"A vote for Barack Obama is a vote for activist courts that will continue to smother the open and democratic debate we need on this issue, at both the state and federal level. A vote for Barack Obama would give the ultimate power over the issue of life to a politician who has never once done anything to protect the unborn."--Sarah Palin

Honestly. A vote for McCain is giving the ultimate power over my uterus to a politician.

Fundamentalists flog Somali woman in public
Strict religious punishment raises fears of Taliban-style regime

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Islamic leaders in Mogadishu gave a woman 11 lashes for selling cannabis Thursday, the first female to receive such punishment since the fundamentalist rulers took over the capital in June.

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Can Lebanon become a State Party to the Mine Ban Treaty before the 8th Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty, which is likely to take place in the Middle East - one of the regions with the lowest rates of adherence in the world - in 2007? The signs are encouraging, as the ICBL Diplomatic Advisor Satnam Singh found out over three days of remarkably high level meetings.

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You can find out more about the International Campaign to Ban Landmines at their website, http://www.icbl.org/