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Bedford woman stages demonstration to encourage local shopping
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefA Bedford woman is tired of seeing American jobs move overseas, and she's taking her frustration to the streets. Barbara Scott is demonstrating at the corner of Main and Bridge streets in Bedford. It's a one-woman protest, urging people to shop...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Abortion demonstrators share graphic message with local college students
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefA group that opposes abortion is visiting local colleges this week. Demonstrators are using some shocking images to get their point across, and that's caused one school to ban the group from campus. Liberty University students were greeted with a...Tags: Abortion Issue, Radford (Radford, Virginia), Social Issues, Ethics, Colleges and Universities
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Protesters line the streets for Occupy Blacksburg
Weekend Anchor/ReporterProtesters took to the streets for Occupy Blacksburg. Dozens of Blacksburg residents and Virginia Tech students gathered along College Avenue and Main Street to spread their message. A meeting was called more than a week ago to organize it. ...Tags: Blacksburg, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Protesters call ghost tour at the old St. Albans Sanatorium "insensitive"
ReporterThe walls of St Albans are more than a hundred years old. Some believe the ghosts of former patients still walk the halls. It makes this old hospital for the mentally ill a perfect haunted house. "We're excited," says Shana Pooley who came Friday...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Halloween, Ghosts (supernatural entities), Migration, Haunted Houses (attractions)
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Not everyone's crazy about coal
ReporterIt's the mineral that's pumped millions of dollars into southwest Virginia's economy, but not everyone is crazy about coal. Environmentalists gathered on Virginia Tech's campus to protest coal, Wednesday afternoon. The group takes issue with the coal...Tags: Plant Openings, Virginia Tech, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Colleges and Universities, Greenpeace
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Update: Verizon workers who are on strike try to up the ante in Roanoke
Multimedia JournalistUPDATE 8/9 Verizon employees who are on strike decided to up the ante Tuesday afternoon. Several workers tried to picket in front of the Verizon Wireless Store near Valley View Mall in Roanoke before they got shoe'd off. The police were called in and...Tags: Verizon Communications, Labor Disputes, Verizon Wireless, Strikes, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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Roanoke pastors, clergy and activists get active to address HIV and AIDS
Anchor/ReporterEvery hour, it's estimated six peple are infected with H-I-V. That means every 9.5 minutes 1 person is infected. Pastors, clergy and other community activists in the Roanoke Valley are taking a stand and getting active to try and change those...Tags: Elections, Health, Barack Obama, Diseases and Illnesses, AIDS
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Protesters in the Middle East use images drawn by a former VT student
ReporterProtesters on the streets of Libya are holding up anti-Gadhafi posters with a drawing of the dictator that was done right here in our area. How the image became so popular with protesters remains a mystery, but the cartoon depiction of the Libyan leader...Tags: Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Egyptian Revolution (2011-12), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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One dead, about 10 injured in Guinea opposition protest
ReutersCONAKRY (Reuters) - One person was killed and about were 10 injured when security forces and supporters of Guinea's president clashed with protesters marching in the capital on Thursday against planned legislative elections. President Alpha Conde's...Tags: Alpha Conde, Elections, Africa, BHP Billiton Plc., Prosecution
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Malaysia charges student activist with sedition, arrests 3 other anti-government figures
Associated PressKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities detained three anti-government figures, charged a student activist with sedition and seized hundreds of opposition newspapers Thursday, raising political tensions after recent national elections...Tags: Government, Justice System, Freedom of the Press, National Government, Newspaper and Magazine
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard warns against possible post-election turmoil in June
Associated PressTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned that his forces will be on watch for possible unrest after next month's presidential election, calling the outcome "unpredictable" and sending the strongest message...Tags: Tehran (Iran), BBC, Elections, Iran, Political Dissent
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Myanmar frees political prisoners before president goes to U.S.
ReutersYANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's government has freed 23 political prisoners, a senior interior ministry official said on Friday, the day President Thein Sein was due to leave for a landmark visit to the United States. The official declined to be...Tags: Government, Barack Obama, National Government, Burma, Prisons
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