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MONTREAL, Canada, Sep 12, 2011 (IPS) - Durban should not be the burial ground for the Kyoto Protocol, says Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director of Greenpeace International, about his expectations from the 17th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change happening in his hometown in South Africa later this year. The rest is here: Africa Keen to Ensure Kyoto...

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[BANGKOK] Thailand has suspended a regulation intended to protect the country's plant varieties after angry opposition from plant breeders. Read the rest here: Plant breeders force rethink of Thai seed law

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According to a class action lawsuit filed by a former sales representative at Groupon, overtime pay was not part of the company's compensation package, despite requirements imposed by federal law. Ranita Dailey, the woman behind the suit, alleges that nearly 1,000 U.S.-based sales representatives received no overtime pay until March 2011, when Groupon executives were alerted to the...

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Written by: Benjamin Chambers on Sep 12, 2011 A recent report from the National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN), titled, “Bringing Youth Home: A National Movement to Increase Public Safety, Rehabilitate Youth and Save Money,” documented the extraordinary number of states and jurisdictions (at least 24) that are closing or downsizing their youth correctional facilities, due to budget cuts,...

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In the past year, the NLRB has seen an increase in the number of charges related to social media and has filed several complaints against employers who discharged employees for social media postings in which the employees complained about workplace conditions. Visit link: NLRB Judge Finds Firings Based on Facebook Posting Unlawful

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In a recent story out of Michigan, Jeremy Hoven, a pharmacist at a Benton Harbor Walgreens, was fired after he shot an armed suspect who attempted to rob the drug store at 4:30 a.m. Though Hoven has a concealed carry permit and utilized his own gun, Walgreens determined that his actions violated the company's "non-escalation policy." Do you...

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%excerpt% Excerpt from: NWTF Texas to Invest $154,000 in State Projects in 2011

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Even supporters of the death penalty used to consider execution a solemn state responsibility, not an occasion for celebration. But the crowd of Republicans who gathered at the Reagan Library last week to watch their presidential candidates debate actually applauded and cheered when a moderator noted that Texas had executed 234 inmates under Gov. Rick Perry, by far...

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Documents seen by the paper appear to confirm that hundreds of errors were made in analyses of DNA samples found at crime scenes. In 1.3 percent of investigations errors were discovered, some of which were irreparable and led to a loss of essential data. The errors include contamination of suspects’ DNA with that of…[For full story: http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/series-dna-mix-ups-dutch-court-research ]...

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Endangered seals in a marine protected area are heading towards local extinction, even while the same species thrives in an unprotected area nearby. See the article here: Seals slide towards extinction in Hawaiian reserve