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LONDON: The fight for the planet has broken new ground, with a British jury acquitting environmental activists who caused more than pound stg. 35,000 ($76,000) worth of damage to a coal-fired power station. In a decision that will send chills down corporate spines across Britain, the jury decided the dangers of global warming were so enormous that the Greenpeace campaigners were justified in trying to close down Kingsnorth power station in Kent. Jurors at Maidstone Crown Court cleared the six activists of criminal damage, accepting they had a "lawful excuse" to damage the Kingsnorth property to try to prevent the...
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The World Court on Wednesday ordered the United States to do everything necessary to ensure five Mexicans on death row are not executed before the court makes a judgment in a dispute between the two countries. One of the five on death row, Jose Medellin, is due to die on August 5 in Texas. In 2004 the World Court found in favor of Mexico and ruled the United States had violated international law by failing to inform 51 Mexicans sentenced to death of their right to consular assistance and ordered the cases should be reviewed.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior American diplomat will make a rare visit to Syria next week in a bid to speed up the processing of Iraqi refugees for admission to the United States, the State Department said Thursday. Ambassador James Foley, the department's coordinator for Iraqi refugees, will travel to Syria on June 23-26 as part of a four-nation Mideast tour to boost the numbers of Iraqi refugees coming to the U.S. to meet the Bush administration's goal of accepting 12,000 by the end of September.
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WASHINGTON -- Most members of Congress travel on official business in their personal cars or the cars of staffers and obtain mileage reimbursement from their office expense funds. But some, including Rep. Phil Hare, D-Rock Island, use their office funds to lease cars, which is allowed under House rules. Rep. Hare, a freshman, leases a 2006 Buick Lucerne for $847.49 per month, the most expensive monthly lease of the six Illinois lawmakers who avail themselves of the perk. Rep. Hare's spokesman, Tim Schlittner, said the price includes maintenance and repair, and that the congressman felt it was needed to travel...
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MOLINE -- People from a wide variety of ethnic and religious backgrounds came together Wednesday for a service observing the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The Interfaith Prayer Service, sponsored by Pax Christi and Progressive Action for the Common Good (PACG), was designed to unite the community through prayer and reflection. Readings and prayers given at the service represented the Muslim, Jewish and Hindu faiths, as well as Catholics, Unitarians and other denominations of Christian faith traditions. "It's up to the people who are presenting to determine what they will offer," said Lisa Killinger, outreach coordinator of...
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