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Australia launches world-first plain cigarette pack laws
Australia introduced world-first plain packaging laws for cigarettes into parliament Wednesday, vowing not to bow to big tobacco's "intimidation tactics" and legal threats.
Jul 06, 2011 |
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Apple sued for stifling iPod tricks
Internet rights champions have accused Apple of stifling free speech by bullying OdioWorks into ending online sharing of ways to get iPods to work with music websites other than iTunes.
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Just like us: Immigrants embrace 'distinctly American' values
Much of the fervor fueling the anti-immigration debate is shaped by the belief that immigrants—legal and otherwise—are somehow a threat to our national identity. Americans, some critics believe, venerate a set of ...
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Iran to sue Google over dropping Persian Gulf name
(AP) -- Iran says it will sue Google over dropping the name of the Persian Gulf on Google Maps.
May 17, 2012 |
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Vietnam 'cancer-cure' horn habit threat to world rhinos
For desperate Vietnamese cancer patients ground rhinoceros horn is seen as an elixir of life -- a medically unproven and illegal obsession that threatens the very survival of the world's wild rhinos.
May 08, 2012 |
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Protection sought for rare woodpecker
(AP) -- Smokey Bear has done such a good job stomping out forest fires the past half-century that a woodpecker that's survived for millions of years by eating beetle larvae in burned trees is in danger of ...
May 02, 2012 |
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'More carrot, less stick' needed to regulate the press
A new report published by Oxford University's Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) argues that a 'carrot rather than stick' approach might be recommended in the framing of any future press regulation.
May 01, 2012 |
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Affirmative action is needed to get the best candidates, psychologist says
(Phys.org) -- When it comes to affirmative action, the argument usually focuses on diversity. Promoting diversity, the Supreme Court ruled in 2003, can justify taking race into account.
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Apr 27, 2012 |
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Discovery of Indian artifacts complicates Genesis solar project
The Feb. 27 letter from the chairman of the Colorado River Indian Tribes was pleading and tough. It asked President Barack Obama to slow the federal government's "frantic pursuit" of massive solar energy projects in the Mojave ...
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Apr 26, 2012 |
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'Serious' pesticide threat in former Soviet Union: UN agency
The European Union and the UN's food agency announced an agreement on Thursday to manage vast stocks of obsolete pesticides in the former Soviet Union, warning they had become a "serious threat".
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Online piracy pact ACTA hit by new EU setback
A controversial global pact to battle counterfeiting and online piracy faced a new setback on Thursday as the European Parliament's pointman on the legislation urged fellow lawmakers to reject it.
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Microsoft deal with AOL part of patent scramble
(AP) -- AOL's $1 billion deal to sell and license patents to Microsoft is another in a series of "Antiques Roadshow" moments in the technology world. Faded companies have been rummaging through their assets ...
Apr 10, 2012 |
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