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ISRAEL - Dec 26 - Palestinian MP Gets 30 Years Jail.
APS Diplomat Recorder; 12/31/2009; 722 words; ...stop rocket attacks, brushing off a plea from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak...restraint and appealing directly to Gaza's people to stop the barrages. Two...she said afterward. "When there's shooting, there's a response. Any state would react...

ARAB ISRAELI RELATIONS - Dec 26 - Israel Opens Gaza Border For Humanitarian Aid.
APS Diplomat Recorder; 12/31/2009; 1316 words; ...truce between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers expired last week...also issued a direct, emotional plea to the people of Gaza to stop...the Maariv daily showed Livni's moderate Kadima Party in a statistical...accused of acting as Israel's prison warden as the Jewish state...

Pebble Mine gets $70m budget expansion, pleas to quit: local fishing villages' coalition pens letter asking mining companies to call off the project.(ALASKA and PACIFIC)
National Fisherman; 12/1/2009; 789 words; ...eight local fishing villages, penned a letter to Anglo American's CEO Cynthia Carroll urging her to call the whole thing off. Developers...that 79 percent of those residents opposed development. "It's such a risky area, ecologically," Andrew says. "There are...

Criminal indictments follow Maine's lobster tuff wars: trap cutting and alleged assault and reckless conduct send several family members to court.(ATLANTIC)
National Fisherman; 12/1/2009; 651 words; ...Accused shooter Edwin Vance Bunker, 68, entered pleas of not guilty to four counts including elevated...misdemeanor charge for allegedly boarding Bunker's boat and threatening him. Bunker's daughter Janan Miller, 45, was charged in late...

BetOnSports Founder Sentenced on Federal Racketeering Charges -- Agrees to the Forfeiture of Over $43 Million.
Entertainment Newsweekly; 11/20/2009; 1166 words; ...federal charges, Acting U.S. Attorney Michael W. Reap announced...night. Pursuant to a complex plea agreement, on Aug. 14, 2009...Stephen Kaplan, 50, entered pleas of guilty to charges of conspiracy...yesterday for sentencing before U.S. District Judge Carol E. Jackson in St. Louis. As part of the ...