[net-gold] OVERNIGHT NEWS: Syria, DOMA and the 25th Anniversary of Chernobyl
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- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:18:03 -0400 (EDT)
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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:43:12 -0000
From: Jade Walker <jade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [Net-Gold] OVERNIGHT NEWS: Syria,
DOMA and the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl
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From Night Owl News
April 26, 2011
http://nightowlnews.com
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UPRISING IN SYRIA: One day after a violent
government crackdown in two southern towns,
Syrian security forces have arrested at least
500 pro-democracy activists, Al Jazeera
English reported
(http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/
2011/04/20114265855623958.html).
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Witnesses and activists posted videos on social
media networks yesterday that they claimed
showed Syrian troops in tanks and armored
vehicles opening fire on civilians in the town
of Deraa. According to Syrian rights group
Sawasiah, up to 20 civilians may have been
killed, but those figures could not be verified
due to a government-ordered ban on nearly all
foreign media coverage. The government claims
the army was invited to rid the town of gunmen.
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On Monday, the U.S. State Department told American
citizens to leave Syria and ordered some personnel
at the U.S Embassy in Damascus to depart from the
country, MSNBC reported
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42744140/ns/
world_news-mideastn_africa/
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The Obama administration is also considering
"targeted sanctions" against Syria, including
a freeze on assets and a ban on U.S. business
dealings.
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At the time of this writing, more than 350
people are believed to have died in the
five-week uprising against President Bashar
Assad's authoritarian regime.
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BUSINESS/TECHNOLOGY
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DOMA DEFENDERS BOW OUT: King & Spalding, the
126-year-old Atlanta law firm hired by
Republicans in the House of Representatives to
defend the constitutionality of the Defense of
Marriage Act withdrew from the case on Monday,
The New York Times reported
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/
us/politics/26marriage.html
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The firm's chairman, Robert D. Hays Jr., said
he takes full responsibility for the decision,
which could cost the firm $500,000 in legal
fees. "In reviewing this assignment further,
I determined that the process used for vetting
this engagement was inadequate. Ultimately I am
responsible for any mistakes that occurred and
apologize for the challenges this may have
created," Hays said. The law prohibits federal
recognition of same-sex marriages, even in states
where such unions are legal.
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TODAY IN HISTORY
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Twenty-five years ago, an explosion and fire at
the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine
SSR caused radioactive fallout to spew
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42750477/
ns/world_news-europe/)
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over much of Europe. Hundreds of thousands of
people were forced from their homes.
To find out more about what happened while you
were sleeping, go to
http://nightowlnews.com/?p=1343
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Jade Walker -
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Editor, Night Owl News -
http://www.nightowlnews.com
Obituarist, The Blog of Death -
http://www.blogofdeath.com
Twitter -
http://twitter.com/jadewalker
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"Nighttime is really the best time to work.
All the ideas are there to be yours because
everyone else is asleep." --Catherine O'Hara
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