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...rationale for requesting the change? "These regulations infringe on the rights of law-abiding gun owners, who wish to transport and carry firearms on or across these lands," the letter said, pointing out that the laws discriminate even against citizens with valid concealed weapons permits. It asked that the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service allow transporting and carrying of firearms on their lands in accordance with the laws of the host state. "These inconsistencies in firearms regulations for public lands are confusing, burdensome and unnecessary," the letter said. It added that such a change of rules...
...came in the form of European Commission plans to fine carmakers if they fail to meet their emission targets. The proposals could slap annual penalties worth billions of euros on carmakers if they miss targets. The measures are the latest weapon to force them to slash new vehicle emissions from the current level of about 158 grams of carbon dioxide (CO2) per kilometer to 120g/km by 2012. Penalties will start in 2012 at €20 euros ($28.80) per gram of CO2 over the target, and will grow...
...best weapon is evidently Thaksin's name. Anyone attending the party's rallies could be forgiven for thinking that the deposed PM is running for office. A recent Samak rally in Yasothon province in Isaan attracts thousands of people, many of them trucked in from surrounding villages. A stall sells books and pamphlets attacking the former PM's political and military foes, plus a VCD featuring an emotional Thaksin called One Year Missing. "I cried when I watched it," says the old woman selling them. The two candidates whom Samak has come to support are all but forgotten. Instead...
...challenge virtually no other athletic team at Harvard faces—the women sit a perfect 10-0 to end the fall season. This is all despite an epee squad that consists of a freshman walk-on, a former foil fencer, and just a single fencer trained in the weapon, despite a foil made up entirely of sophomores and despite a youthful sabre squad...
...need not endure abuses and imprisonment on our own in order to recognize injustice and advocate human rights. In fact, our liberty can serve as the best weapon against oppression: Our voice has an impact, and its reverberations are felt around the world. College students like you and me have been messengers of hope for decades, and we shouldn’t desist now, especially at an institution with the international reputation of Harvard?...