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Christian radicals call for holy war against IRS

Extremist Christian radicals, backed and encouraged by an Arizona right-wing legal group, have declared a jihad against the Internal Revenue Service.Some 35 fundamental Christian clerics will openly endorse a...

Thai protesters defy PM's warning of a crackdown

Thousands of people demonstrated in Bangkok today, defying the warning made by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej that there would be a crackdown if they did."Riot police were deployed, but the authorities did not...

Government set to defy its own experts and upgrade cannabis again

The Labour government in the UK is set to do a U-turn on its Cannabis policy today, reclassifying the drug as a 'class B' offense after it had downgraded it to 'class C' in 2004 in order to free police to deal with more serious drug cases."The home secretary, Jacqui Smith,...

Cyber-Rebels in Cuba Defy State’s Limits

Internet access is supposed to be impossible to get in Cuba, unless you're prepared to go to the one internet cafe in the country. However, a growing contingent of people are turning to underground internet...

Iranians mark revolution, defy nuclear pressure

"Tens of thousands of Iranians rallied on Monday to mark the 29th anniversary of the Islamic revolution, in a show of defiance of Western pressure on Iran to suspend its disputed nuclear programme. Almost three...

Car Hacker’s Hummer Gets 60 MPG

"If you haven’ heard of the Motorhead Messiah, Jonathan Goodwin, let me introduce you: he hacks cars for a living, and he can get 60 mpg out of an H3 Hummer while doubling the horsepower and cutting emissions...

Bhutto under house arrest in Pakistan

"Pakistani police placed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto under house arrest Friday, uncoiling barbed wire in front of her Islamabad villa, and reportedly rounded up thousands of her supporters to block a mass protest against emergency...

Burmese protesters defy junta's threat of crackdown

"Tens of thousands of Buddhist monks and their anti-government supporters today defied threats from the Burmese military regime to march through the streets of Rangoon. Between 25,000 and 50,000 people have taken to the streets of the city, despite the presence of army trucks...

Man to defy mushroom picking ban

"A fungi expert intends to defy a ban stopping people from picking mushrooms on a huge estate in mid Wales. Daniel Butler has been showing paying guests around the Elan Valley Estate since 1998, and regularly picks fungus. But the Elan Valley Trust, which is responsible for...

Pakistanis Defy Fatwas to See Hot Film

"Fatwas and Islamist fury have not deterred Pakistani audiences from queuing up in record numbers for "Khuda Kay Liye" ("In the Name of God"), a slickly packaged three-hour-long polemic that is riling the mullahs and has become the Pakistani film industry's biggest...

Congress set to defy Bush on Iraq

"A fight between the U.S. Congress and President George W. Bush over the Iraq war is set to come to a head this week when Democrats are expected to send him $100 billion to pay for continuing combat while setting...

Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007

"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media Sources: Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005 Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story” Author: Elliot D....

The New Spin Forward: Political Theater and the President's Speech

"For all the hype it wasn't much of a speech. For the price of a full half hour of reserved time on the major networks we got a brief history lesson, some fairly obvious statistics, and a Presidential confirmation...

NYC Firefighters Ready To Defy Order With 10,000 US Flags

"New York - Ten thousand American flag decals are being distributed to New York City firefighters so they can stick them on their lockers in defiance of orders to remove everything from photos of dead soldiers to...

Stoking the Fires in Lebanon

"Beirut isn't burning just yet, but if the U.S. continues to cross a red line by pushing for a politically charged trial that Syria won't stand for, a full-scale blaze will surely erupt. Beirut is boiling, as a Lebanese friend called to tell me. Over the weekend, Hizballah...

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