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...bounced around ideas and came up with a campaign to raise money to place ads on buses in the handful of Indiana cities with populations over 50,000. But that was turned down by the public transportation system in Bloomington (pop. 72,254). The local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has since filed a lawsuit on First Amendment grounds. Indianapolis' public transportation system also declined. Michael Terry, its chief executive, pointed to a policy barring ads "involving or referring to political, religious, moral or environmental issues subject to public debate." Terry says, "It costs...
...State. "There's a great mix of progressive, secular and religious people there," he says. Similar ads are being planned for about 20 cities, including Minneapolis, New York and Los Angeles. There is a push to get another spokesman to champion the cause. "I see this movement as a civil rights movement of sorts, not dissimilar to the movement for gay rights," he says...
...crisis could get worse if crucial steps are not taken now. Despite what has become a public outpouring of support for the refugees, with civil-society groups, aid agencies and the local media leading a high-profile campaign to marshal resources, funds are running perilously low. Last Friday, the UNHCR raised the dollar figure required to over $500 million. Of that amount, only $88 million is in its sights. The remainder, the UNHCR says, is needed urgently "to help the most vulnerable and worst-affected people through the end of 2009." For its part, Washington has pledged $110 million...
...Nonetheless, a PAD party could pose a major challenge to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva of the Democrat Party, whose ability to hold together his fractious governing coalition appears increasingly shaky amid civil unrest, political conflicts and an economy that contracted by 7.1% in the first quarter of this year. As Abhisit's coalition is still intact, no election date has been set. "We have been asking for political reform, but for five months this government has not responded to us," Panthep said. "We will ally ourselves with any party that wants transparency, the rule...
...Both PAD and Thaksin's supporters, known as the 'red shirts,' have been at the center of Thailand's civil unrest for years, flouting the law with apparently little consequences. The PAD seized Bangkok's international airport for eight days late last year, while the red shirts stormed a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian nations in Pattaya in April forcing its cancellation, rioted in Bangkok and twice violently attacked Abhisit...