Lack Of Personal Freedoms Led To Wave Of Protests, Says UN Secretary General

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon says leaders in the Middle East and North Africa have neglected important issues like freedom of assembly and freedom of expression for too long and must now listen to their population. (00:24)

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Texas Shrimper's Theatrical Protest Disrupts Senate Hearing

TRNS Correspondent Brandon Kosters interviews Diane Wilson, a shrimper and activist who doused her body in dense syrup that resembled oil during a Senate hearing with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Wedensday on the current oil spill crisis in the Gulf of Mexico. Wilson was protesting Joint Resolution 26, spearheaded by Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski (R), which will restrict the EPA from monitoring the green house emissions of large corporations. (13:57)
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Robert Laurence "Bob" Barr, Jr.: The Internet Educates The Citizenry

by Christina Lovato, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service

Robert Laurence "Bob" Barr, Jr., the 2008 Libertarian Party nominee for President and former U.S. Congressman (R-Ga.) , talks about today's "tea bag" protests and how the use of the internet can educate and organize citizens. (00:34)
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