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• Minaret ban in Switzerland

  
  Critical Thoughts — Authority: 113
  I had refrained from commenting on the referendum for the minaret ban in Switzerland because I had felt that the Swiss might be more rational and vote against the ban. Well, as it turned out, I was wrong. Damned wrong.Its time that Muslims around the world express our dissatisfaction and concern with this current ...
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• I’d Call This Phone Cute, But I’m Afraid That It’ll Hurt Me [Phones]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 468
    I don’t really know whether you can actually make calls on the Bandai Phone Braver 7 , but I’m certain that I’ve never seen another cellphone that looks like it could karate-kick me for saying that it resembles a cute Transformer. The gadget’s apparently based on a Japanese show about “a high school ...
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• Antarctic fragility a reminder of importance of success in Copenhagen, UN secretary-general says

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 522
  The secretary-general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, on Tuesday urged action on two fronts ahead of next week’s United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen as he marked the fiftieth read more
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• FCC boss keeps driving home the ’spectrum, spectrum, spectrum’ message for wireless broadband

  
  F-Default — Authority: 468
    Love him or hate him, it seems destined that the FCC’s Julius Genachowski will leave as big of a mark on the agency he’s leading — if not bigger — than his predecessor Kevin Martin did, because he’s hell-bent on shaking up the wireless airwaves and landlines he oversees in some pretty huge ways. ...
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• Islam — out of sight, out of mind?

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Voting by an unexpectedly large margin, the Swiss overwhelmingly have adopted a national ban on the construction of minarets. Sundays vote represents a clear victory for the Swiss right and serves notice that the citizens of Switzerland are concerned about the growing influence of Islam in their ...
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• OMG! What Have I Done?

  
  Bart's Bookshelf — Authority: 463
  A few weeks ago I announced that I was going to put myself on a book-acquiring ban . Well it was with a slight shock yesterday that I realised that it was upon me. December the first is here! You can check out the full rules I’m imposing on myself here , but simply put, for the next three months, I can only bring ...
  10 hours ago

• US says landmine policy review needs time

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 553
  Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The United States provided the first clue to its unchanged landmine treaty policy Tuesday 1 December in Cartagena, Colombia, saying its ongoing review of the policy will take time. The US baffled the world a week ago by first saying it had decided not to sign the Ottawa ...
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• Smokeless Tuesday: Gov. Kaine kicks off smoking ban

  
  The Hook News Blog — Authority: 507
  Dr. Thomas Eppes, Governor Tim Kaine, and Hamiltons’ co-owner Kate Hamilton Tuesday. PHOTO BY DAVE MCNAIR For 400 years, smokers in Virginia have been able to light up in bars and restaurants, but all that came to an end on Tuesday , December 1 , when the state’s smoking ban went into effect. Virginia ...
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• Focus | Kaine marks beginning of smoking ban

  
  Augusta Free Press — Authority: 419
  Story by Chris Graham With AFP Video A multiyear effort that began with Gov. Tim Kaine signing in 2006 an executive order banning smoking in state buildings was realized today with the implementation of a statewide ban on smoking in most restaurants and bars. Kaine said today in Staunton that the ban is “one ...
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• Swiss ban minarets

  
  Orange Punch — Authority: 144
  Because Switzerland stays neutral in wars and has somehow managed an accommodation among residents with different national roots — French, Italian, German — through an extremely decentralized system, there’s a tendency to think of it as liberal (in the classic sense) and tolerant. That image has been damaged ...
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• Senator Leahy takes Obama to task over landmines

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 672
  With President Barack Obama poised to order more U.S. troops into Afghanistan, a senior U.S. senator hammered the administration Tuesday for not joining an international treaty banning landmines. “I think the Obama administration has made a dramatic mistake in this area,” Senator Patrick Leahy, a Democrat, said ...
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• Stop Stupak National Day of Action

  
  AAUW Dialog — Authority: 466
  FROM THE AAUW ACTION NETWORK:On Wednesday, December 2, AAUW and coalition partners will join forces for a National Day of Action to protest the Stupak amendment, anti-choice legislation that would jeopardize women’s access to complete and safe reproductive health care coverage. Join us in Washington, D.C. to ...
  12 hours ago

• That’s Fascism!

  
  Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami — Authority: 582
  Turkey’s Erdogan Says Minaret Ban is Sign of FascismTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has joined a chorus of international criticism of Switzerland’s ban on minarets, saying it...
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• Weak pound adds £1.3bn to Barclays Global Investors deal

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  Barclays has enjoyed another dose of good fortune after the weakening pound and rising stock markets added £1.3bn to the sale price of its asset management business.
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• Loudoun reverses ban, will allow public displays at courthouse

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 959
  Bowing to an outpouring of protest from residents, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors reversed a week-old rule Tuesday that banned public displays, including nativity scenes and Christmas trees, at the county courthouse.
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• Governor Kaine Celebrates Restaurant Smoking Ban

  
  Appomattox Area News — Authority: 138
  Smoking ban now in effect. Governor Timothy M. Kaine celebrated today’s enactment of Virginia’s historic restaurant smoking ban during public events at smoke-free restaurants throughout the Commonwealth. Beginning today, the new law will offer unprecedented protections from secondhand smoke to both patrons and ...
  13 hours ago

• United Nations Criticizes The Swizz Minaret Ban

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 588
  The United Nations has strongly criticized the a new law on laid down by the government of Switzerland under which the construction of additional minarets for the mosques in the country has now been banned. The UN has called this ban completely “ discriminatory and deeply divisive ”.  The foreign minister of ...
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• Ban on Minarets: Bias or Reason?

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 506
  Switzerland is on the brink of facing a backlash across the Muslim World as the country votes in favor of a ban on the construction of minarets on Mosques. This outcome is now being analysed by various groups, and its repercussions being weighed. While some are fearing a ban on Swiss products world wide by the Muslim ...
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• Trip’s morning reading: New Jersey loves Mary Jane

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 568
  New Mexico is one of the growing number of states that allows marijuana for medicinal use. Now New Jersey appears poised to become the next state to allow residents to use marijuana, when recommended by a doctor , for relief from serious diseases and medical conditions, according to the Wall Street Journal. The New ...
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• City Tow Trucks Snag 234 On First Night Of Winter Overnight Parking Ban

  
  theexpiredmeter.com — Authority: 129
  It’s not like we didn’t try to warn you. But, according to Streets & Sanitation spokesperson Matt Smith, city tow trucks nabbed 234 cars parked in violation of Chicago’s winter overnight parking ban which began at 3 AM this morning. “In fact we saw a lot more cars we could have towed,” said Smith ...
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