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WANT TO GET MORE BIKES ON THE ROAD IN BRITAIN? How about making it safer and more convenient for people to ride them? Only 2% of people in UK ride bicycles to work, compared with about a quarter of them in continental countries. A group of MPs are urging their colleagues, in the name of [...]

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  IT’S NOT EASY BEING A PELICAN IN COSTA RICA—NOR A PORPOISE NOR AN ALLIGATOR EITHER. These animals, among others, are given protection in a Marine Park in Puntarenas from the hazards of their life styles (like water dives of pelicans) and of the human animals who sometimes harass them. A gated park provides a [...]

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  THE IMMIGRATION PUSH: “AT THIS MOMENT, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE’S A GENUINE DESIRE TO GET THIS DONE SOON.“ Following the lead of a bipartisan group of senators that introduced legislation earlier in the day, President Obama on Tuesday delivered a public endorsement of the effort to achieve “comprehensive” immigration reform. The president spoke of [...]

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  JULIAN ASSANGE: WHERE THERE IS UNITY IN GOVERNMENT OPPRESSION, THERE MUST BE UNITY IN CITIZENS’ RESPONSE. In a speech at the embassy of Ecuador in London which has granted him asylum from extradition to Sweden, the Wiki-Leaks founder praises crowd of “witnesses” who turned out in the middle of the night, crediting them with [...]

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Supreme Court Ruling On Arizona Immigration Law Delivers Message To Hispanics And Immigrants: "Papers, Please!"

Most eyes were watching the United States Supreme Court on Monday in anticipation of a potentially historic ruling on President Obama’s health care reform law. Instead, the justices delayed a ruling on the “Affordable Care Act” until later in the week while  issuing a more surprising — and complicated — decision regarding Arizona’s controversial immigration [...]

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2012's Most Influential Voting Group Alienated By Romney And Obama As Hispanics Prepare To Choose 'Lesser Of Two Evils' In November

Only months before a presidential election that may prove to be the most significant in determining their future as Americans, Hispanic voters are faced with a biter choice between two candidates ranging from disinterested to openly hostile concerning the issues important to the nation;s fastest growing minority group. Statistical landmarks that prove the surge in [...]

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