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Bang your own head, not a seal’s
June 9, 2011Humane Society International and heavy metal musicians are calling upon the Canadian government to cancel the 2011 commercial seal killings.
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Court says Colombian victims may sue Chiquita
June 9, 2011It was, lawyer Paul Wolf observed, "One of the most detailed judicial opinions ever written in any U.S. human rights case."
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Exonerated political prisoner, Geronimo Pratt, dies in Tanzania
June 9, 2011Geronimo Pratt, a former leader of the Black Panther Party falsely accused, then imprisoned for 27 years, died June 3 in Tanzania.
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Facebook may recognize faces instead of privacy
June 9, 2011Facebook recently took the liberty of changing its users' privacy settings in order to allow for its latest feature, facial recognition software.
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“One battle in a big war”: Comcast organizing drive rages on
June 9, 2011Only 2 percent of 90,000 Comcast workers nationally are organized. This was the second vote in five years at the Pullman facility.
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