The UN Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women has been marked in Pakistan as in other countries. Candles have been lit, slogans raised, rallies held. But despite this, the issue of violence directed against women remains a rather insidious one.

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The "thing to focus on" is not, I believe, as a previous caller had stated that the man doesn't want "to do his job" and is thus a "coward." The focus for all Americans is to ask "Why?" Why did this soldier, obviously a good military man who reached the rank of …

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The climbing number of independent voters over the past 30 years has fueled a more liberal shift in attitudes among Californians about hot-button issues such as same-sex marriage and abortion, according to a Field Poll survey released Tuesday.

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Unless one has been dead for about a week, it is hard to have missed the news that black Harvard academic Henry Louis Gates was arrested at his home in Cambridge, Mass., after a woman reported that she saw a burglary taking place at his house in the early afternoon.

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Wars are riddled with all kinds of twisted ironies. During the Civil War, the Union army initially spurned blacks who it was crusading to emancipate—while the Confederate army recruited them in the final desperate hours of its fight to enslave them.

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Let's clear up a few misconceptions. Senate Bill 283 does not subvert the will of Nevada voters who twice supported a constitutional amendment to outlaw gay marriage. It doesn't allow same-sex couples to marry. It doesn't redefine the traditional definition of "marriage" as be …

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's top military adviser said Sunday the Pentagon has enough challenges — including two wars — without rushing to overturn a decade-old policy that bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military and incites political and social  …

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When the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 31, 2009, Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) hopes you'll be ringing in "the Year of the Bible."

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If Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter's defection to the Democratic side of the aisle affected only the fortunes of the Republican Party, it would be no cause for concern for non-Republicans like me.

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The abortion debate is a shape-shifter, its contours twisted by politics, culture, timing and the very language pollsters use when they ask people how they feel.

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"The Obama administration's new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S.

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Social conservatives are blasting the National Council for a New America, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor's (R-Va.) nascent effort to rebrand the Republican Party, as a misguided and weak-kneed initiative that is out of touch with the GOP rank and file.

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The media and public opinion

Lately we are surrounded by hate. No matter what topic comes up it seems that there are two sides that violently lock horns and use the profanes language imaginable to down the other side.

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organized labor, immigrant groups and community leaders plan to rally on May 1 at Madison Square Park in Manhattan to support the President's commitment to fixing the contentious immigration issue this year, and at the same time demand comprehensive health care and the passage of …

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Top Stars/Citizens of [Mixed Ethnicity] in the 21stCentury, Still Otherwise Defined by Past~"MASTERS".

..Let me see if I have this, [without prejudice], correct. Mr. Obama's Dad is all African. Mr. Obama's Mom is White, from the middle-of-the-country--an European-American.

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Time and time again most pot smokers ask themselves why or when marijuana should be legalized. Most people haven't thought of the effects that Marijuana can have besides the usual ones.

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Recycling should be one of our most favorite pastimes. It's already a favorite for those who inhabit the streets.

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Ever thought tailgating was a good thing? You're right.

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Battlestar Galactica SPOILERS and rambling metaphysical theories

I have it in my head to get down the theories and maybe open up some discussion of them, cuz I do really get a kick out of trying to decipher the mythologies and religious system of this whack show. So here goes.

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Hollywood kept hope alive for Depression-era Americans. Can today's movies do the same during our economic and social woes?

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Social/home issues bringing to light how immigration is really affecting the majority of Britons.

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Any man who registers for marriage or domestic partnership in� California will now enjoy the option of adopting his wife or partner's last� name. The Name Equality Act of 2007, signed by Gov....

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I could make the argument that all is not lost for the Republican Party -- that last Tuesday's across-the-board defeat wasn't an unmitigated disaster. But it would be a pretty dumb argument, and I doubt many readers would take it seriously.

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