Supreme Court to weigh medical marijuana in Raich case
Angel Raich, a 39-year-old in California, relies on marijuana to ease seizures, nausea, and pain. The Supreme Court will hear whether states may permit medical marijuana against federal ban and if federal agents can arrest users under existing laws. California’s 1996 program allows doctor advised use, challenged by the Bush administration.
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Supreme Court
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Bush presses for more abstinence funding amid mixed results
President Bush wins renewed support for abstinence education as Congress adds 131 million dollars to a 388 billion dollar spending bill, but far short of Bush's request. Meanwhile, Barghouti moves to run for Palestinian Authority president in January, challenging Mahmoud Abbas and intensifying Fatah power dynamics.
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Bush
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Ramallah
West Bank
Marwan Barghouti
Palestinian Authority
Yasser Arafat
Barghouti
Mahmoud Abbas
Israel
United States
Fatah
Amin Maqhoui
Ukraine court to hear opposition appeal in presidential vote
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge from Viktor Yushchenko's bloc over the runoff results amid street protests in Kiev. Western observers condemn the vote as fraud and warn of consequences, while Putin and EU leaders push for a peaceful resolution.
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Ukraine
Supreme Court
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High Court
Viktor Yanukovych
Yushchenko
Yanukovych
West
Moscow
Russia
NATO
Hague
Netherlands
Vladimir Putin
European Union
Lech Walesa
Solidarity Movement
Walesa
Valesa
United States
Sunni leaders urge delay of Iraq elections amid Fallujah fighting
Sunni politicians press for postponing the January 30 vote to avoid marginalizing Sunnis and seek guarantees they participate. Iraqi officials report Fallujah weapons cache and more than 2,000 deaths in the weeklong offensive to curb insurgents, while Sunni groups push for a boycott to be avoided.
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Iraq
Saddam Hussein
U.S
Fallujah
Adnan Pachachi
Iraqi National Council
Baath Party
Zebari
al-Qaida
Raqi
Hoshyar Zebar
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Pachachi
Millions celebrate Thanksgiving with parades and football
Americans gathered for turkey and family as headlines highlighted the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York featuring SpongeBob SquarePants and other giant balloons, plus Detroit’s America’s Thanksgiving Parade. Weather differed by city with warm 65 degree conditions in New York and 30 degree winds in Detroit. Family observers described the festive mood and the chance to join in person rather than via TV.
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New York
Tim O'Connor
Sean
Declan
Detroit
Nick Nicholson
Katie
Lindsay
SpongeBob SquarePants
Land tension rises as hunters clash over access
In Minnesota and Wisconsin, vast public lands contrast private land squeezes as hunters contend for boundaries. Officials note more disputes on private or staked private land with few physical altercations. Chai Vang, a St Paul resident, faces a fatal Wisconsin shooting after a private land confrontation amid race taunts. Deer and license figures show steady hunting, while Wisconsin offers tax breaks to landowners allowing public use. Minnesota does not. A Minnesota DNR leader recounts a goose-hunt dispute near Woodbury highlighting growing frictions between public access and private rights.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Tom Conroy
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Joe
Mike Bartz
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Bartz
Chai Vang
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Wotding Prothers
Vang
Laos
DNR
Ryan Bronson
Woodbury
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