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15301 [lbo-talk] Team from Chechnya wins Russian soccer cup -- rank: 46

Basayev is such a dick. Team from war-torn Chechnya wins Russian soccer cup By Tom Miles MOSCOW, May 29 (Reuters) - A Chechen football team that never plays at home because it is too dangerous won Russia's cup final on Saturday, giving the war-torn region something to cheer about ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Mon May 31 03:49:34 PDT 2004

15302 [lbo-talk] Lord Patten's daughter tastes stardom in Bollywood -- rank: 46

... diary by her grandfather who had served in the Indian police force before independence." Her character travels to India to make ...

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Author:	Sujeet Bhatt
Date:	Mon Jan 16 01:50:34 PST 2006

15303 [lbo-talk] US to Iraq: rebuild yourself, loser -- rank: 46

Los Angeles Times - January 15, 2005 THE CONFLICT IN IRAQ 'Marshall Plan' for Iraq Fades Once the $18.6 billion for reconstruction is spent, the nation might have to rely on private investment. 'No pain, no gain,' a U.S. official says. By Doug Smith and Borzou Daragahi Times Staff Writers ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jan 16 10:09:39 PST 2006

15304 [lbo-talk] Artist beat up -- rank: 46

... was installed at her gallery on May 16. San Francisco police are investigating and have stepped up patrols around the gallery ...

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Author:	Kevin Robert Dean
Date:	Sun May 30 10:21:53 PDT 2004

15305 [lbo-talk] The US Power Elite: Undawnted -- rank: 46

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > Well, many movements exist, but they are neither massive nor militant. > And the power elite know this. Neither Republicans nor Democrats seem > in fear of not being reelected. With the exception of Social Security, > the Right has pretty much gotten all it has wanted -- from wars, tax > cuts ...

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Author:	Chuck
Date:	Mon Jan 16 10:26:11 PST 2006

15306 women?feminism? -- rank: 46

... proliferated, with kids being pressured and manipulated by therapists and police, that the charges got wild as the kids started saying ...

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Author:	Katha Pollitt
Date:	Thu Nov 18 09:46:28 PST 1999

15307 [lbo-talk] Sydney's Water Shortage -- rank: 46

I have to admit to a small amount of _schadenfreude_ when I read this, i.e. Sydneysiders --- just for once --- being subjected to worse water supplies than those that most Australian cities and regions live with, every year. I mean the only continent that gets less rainfall is Antarctica... Now, at ...

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Author:	Grant Lee
Date:	Sat May 29 20:15:01 PDT 2004

15308 [lbo-talk] attack in SA -- rank: 46

Saudi horror sparks fears of oil crisis · Militants hold 50 hostages · £4 gallon looms as battle rages Nick Mathiason and Mark Townsend Sunday May 30, 2004 The Observer Oil prices are set to surge after al-Qaeda gunmen killed at least 16 people, including a Briton, and seized 50 hostages yesterday ...

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Author:	Eubulides
Date:	Sat May 29 18:40:32 PDT 2004

15309 [lbo-talk] Sydney's Water Shortage -- rank: 46

The Hindu Friday, May 28, 2004 Bleak prospects By Ben Sandilands Some blame global warming but whatever the reason the reality of severe drought has bitten home in Australia's largest city. THE STARK possibility that Sydney, Australia's largest city, could have no water in its dams in less than ...

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Author:	uvj at vsnl.com
Date:	Sat May 29 18:01:43 PDT 2004

15310 John Pilger: Has the ANC sold out? -- rank: 46

John Pilger on South Africa: has the ANC sold out? JOHN PILGER's documentary Apartheid Did Not Die was shown on British and South African television on April 21. On April 17, the Johannesburg-based Weekly Mail & Guardian published an article in which Pilger described his first visit to South Africa ...

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Author:	Louis Proyect
Date:	Tue May 19 12:37:35 PDT 1998

15311 [lbo-talk] Re: Russia is Slowly Becoming Queer Friendly -- rank: 46

Dear List: Here is some good news from Russia about queers. Brian Dauth Queer Buddhist Resister http://www.thegully.com/essays/russia/040513_gay_lesbian_russia.html Gay Russia Today Coming out of the woods. By Camilla Roubleva MAY 13, 2004. On April 2, the latest attempt in the Russia legislature ...

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Author:	BklynMagus
Date:	Sat May 29 10:47:30 PDT 2004

15312 [lbo-talk] On Theorizing the Demand for Demands -- rank: 46

"What's worth fighting for" gets you almost there. But the really difficult part is finding the 'demand' that will bring people to the streets in large numbers (and in some ways even more important) bring new people to the planning sessions. If one operates from social analysis ("data"_ will ...

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Author:	Carrol Cox
Date:	Mon Oct 24 15:29:39 PDT 2011

15313 [lbo-talk] Ashcroft rules of evidence... -- rank: 46

``...that doesn't mean the government should eavesdrop on Tony Soprano's lawyer...'' Doug ``I actually said a few times that the eavesdropping was the clearest problem with the whole process here. Don't act like I'm saying what was done in the Lynne Stewart case was acceptable conduct ...

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Author:	Chuck Grimes
Date:	Fri May 28 21:12:48 PDT 2004

15314 [lbo-talk] Lynne Stewart Co-Defendant Railroaded -- rank: 46

Translator's Conviction Raises Legal Concerns Trial Transcripts Show Lack of Evidence By Michael Powell and Michelle Garcia Washington Post Staff Writers Monday, January 16, 2006; Page A0 <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/15/AR200601150 0940.html> NEW YORK -- For three years federal agents trailed Mohammed ...

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Author:	Steven L. Robinson
Date:	Mon Jan 16 15:36:27 PST 2006

15315 [lbo-talk] Shuddup Unless You Support Free Speech (Was Re: Lawyers Should be Indicted) -- rank: 46

So, Nathan, are we with Sidney Hook -- Heresy Yes, Conspiracy No? Do you support only free speech for supporters of free speech? You think that the government has the right to suppress speech if it is made by a Stalinist or a Nazi, etc.? Apparently regardless of content -- it's the ...

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Author:	andie nachgeborenen
Date:	Fri May 28 08:48:42 PDT 2004