lawmakers walk out on congressional contraception rule hearing after female witness barred
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democracynoworg - in a dramatic scene on capitol hill several democrats walked out of a congressional hearing on the obama administration039s rule that would require health insurance plans including those provided by catholic-affiliated hospitals and universities to offer free contraceptives for health-related issues and birth control the lawmakers took action after the committee chair blocked testimony from a female witness who supports the mandate we039re joined by dc congresswoman eleanor holmes norton who walked out of the hearing and the witness who was barred from testifying georgetown university law student sandra flook georgetown is a catholic university whose health plan does not cover contraceptionto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for additional democracy now reports visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-nowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

stephen cohen on russian protests and quotthe soviet union039s afterlifequot in the nation magazine
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wwwdemocracynoworg allegations of widespread fraud in the recent elections that gave prime minister vladimir putin039s united russia party a parliamentary majority have galvanized massive street protests in opposition to the russian political establishment this comes on the 20th year anniversary of the breakup of the soviet union quotthe reason that the people that control the financial oligarchy of russia don039t want free elections is they know that the people would vote for candidates pledging to confiscate their propertyquot which was privatized in the 1990s says stephen cohen professor of russian studies at new york university he notes quotthese elections were not free and fair but they were the freest and fairest and 15 yearsquot and that members of the country039s middle class make up the bulk of the protesters cohen also argues the american media has failed to report on the resurgence of the communist party supported mainly by working class voters in russia039s vast provinces which could challenge putin in the 2012 presidential race and force a run-off election his most recent book is titled quotsoviet fates and lost alternatives: from stalinism to the new cold warquot his latest article quotthe soviet union039s afterlifequot appears in the new issue of the nation magazineto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for more democracy now reports visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-nowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

wikipedia reddit to shut down sites wednesday to protest proposed stop online piracy act
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wwwdemocracynoworg - wikipedia the online encyclopedia and sixth most visited site in the world will join websites like the content aggregator reddit to quotgo darkquot on wednesday in opposition to the stop online piracy act sopa and its companion bill the protect ip act pipa which are currently being debated in congress quotwhat these bills propose are new powers for the government and also for private actors to create effectively blacklists of sites that allegedly are engaging in some form of online infringement and then force service providers to block access to those sitesquot says corynne mcsherry intellectual property director at the electronic frontier foundation quotwhat we would have is a situation where the government and private actors could censor the netquot chief technology officials in the obama administration have expressed concern about any quotlegislation that undermines the dynamic innovative global internetquot but the bill039s main backers hollywood movie studios and music publishers want to stop the theft of their creative content and the bills have widespread bipartisan support a vote on sopa is on hold in the house now as the senate is still scheduled vote on pipa next tuesdayto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for the additional information about democracy now visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-nowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

glenn greenwald reports on bradley manning039s military pre-trial hearing
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democracynoworg - democracy now interviews constitutional lawyer and saloncom blogger glenn greenwald about the military pre-trial hearing now underway for alleged us army whistleblower bradley manning who has been accused for releasing classified us documents to wikileaks greenwald comments on the possible strategy being put forth by manning039s defense quotall the manning tribunal hearings have been shrouded in secrecyquot greenwald says noting there may be more transparency in guantnamo detainee hearings than there has been for the manning tribunal quotpresumably his lawyer believes that one of the best ways they have to keep him out of prison for the next six decades is to argue that he had diminished capacity by virtue of emotional distress over the gender struggles that he had over his sexual orientation being in a military that had a policy of banning those who were openly gay and so part of this emotional distress that they039re raising is designed to say that he should be excused of his actions because they were not the byproduct of full choicequot says greenwald who is openly gay and has been writing extensively about this aspect of manning039s case quothe is and i don039t blame him at all trying to do whatever he can to avoid having his life destroyed: either being killed by the state or locked up in a cage for the rest of his lifequotto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for more information about bradley manning and wikileaks visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgtagswikileaksfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowdownload the audio: http:wwwsoundcloudcomofficialdemocracynowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

webcast: holiday travel navy039s traditional kiss
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today039s headlines: two woman sailors shared the navy039s traditional first kiss plus a holiday travel updatelike us: http:wnnfanscom

warning: graphic content mckayla maroney blasts fbi over handling of larry nassar case - youtube
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olympic gymnast mckayla maroney told us lawmakers she feels betrayed by fbi agents after they failed to seriously investigate former usa gymnastics doctor

sopa debate: wikipedia039s jimmy wales in discussion with copyright alliance039s sandra aistars
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democracynoworg - congressional support for a pair of anti-piracy bills is weakening after wednesday039s historic online protest in which thousands of websites went dark for 24 hours hollywood film studios music publishers and major broadcasters support the anti-piracy legislation saying it aims to stop the piracy of copyrighted material over the internet on websites based outside the united states quotwe039re talking about sites that are operated and dedicated to piracy and that are really preventing individual creators across the country from having an economic livelihood from their creative pursuitsquot says sandra aistars executive director of the copyright alliance whose members include the motion picture association of america nbc universal time warner viacom ascap and bmi but critics say the bills could profoundly change the internet by stifling innovation and investment hallmarks of the free open internet quotwikipedia can be defined as a search engine under these billsquot says wikipedia co-founder jimmy wales quotthat would mean it would be illegal for wikipedia to link to a site even if we are explaining to the public what is going on here that would become illegal this is outrageous it039s not acceptable under the first amendmentquotto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for the additional information about democracy now visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-nowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

russia releases secret footage of 1961 tsar bomba hydrogen blast - youtube
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russia has released previously classified footage of the worldrsquos largest nuclear explosion caused when the soviet union detonated the so-called tsar bomba a

first us-bound flights perform dual take off from uk - youtube
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long-term rivals british airways and virgin atlantic carried out a simultaneous take-off for us-bound flights from london039s heathrow parallel runways as the

porsche 911 driver bryan taylor039s miracle escape from flying car carnage the sun news
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driver lucky to escape wreck with his life after porsche 911 span through the air

37 360deg video - korea halloween 2022 crowd surge disaster - itaewon seoul south korea - part 3 - youtube
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part 3 this was taken during the tragic crowd surging at this point we did not know people were being trampled we later found out once we were back home i

ousted maldives president mohamed nasheed on the coup that ousted him amp his climate activism
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democracynoworg - maldives president mohamed nasheed ousted in a coup last month joins us in studio along with jon shenk director of quotthe island presidentquot a new documentary about nasheed039s rise to power and his climate activism the tiny indian ocean state of maldives remains in a state of political turmoil seven weeks after nasheed the country039s first democratically elected president was ousted in what he has described as a coup at gunpoint he had become an internationally recognized leader on climate issues urging the world to do more to save small island states from rising sea waters nasheed criticizes the obama administration039s quick recognition of the coup government calling it quotshocking and deeply disturbingquot he also discusses his commitment to environmental activism saying: quotclimate change is a real issue and it is happening now it039s not something in the future we feel we have to advocate that we have to try to get the message across that there has to be an international agreement on reducing carbon emissionsquotto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript and download the podcast please visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-now daily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

witness describes niagara falls explosion at the rainbow bridge - youtube
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witness describes niagara falls explosion at the rainbow bridge: mike guenther from ontario was walking with his wife near the rainbow bridge in niagara fall

john williams greets star wars musicians at home - youtube
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two musicians have earned a greeting from legendary hollywood film composer john williams by playing his theme from

khosa urges judiciary to end double standards
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khosa urges judiciary to end double standardsarynews special pakegesarynews special pakeges at 08:00wednesday july 11 2012