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The People’s Record Daily News Update - Whose news? Our news!

November 1, 2012 

Here are some stories you may not otherwise hear about today: 

• Pakistani political figure Imran Khan was stopped in an airport this week by immigration and was interrogated about his criticism of the U.S. led drone strike campaign in Pakistan. 

• Doctors are striking & held a march today in Cairo, Egypt in order to demand better health care. The April 6 Movement is among the many organizations who have expressed solidarity with the striking health care professionals. 

• The Mayor and other officials in the city of Somerville, Massachusetts have officially agreed to stop referring to human beings as “illegal” and instead will begin using the correct term, ‘undocumented’ after a group of young activists came before the Board of Alderman and told their stories. 

• A woman in Chapel Hill, North Carolina has filed a formal complaint after a police officer held her to the ground and senselessly beat her face. She now has a broken nose and a black eye but was charged with “resisting arrest” for not being docile enough while the police officer repeatedly punched her. 

• A new law that passed yesterday (Halloween) in Canada dictates that anyone wearing a mask during a protest could face up to 10 years in prison. 

• Both the Obama and Romney campaigns have been found to have leaked identifying data about users & campaign supporters to tracking firms. 

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