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Shopping For Armed Forces In Hemet
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0400
For many young people in tiny Hemet, Calif., the first stop after graduation is that town's Armed Forces Career Center. More than five years into the Iraq war, the center provides one-stop-shopping for potential Army, Navy and Marine recruits.
Why Rural U.S. Towns See More Casualties
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0400
Residents of Hemet, Calif. know all too well about military casualties. They're not alone — that town's story has been repeated in rural communities across the country. We examine why soldiers from rural areas are more likely to die in combat and how voters in those areas see the Iraq war.
Is Obama Sliding To The Center?
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0400
Some of the Democratic candidate's supporters are expressing frustration with what they see as a slide toward the center. Markos Moulitsas, founder of The DailyKos political blog, discusses how Obama is trying to appeal to moderates.

The Talk of the Town

The Chill
Nick Paumgarten Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
If you had stumbled into Banjo Jim’s, in the East Village, on a recent Wednesday night and encountered a sixty-something guy leading a band through a fervent rendition of “Wild Thing,” for an audience of two dozen or so, you might have concluded, “This is lame,” and slipped back . . .
Oily Speculations
James Surowiecki Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
When bad things happen, it’s always nice to have a scapegoat. So, with Americans furious about soaring oil prices, Congress has gone in search of someone to blame. There are a number of usual suspects to choose from, depending on your politics--OPEC, greedy oil companies, lily-livered environmentalists opposed . . .
Obama’s Iraq Problem
George Packer Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
In February, 2007, when Barack Obama declared that he was running for President, violence in Iraq had reached apocalyptic levels, and he based his candidacy, in part, on a bold promise to begin a rapid withdrawal of American forces upon taking office. At the time, this pledge represented conventional thinking . . .

 

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Animal Aid - Animal rights group campaigning against animal experiments, factory farming, wildlife culls, and the use of animals for sport and leisure while promoting vegetarianism/veganism. Offers news, how to get active, education and press office.
Meta Description: [ Animal Aid ]

Animal Concern - Campaigns for animal rights, offering fact sheets on zoos, circuses, wildlife parks and pets.
Meta Description: [ Campaigning for Animal Welfare ]

Animal Defenders - Animal rights group offers information on their campaigns, online shopping promotions and how to help.
Meta Description: [ Animal Defenders International (ADI) works on various animal welfare and conservation issues including animals in entertainment, animal experiments and alternatives, fur and ivory. ]

Animal Rights Coalition - Animal rights and environmental news and information as compiled by grassroots activists.
Meta Description: [ arcnews, animal rights, vegan, veganism, zoos, circuses, vivisection, bloodsports, vivisection, welfare, animals, animal, dolphinariums, Xenotransplantation, animal abuse, animal liberation, liberation, abolitionist, hunting, shooting, fishing, canned hunts, factory farming, slaughter, slaughter... ]

Cambridge Animal Rights Web pages - Fighting against live exports and bloodsports. Information and contacts. Cambridgeshire.

CARNAGE: Canterbury Animal Respect Network for a Green Environment - Information about animal rights issues including hunting, circuses, vivisection, fashion and livestock.

Edinburgh Animal Rights - The goal of EAR is to end animal suffering by promoting animal rights. Includes details of mailing list and regular meetings.

FAACE: Fight Against Animal Cruelty in Europe - Campaigning against bullfighting, blood fiestas, hare coursing, quail shooting and Spanish hunting dogs. UK.
Meta Description: [ FAACE, Fight Against Animal Cruelty in Europe. Formed by Vicki Moore and Tony Moore. Specialising in campaigns against Bullfighting, Spain's Blood Fiestas, Bloodsports and the torture and death of animals for entertainment. ]

IFAW Charitable Trust - The ICT presents its UK-based schools programme supporting animal rights issues.
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500 Labour Animal Welfare Society (LAWS) - Campaigns, events, articles, news, forum and membership information.

404 League Against Cruel Sports: Wildlife Sanctuaries - Animal welfare charitable organisation with wildlife sanctuaries in southwest England, also offering educational visits and wildlife watching short breaks.
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Naturewatch - Charity campaigning against animal cruelty. News, campaigns, fact sheets and compassionate shopping guide.
Meta Description: [ Naturewatch and the Naturewatch Foundation campaign against animal cruelty, focussing particularly on animal experiments, badger baiting and live transport. We are renowned for our guide to compassionate shopping, and, through the Foundation, for developing animal welfare programs in Eastern Euro... ]

Plymouth Animal Rights Information Network - Information and resource site on animal rights issues in Plymouth. Includes campaigns, and cruelty-free shopping.

Rights for Animals - Dedicated to working for justice and respect for all animals, through informational campaigning.

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) - Charity working for the Five Freedoms for animals through legislation. Investigates complaints of cruelty and rehomes animals through local branches. Site includes campaigns, pet care, membership (limited by postcode) and jobs.

Save the Trafalgar Square Pigeons - News and information about the fight to save the pigeons in Trafalgar Square.
Meta Description: [ Campaigning to save the Trafalgar Square pigeons in London, England ]

Sheffield University Animal Rights Society - An organization actively involved in local projects to promote the rights of animals and aid in the cessation of animal suffering worldwide.
Meta Description: [ USIT provides IT and computing services to University of Sheffield students, societies and working committees. ]

404 Sheffield University Animal Rights Society - Contains news and information about animal rights activities in Sheffield.

Southern Animal Rights Coalition - Networks the thriving animal rights groups that exist in the south. Includes up-to-date news from the south including upcoming diary dates.
Meta Description: [ Southern Animal Rights Coalition ]

The Greek Animal Welfare Fund (GAWF) - UK Organization working for significant and lasting improvement relevant to the treatment and status of animals in Greece.
Meta Description: [ Greek Animal Welfare Fund (GAWF) works on various animal welfare and conservation issues including animals in entertainment, animal experiments and alternatives, fur and ivory. ]

The Humane Research Trust - UK charity funding and encouraging medical research using alternatives to animals.
Meta Description: [ The Humane Research Trust helps people and saves animals. We raise finance to fund and promote pioneering medical research into human disease without the use of animals or animal tissue. ]

The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare - UFAW uses scientific knowledge and established expertise to improve the welfare of animals as pets, in zoos, laboratories, on farms and in the wild.

Viva! - Vegetarians International Voice for Animals - Site includes information about their campaigns, urgent actions, press releases, shop and membership. Excerpts from their Viva! Life magazine.
Meta Description: [ Eating meat causes environmental destruction, damages human health, contributes to global hunger and inflicts immense suffering on billions of animals across the world. Viva! believes that the solution to all these problems is in our own hands: the best way to stop the destruction and the cruelty... ]

World Society for the Protection of Animals - Campaigns against using animals for commercial, research, sport or entertainment purposes. Offers news, features, press notices, action points and fundraising ideas. Headquartered in the UK with international offices and member societies.
Meta Description: [ WSPA UK - World Society for the Protection of Animals. ]