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/rep-boehner-says-tea-party-protests-stem-from-a-political-rebellion-happening-in-america-173191/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — House Republican leader John Boehner says nationwide protests known as &#8220;tea parties&#8221; are the result of pushback against Democrats&#8217; spending.

Boehner says his Democratic colleagues are &#8220;bankrupting&#8221; the country.
People are demonstrating and attending town hall meetings because, Boehner says, &#8220;we&#8217;re in the midst of a political rebellion in America.&#8221;
The congressman spoke Saturday at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activists say at least 25 political detainees freed as part of Myanmar amnesty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[YANGON, Myanmar — At least 25 political detainees were released Friday as part of an amnesty for prisoners in Myanmar, just over 1 percent of the total number of political prisoners believed to be held by its military government.

Win Naing, a spokesman for the opposition National League for Democracy, said the freed political detainees included [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pelosi says angry rhetoric over health care echoes 1970s San Francisco, could incite violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Kellman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the anti-government rhetoric over President Barack Obama&#8217;s health care reform effort is troubling because it reminds her of the violent debate over gay rights that roiled San Francisco in the 1970s.

Anyone voicing hateful or violent rhetoric, she told reporters, must take responsibility for the results.
&#8220;I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysia frees 5 terror suspects held for up to 7 1/2 years without trial under security law</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julia Zappei</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia on Tuesday freed five terror suspects held for up to 7½ years without trial under a strict security law that has been severely criticized by civil rights groups.

Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the Malaysian men were released because they no longer presented a threat.
They were arrested under the Internal Security [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European human rights envoy urges Russia to prosecute killers of NGO in Chechnya</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — The Council of Europe&#8217;s commissioner on human rights says Russia must prosecute the killers of a human rights activist in Chechnya this year, if it is to break a cycle of violence in the region.

Thomas Hammarberg said Thursday that bringing the killers of Natalya Estemirova to justice will help dissipate the atmosphere of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Ahmadinejad pushes for women Cabinet ministers despite hard-line opposition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scheherezade Faramarzi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — After securing one woman on his Cabinet, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is pushing for a second, defying opposition from hardline Islamic clerics who say women have no place in leadership positions.

His push for the first female Cabinet members since the 1979 Islamic Revolution may say more about Ahmadinejad&#8217;s peculiar renegade position in Iran&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NFL commissioner Goodell says Eagles QB Michael Vick eligible to play in 3rd game of season</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Wilner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick is eligible to play beginning in the third game of the regular season. Goodell met with Vick for 45 minutes Thursday before announcing his decision. Vick, recently signed by the Eagles, played in last week&#8217;s exhibition game and was expected to play [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NFL commissioner Goodell says Michael Vick is eligible to play in 3rd game of regular season.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Wilner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick is eligible to play beginning in the third game of the regular season.

Goodell met with Vick for 45 minutes Thursday before announcing his decision. Vick, recently signed by the Eagles, played in last week&#8217;s exhibition game and was expected to play against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human rights activists cheer Guatemala&#8217;s sentencing in forced disappearances</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Carlos Llorca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — A Guatemalan court has convicted and sentenced a former paramilitary to 150 years in prison for the forced disappearance of six people who were abducted and presumably killed during the country&#8217;s civil war — a landmark ruling hailed by human rights activists Tuesday.

The sentence against Felipe Cusanero represents 25 years for each [...]]]></description>
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