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Shock jock Michael Savage and others on UK ban list had not ... - Times Online border=

Shock jock Michael Savage and others on UK ban list had not … - Times Online

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A majority of people 'named and shamed' by the Home Office as being banned from entering the country have never sought to travel to the UK, it emerged today.
New York Times
Gay Wired
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Seal hunt ban looms over PM's free trade talks with EU - CBC.ca border=

Seal hunt ban looms over PM's free trade talks with EU - CBC.ca

CBC.ca
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is scheduled to hold a high-profile meeting with European business and political leaders in the Czech Republic on Wednesday to begin talks on a free trade agreement between Canada and Europe.
Los Angeles Times
New York Times
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Critics Say Obama's Torture Ban Undermines Vow to Protect America - FOXNews border=

Critics Say Obama's Torture Ban Undermines Vow to Protect America - FOXNews

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Obama has argued that any intelligence gained by methods his administration deems torture could have been obtained instead by methods that don't violate American principles ideals.
Wall Street Journal
NPR
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Plastic foam ban passes in Palo Alto - San Jose Mercury News border=

Plastic foam ban passes in Palo Alto - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
A restaurant group thanked the city for the grace period, saying it will help small businesses use up existing supplies before making the transition. As a concession to the trade group, the city offered an additional one-year "hardship" exemption to …
Palo Alto Online
Palo Alto Online

Palo Alto to consider Styrofoam ban tonight - Palo Alto Online border=

Palo Alto to consider Styrofoam ban tonight - Palo Alto Online

Palo Alto Online, CA
After spending 100's of millions of dollars on affordable housing, and not paying property taxes on such housing, I would expect the city of Palo Alto to set an example and have a higher percentage of staff live in the city. The city council needs to …

Palo Alto to consider Styrofoam ban tonight - Palo Alto Online border=

Palo Alto to consider Styrofoam ban tonight - Palo Alto Online

Palo Alto Online, CA
But some local restaurant owners have argued that banning Styrofoam would create new expenses and make it even more difficult for them to function in the current economic recession. Yessenia Cervantes, whose University Avenue sandwich shop, …
San Mateo County Times
Palo Alto Online

Palo Alto may be next to ban plastic foam - San Jose Mercury News border=

Palo Alto may be next to ban plastic foam - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
The city council on Monday will vote on an ordinance that would prohibit food vendors from serving prepared food in containers made from expanded polystyrene or non-recyclable plastic. The goal, as with the plastic bag ban, is to cut down on litter in …
Palo Alto Online

Media covers US war dead's return after 18-year ban - Reuters border=

Media covers US war dead's return after 18-year ban - Reuters

Reuters
DOVER, Delaware, April 5 (Reuters) - The media was permitted on Sunday to cover the arrival of a US soldier's coffin at the Pentagon's main mortuary in Delaware late for the first time in 18 years.
The Associated Press
CNN
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House Approves Early-Voting Bill, Ban on Chemical in Baby Bottles - Washington Post border=

House Approves Early-Voting Bill, Ban on Chemical in Baby Bottles - Washington Post

Washington Post
By John Wagner and Rosalind S. Helderman The Maryland House of Delegates advanced bills yesterday to overhaul the state's voting machinery and procedures, ban a potentially dangerous chemical from plastic baby bottles and increase slot machine proceeds …
Baltimore Sun
Washington Times
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UK's Brown backs ending ban on royal Catholics - The Associated Press border=

UK's Brown backs ending ban on royal Catholics - The Associated Press

The Associated Press
LONDON (AP) - British monarchs should be allowed to marry Roman Catholics, the government said Friday - endorsing the idea of lifting a ban on Catholic royals but at the same time refusing to back legislation to do just that.
Telegraph.co.uk
The Press Association
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