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Art in Public Places looking to set sail with donated boats
Fort Collins :: CO :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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The City of Fort Collins Art in Public Places Program is seeking donations of aluminum and wooden fishing boats for a neighborhood park project in South Fort Collins. The boats will be reconditioned and used as planters and seating elements for the
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Will new regulations help smokers kick the habit in the Middle East?
Alexandria :: Egypt | almost 3 years ago
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In a region where smokers of any age can light up almost anywhere for around a dollar a pack or less, some Arab Middle Eastern governments have recently imposed smoking restrictions in public places. Yesterday, Egypt announced plans to transform its
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Mideast aiming to break old habit with new laws
Cairo :: Egypt | almost 3 years ago
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The Middle East, long associated with the ubiquitous waterpipe, is intensifying an anti-smoking drive as several Arab countries ban the practice in public places, even if success looks difficult. From Beirut to Cairo, cigarettes are smoked everywhere,
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No beer at festival
Albertville :: AL :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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Updated 37 minutes ago The Albertville City Council voted against granting a special permit that would have allowed Santa Fe CattleCo. to sell beer at the citys Small Towns and Downtowns Celebration Monday night. If this is going to be a family event,
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Smoke-free environment is a right
Mexico City :: Mexico | almost 3 years ago
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Incidentally, this year 2010 is the Year of the Lung to recognize that hundreds of millions of people around the world suffer each year from treatable and preventable chronic respiratory diseases like asthma. Cancun last year at the launch of the
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Police And Courts Regularly Abusing Wiretapping Laws To Arrest People For Filming Cops Misbehaving In Public Places
Chicago :: IL :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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As he stopped at a traffic light, an off-duty police-officer in plain clothes and an unmarked car jumped out of his car with his gun drawn...No matter what you think of the cop's reaction, what happened later is ridiculous: after the biker, Anthony
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Recycling in public places
Hutchinson :: KS :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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It can be enough to make you take your recyclables home, where they can go in the big brown recycling polycart. While Hutchinson's recycling program has soared in recent months with the introduction of the new, single-stream polycart system, there
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Nepal to ban smoking in public places
Kathmandu :: Nepal | almost 3 years ago
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Nepal is to ban smoking in restaurants and other public places and outlaw all tobacco advertising to try to deter young people from taking up the habit, the government said yesterday. A new anti-smoking bill will also make it illegal for anyone under
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Calif. advances bill to ban carrying unloaded guns
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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15 PDT Sacramento, Calif. (AP) -- The California Assembly has passed a bill that would make it illegal to openly carry a gun in public, even if it is unloaded. The bill, AB1934, would make it a misdemeanor to carry an exposed handgun on any public
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Greece to ban smoking in all indoor public places
Athens :: Greece | almost 3 years ago
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Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Greece , a nation of heavy smokers, is to ban smoking in all indoor public places from 1 September because a partial ban enacted last July failed, the health minister, Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou, said today. Last year's ban
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