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		<title>Iranian actress Kiana Firouz fears film of her life ends in death</title>
		<link>http://standingwatch.net/2010/06/05/iranian-actress-kiana-firouz-fears-film-of-her-life-ends-in-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CA_Medicine_Woman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://standingwatch.net/?p=326</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“My application was ... ignored by the [British] Home Office despite the serious threat to my life that I’ll face if they deport me to Iran,” she told Radio Free Europe. “I’m shattered and emotionally devastated that they have dealt with my application so irresponsibly.”]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma GOP, Tea Party to Start State-Run Militia</title>
		<link>http://standingwatch.net/2010/04/13/oklahoma-gop-tea-party-to-start-state-run-militia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CA_Medicine_Woman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://standingwatch.net/?p=289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to multiple reports originating from the Associated Press, it would seem that some members of the Oklahoma State GOP, as well as leaders within that state's Tea Party organization, are working together to form a state-sponsored militia to counter what they claim is "the over-reaching of the federal government," most notably the recent health care legislation.]]></description>
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		<title>Pittsburgh: Brutality Alleged in Honor Student Arrest</title>
		<link>http://standingwatch.net/2010/01/26/pittsburgh-brutality-alleged-in-honor-student-arrest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://standingwatch.net/?p=229</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On a cold Pittsburgh evening around 11:00 pm January 11, 2010, Miles Jordon, who had just turned 18 the day before, began his usual ritual of walking from his mother's home to his grandmother's home 5 blocks away in the Homewood neighborhood, where he spent most nights. The classical musician and Honor Student at Pittsburgh's prestigious Creative and Performing Arts High School never made it. The 5'6” 150 pound teenager who had been sheltered from street life by his family never had a chance.]]></description>
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		<title>Hung Jury in Police Assualt on Teen Girl</title>
		<link>http://standingwatch.net/2010/01/23/hung-jury-in-police-assualt-on-teen-girl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://standingwatch.net/?p=202</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seattle, WA: The jury in the criminal prosecution of former Deputy Sheriff Paul Schene was unable to reach a verdict on charges stemming from the former deputy's assault on a 15 year old Malika Calhoun.  The jury had deliberated only two days. The alleged assault took place November 29, 2008 at 4:39 am, according to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court Removes Campaign Spending Limits on Corporations</title>
		<link>http://standingwatch.net/2010/01/23/supreme-court-removes-campaign-spending-limits-on-corporations/</link>
		<comments>http://standingwatch.net/2010/01/23/supreme-court-removes-campaign-spending-limits-on-corporations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://standingwatch.net/?p=197</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This effectively ends democracy, as one person one vote becomes one dollar one vote, with corporations holding trillions of dollars to sway any election their way.  Look to Haiti to see how this will effect those who are not wealthy, and the Peoples Republic of China to see how the government will operate in relation to the governed.]]></description>
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		<title>Brown Defeats Coakley, End of Obama Agenda</title>
		<link>http://standingwatch.net/2010/01/19/brown-defeats-coakley-end-of-obama-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://standingwatch.net/2010/01/19/brown-defeats-coakley-end-of-obama-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://standingwatch.net/?p=194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whatever hopes the Democratic Party had for getting things done just went right out the window, since now the GOP has a firm block for filibustering anything they don't like.  I guess the only upside for many Democrats is the Joe Lieberman just became politically irrelevant to both the Democrats and the GOP, barring some unlikely defection from the GOP.]]></description>
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		<title>9th US Circuit Court Rules DOMA Unconstitutional</title>
		<link>http://standingwatch.net/2009/11/20/9th-us-circuit-court-rules-doma-unconstitutional/</link>
		<comments>http://standingwatch.net/2009/11/20/9th-us-circuit-court-rules-doma-unconstitutional/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CA_Medicine_Woman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://standingwatch.net/?p=181</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["To the extent that the application of DOMA serves to preclude the provision of health coverage to a same-sex spouse of a legally married federal employee because of the employee's and his or her spouse's sex or sexual orientation, DOMA as applied contravenes the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and is therefor unconstitutional"]]></description>
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		<title>US Alone, Still won&#8217;t Ratify UN Convention on the Rights of the Child</title>
		<link>http://standingwatch.net/2009/11/20/us-alone-still-wont-ratify-un-convention-on-the-rights-of-the-child/</link>
		<comments>http://standingwatch.net/2009/11/20/us-alone-still-wont-ratify-un-convention-on-the-rights-of-the-child/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CA_Medicine_Woman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://standingwatch.net/?p=176</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States has taken over 15 years now "to undertaking a thorough and thoughtful review of the Convention of the Rights of the Child".  Meanwhile, a report of child abuse is officially recorded every 10 seconds.  More than 28,000 have died waiting for the United States to sign the treaty and act upon it since Clinton signed the treaty.]]></description>
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		<title>Texans Ban Marriage, in 2005?</title>
		<link>http://standingwatch.net/2009/11/19/texans-ban-marriage-in-2005/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CA_Medicine_Woman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://standingwatch.net/?p=172</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It would appear, in the race to add constitutional amendments to prevent LGBT persons from becoming equal with their heteronormative counterparts, that Texas, as usual, took some fairly extreme measures.  Because, in that effort to keep inequality legal, 22 words brought LGBT Texans much closer to equality than heteronormative Texans would have guessed, or wanted. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Passes Hate Crimes Legislation</title>
		<link>http://standingwatch.net/2009/10/24/congress-passes-hate-crimes-legislation/</link>
		<comments>http://standingwatch.net/2009/10/24/congress-passes-hate-crimes-legislation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CA_Medicine_Woman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://standingwatch.net/?p=155</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Current federal hate crimes law only covers attacks motivated by race, color, national origin or religion. The new bill, when signed by President Obama, adds sexuality and gender identity, as well as protects military personnel from attacks arising from bias against the military. The new bill also removes the requirement that federal investigation and prosecution could only take place if the attack took place while participating or attempting to participate in a federally protected activity, such as voting or going to school.]]></description>
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