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Film examines human rights abuses in North Korea

By Stephen Tringali | December 4

"Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story," Chris Sheridan and Patty Kim's first full-length documentary film, is released at an especially chilling time, as nearly two months ago, North Korea successfully tested nuclear weapons. Though the film never really addresses North Korea's pursuit of nuclear arms, it does shed light on another equally important issue - the human rights violations committed by the nation.

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Sports

Women's basketball lose to Georgetown 65-55

By Justin Hall | December 4

The AU women's basketball team was able to rally twice from large deficits in Saturday's game against Georgetown but ultimately came up short at the end, falling by the final score of 65-55. The loss drops the Eagle's overall record to 2-6 on the season. From the opening tip, the game would be marked by dramatic scoring runs by both teams.

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National brief: Yellow line Metrorail train strikes two, kills one

By Jimm Phillips | December 4

A Metrorail train traveling on the Virginia portion of the yellow line struck two Metro workers Thursday, leaving one dead and the other critically injured, according to The Washington Post and NBC4.com. Leslie A. Cherry Jr., 52, and Matthew Brooks, 36, were conducting a routine inspection of the tracks between the Huntington and Eisenhower Avenue stations when the train hit them.

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Colleges discuss AIDS campaigns

By Courtney Albon | December 4

A recent video conference held to commemorate World AIDS Day, which occurred on Dec. 1, focused specifically on the effect that AIDS has on youth and the significant role they can play in changing it. AU students joined college students from around the world via satellite to discuss issues surrounding the AIDS epidemic.

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Filmmaker alleges government violence against Mexican natives

By Kelly Barrett | December 4

Simon Sedillo, filmmaker at the Austin Independent Media Center, said that as an American citizen he feels an obligation to unveil the atrocities caused by the U.S. government in foreign countries. Sedillo presented his film "El Enemigo Comun," a documentary focusing on the resistance movement in Oaxaca, Mexico, on Thursday in the McDowell Formal Lounge.

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German sues over CIA prison

By Marija Stajic | December 4

The American Civil Liberties Union's legal case on behalf of Khaled Al-Masri, a German citizen who was detained in Afghanistan at a CIA-run prison for five months in 2004, currently has an appeal pending in the Richmond, Va.-based Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Travel DVD ventures off beaten path, into irony

By Jeff Lambert | December 4

Remember watching the spring break coverage on MTV in junior high? The body shots, human taco contests and infamous three-way kisses? "The Vice Guide to Travel" feels a lot like a spring break special for pseudo-intellectual hipsters. Vice Magazine, an arts and culture magazine with offices across the globe, released the travel DVD in October.

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Satirical 'Emo Boy' pokes fun with loser superhero

By Chris Moreno | December 4

"Emo Boy Volume 1" By Steve Emond SLG Publishing 176 pages Now available While many of us try and deny it, we all wanted to be emo kids during our junior high and high school years. High school was a drag. The opposite sex didn't pay attention to us and all we had to combat this was bad poetry and our Get Up Kids albums.

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'Transformers:The Movie' gets special edition reissue

By Todd Matthy | December 4

Forget Bambi's mother. For children of the '80s it was the death of Optimus Prime in "Transformers: The Movie" that had children crying their hearts out. That moment and other wonderful scenes from the film have been restored by Sony on the film's "20th Anniversary Special Edition" DVD release.

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Opinion

Free to Travel (Unless the Government Disapproves)

By Erin Wildermuth | December 4

Cuba and the United States are not the closest of allies. There was that whole Cuban Missile Crisis thing during the Cold War. More recently, in 1996, the Cuban military felt it necessary to shoot down two of our planes. The U.S. developed five different plans for assassination of Fidel Castro between 1961 and 1963 and has been trying to bring down Cuba's communist government ever since.

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Opinion

Case for a Strongly Moderate Democrat

By Jong Eun Lee | December 4

Every political party has its loyal base. As generally the most active and generous party supporters, the base expects much from the party leadership. Often, however, the party finds itself in a strategic dilemma when the will of its base seems to contradict the will of the majority of non-base voters.

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Parents unaware of game ratings

By Jennifer Linn | December 4

'Tis the season to take up the virtual machete - that is, unless you are under the age of 17. With three major gaming consoles hitting the market in the last 13 months, consumers are ready to shell out top dollar on this season's hottest and most violent games.

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Mental recovery poses challenges after Katrina

By Robin Bravender | November 30

When social worker Julie Guyot waited for clients in her crisis-counseling tent in Pass Christian, Miss., in November 2005, no one came to her because no one was sick and no one thought they had a problem, she said. Guyot, a doctoral scholar at Howard University, spoke to students at AU on Tuesday at a discussion titled "Psychological Healing from Hurricane Katrina: Where Do We Go from Here?" The event was sponsored by Psychology Students for Social Responsibility and the College of Arts and Sciences' Graduate Student Council.

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Colombian native derided military abuses, murders

By Kyra Smerkanich | November 30

Close ties between the Colombian military and paramilitary forces have led to mass human rights violations, said Debora Barros Fince, a human rights lawyer and native of the Way£u community, a indigenous population located in northern Colombia near Venezuela that was hurt by the paramilitary's actions.

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9:30 club loves this kitten

By Marie Bibault | November 30

On Monday night, The Memphis River Band with Cat Power made a stop at the 9:30 club to deliver a moving and personal performance. The band made a discreet entry and faced a surprisingly quiet audience. But the crowd burst into applause when Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, finally sauntered on to the stage.

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Opinion

Student Op-Ed

November 30

Two weeks ago, one of the great figures of the 20th century passed on. Milton Friedman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, perhaps influences our way of thinking about the economy more than anyone else. The ideas he promoted, such as free markets, low inflation and low taxes, are generally accepted by both sides of the ideological chasm today.

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Sports

Women's hoops snaps five-game losing streak

By Justin Hall | November 30

The AU women's basketball team was able to pull out a win by a razor-thin margin Tuesday night with a 61-60 victory over UMBC to snap a five-game losing streak. The win was the Eagles' first at Bender Arena this season, improving their overall record to 2-5.

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