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  Self-Immolation is Public, Drastic and Heroic
  Topic by Saideh P Jamshidi

  I can still hear the voices of women around me talking about “the heroic act” of Dr. Homa Darabi. As only a young adult at the time, I had very little understanding of Dr. Darabi’s action. She was a 54-year-old psychiatrist that set herself on fire at the Tajrish Square to protest mandatory...

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  World Population Forecast
  Topic by Enelda Butler

  A recent study by the United Nations projects that the worldwide population will reach seven billion by the end of 2011. The study predicts that the seven millionth person will likely be born in India, which is on its way to surpassing China as the most populous country in the world. Earth's...

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  Raleigh, NC "Oh Sheetz!" Z-4-13 New Hope Road, Zoning 102
  Article by Lillian L Thompson

  Farm land becomes waste land! Homes go up for sale! Families move! Traffic increases! Open 24/7 lights flood bedrooms...

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  Netherlands Cracks Down on Cannabis Coffeeshops
  Topic by Ed Murrieta

  Foreigners visiting three southern provinces of the Netherlands are now prohibited from partaking in one of the nation's most famous tourist attractions: purchasing and smoking marijuana and hashish in coffeeshops. Since the early 1970s, soft drugs such as marijuana and hashish have been...

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  What is the Relationship Between ethical and Legislative Policies regarding the Media and Innovation?
  Topic by William W Bauser

  This topic is designed to focus upon the public sectors innovation and ethical policies of the service providers such as hospitals, schools, police department agencies and the policy decision making actions of policymakers which include legislations, civil servants, municipalities and...

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  The Third Party Problem
  Topic by Carrie Kirby

  Come election time, my husband and I often find ourselves on opposite sides of the voting booth. It's not that our political beliefs differ much -- we're both liberals. The difference is that he believes in voting for the candidate who most closely matches his personal beliefs, which often...

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  Frank Marshall Davis: Barack Obama’s “Communist” Uncle Frank
  Article by Lawrence Hogan

  For me, he was someone who in 1977 I needed to interview for my dissertation research. Unbeknownst to me at the time,...

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  Should the United States Kill Americans Abroad?
  Topic by Saideh P Jamshidi

  For the first time in the U.S. history, the Obama administration is manipulating constitutional laws to create a platform to kill U.S. citizens abroad. According to legal memorandum, the administration opened door to the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born extremist Muslim cleric...

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  Raleigh, North Carolina Z-4-13 New Hope Road Zoning 101
  Article by Lillian L Thompson

  For many years we have looked out on untarnished farmland watching horses and deer. Three plots surrounded by homes a...