Protesters describe removal from Tiananmen Square

Three Americans kicked out of China after protesting in Tiananmen Square said they were treated well by the Chinese government, other than being dragged away, detained for 10 hours and threatened with a lengthy jail stay.

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Burns Documentary Angers Latino Veterans

Activists who believe Latinos deserve more recognition for their contributions during World War II have created an agonizing political problem for PBS and filmmaking star Ken Burns.

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio has ordered that holiday music be played throughout his jail system through the holiday season, despite a series of lawsuits protesting the annual practice.

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It's discomfiting when you talk to a Danish activist about policing techniques and she describes the "English method" as "picking up a few specific people and pre-arresting protesters". It's even more unnerving that she's right.

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Several gay-rights groups are protesting a Halloween-night concert at a city of Miami-owned hall by Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton, whose hit song Boom Bye Bye advocates shooting gays in the head and setting them on fire.

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The Political Extremes Are Destroying America

History has shown many times over what happens when extremist come into power. Let me be clear here I am not saying President Obama is a extremist. I am also not referring to the power given to our elected officials either.

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Taking Back the Town Halls

As a devout Liberal, I've been extremely bothered by the manufactured protests against health reform in this country, by angry mobs of disgruntled extremist conservatives who aren't bothering to learn the facts. But there's something else that has me worried...

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A crowd overwhelms Ahmadinejad and he is forced onto the roof of his car. The crowd is yelling Mousavi, Mousavi, Mousavi. Then at the end, they are yelling 'doorogh gou!' LIAR! Ahmadinejad is the guy in white.

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Secede from the Union - The GOP's Creative Concept

Since the Obama administration took over Washington, DC, the GOP has been lacking a clear-cut, proactive agenda.

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On May 4,1970 I was serving with the U.S.

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don't blame the folks at Fox News for being the promotional engine behind the Tax Day Tea Party protests today.

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As you can see in the video, extremists and war hawks allow this insanity to continue. They also chased and attacked a group of peace protesters with tacit approval from the authorities, no surprise there.

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RNC Beating by Police of 17 yr old Keith Smith

Menomonie, Wisconsin resident, Keith Smith, attended the Republican National Convention that was held in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Thousands of Venezuelans have protested in the capital Caracas to demand that the Supreme Court overturn a "blacklist" blocking opponents of President Hugo Chavez from running in elections.

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LaShun Frieson, 16, said two School Resource Officers were trying, unsuccessfully, to wrestle him to the ground and cuff him, prompting one of them to tase him multiple times.

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One of the front page stories on reddit.com this afternoon links to a message board detailing a Greenpeace protest on against a coal transporting freighter in Lake Eire. Activists boarded the ship and chained their selves to it before later being removed by Ontario authorities.

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About forty other U.S.

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The abortion debate...

Yes, I am throwing myself under the bus with this political debate, but I find it worthy of discussion. You see I am neither pro-life, or pro-choice.

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Four members of the anti-war group Code Pink were arrested outside the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) Thursday afternoon, following an announcement that they would seek to take over the office.

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Daniel Dale, a York University student who helped organize the protest, said "we will not stand idly and meekly by while a democracy and ally is violently and senselessly attacked."

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