| Brigitte Bardot Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot () (born 28 September 1934) is a French actress, former fashion model, singer and animal welfare/rights activist. In her early life Bardot was an aspiring ballet dancer. She started her acting career in 1952 and after appearing in 16 films became world-famous due to her role in the controversial film And God Created Woman. Brigitte_Bardot
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| Kabul Not to be confused with Kabul Province, the province of Kabul CityKabul (Persian کابل Kābul; ; ), (archaic Caubul), is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of over 2.5 million. The exact number cannot be determined but the total provincial population of Kabul is anywhere between 3.5 to almost 5 million people. Kabul
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| Independent Media Center Independent Media Center (aka Indymedia or IMC) is a global participatory network of journalists that report on political and social issues. It originated during the anti-WTO protests worldwide in 1999 and remains closely associated with the global justice movement, which criticizes neo-liberalism, and its associated institutions. Indymedia uses an open publishing and democratic media process that allows anybody to contribute. Independent_Media_Center
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| Angela Davis Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944, in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American political activist and university professor who was associated with the Black Panther Party for Self Defense and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Davis was also a notable activist during the Civil Rights Movement and a prominent member and political candidate of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). Angela_Davis
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| Joan Baez Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941 in Staten Island, New York) is a folk singer and songwriter known for her highly individual vocal style. Many of her songs are topical and deal with social issues.She is perhaps best known for her hit "Diamonds & Rust" and her covers of Phil Ochs' "There But For Fortune" and The Band's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (a top-five single on the U.S. Joan_Baez
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| Lawrence Lessig Lawrence "Larry" Lessig (born June 3, 1961) is an American academic and political activist. He is a professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder of its Center for Internet and Society, and will soon re-join the faculty at Harvard Law School. Lessig is a founding board member of Creative Commons, a board member of the Software Freedom Law Center and a former board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Lawrence_Lessig
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| Ralph Nader Talk:Ralph_Nader
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| High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program HAARP is often confused with Project HARP, the High Altitude Research Project (a joint project of The Pentagon and the Canadian Department of National Defence). High_Frequency_Active_Auroral_Research_Program
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| Santa Cruz, California Santa Cruz () is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California in the United States of America. As of the 2006 census estimate, Santa Cruz had a total population of 54,778, up 0.3% from the 2000 Census. It is located on the northern edge of the Monterey Bay, about 72San Francisco.The present-day site of Santa Cruz was the location of a Native American settlement since ancient times. Santa_Cruz,_California
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| Fresno, California Fresno,_California
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| Battle of Jenin Talk:Battle_of_Jenin
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| 420 (cannabis culture) 4 or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) refers to consumption of cannabis and, by extension, a way to identify oneself with cannabis drug subculture. 420_(cannabis_culture)
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| Reclaim the Streets Reclaim the Streets (RTS) is a collective with a shared ideal of community ownership of public spaces. Participants characterize the collective as a resistance movement opposed to the dominance of corporate forces in globalisation, and to the car as the dominant mode of transport. Reclaim_the_Streets
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| Richard Dreyfuss Richard Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an American actor, known for starring in a number of films, television and theater roles since the late 1960s. He is probably best known for his roles in Jaws, The Goodbye Girl, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Always, Mr. Richard_Dreyfuss
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| Detournement In détournement, an artist reuses elements of well-known media to create a new work with a different message, often one opposed to the original. The term "détournement", borrowed from the French, originated with the Situationist International; a similar term more familiar to English speakers would be "turnabout" or "derailment". Detournement
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| Nevada Test Site Talk:Nevada_Test_Site
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| Samarra Sāmarrā () is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Salah ad-Din Governorate, north of Baghdad and, in 2003, had an estimated population of 348,700. Samarra
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| Protests against the Iraq War 2003 invasion of Iraq, protests against the Iraq War were held in many cities worldwide, often coordinated to occur simultaneously around the world. After the biggest series of demonstrations, on February 15, 2003, New York Times writer Patrick Tyler claimed that they showed that there were two superpowers on the planet, the United States and worldwide public opinion.These demonstrations against the war were mainly organized by anti-war organizations, many of whom had been formed in opposition to the invasion of Afghanistan. Protests_against_the_Iraq_War
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