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Petition seeks release of 3 hikers held in Iran
Nov 18th, 2009 - Boston
PHILADELPHIA—The families of three American hikers detained in Iran have filed a petition with the Iranian mission to the United Nations. The petition has 2,500 signatures and was submitted to the U.N...
Nicole Richie granted restraining order from paparazzi Eduardo Arrivabene and Ivon Emilio Miguel
Nov 17th, 2009 - NY Daily News
LOS ANGELES -- A judge has granted Nicole Richie's request for a restraining order barring two celebrity photographers from coming close to her or her children. Los Angeles...
Richie Granted Restraining Against Photographers
Nov 17th, 2009 - ABC News
A judge has granted Nicole Richie's request for a restraining order barring two celebrity photographers from coming close to her or her children. Los Angeles Superior...
Supreme Court Denies Redskins Mascot Challenge
Nov 16th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- The Washington Redskins ended their four-game losing streak Sunday. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court handed the professional football team another victory...
Group petitioning federal government to list 83 coral species as endangered
Oct 20th, 2009 - SignOnSanDiego
HONOLULU (AP) - Environmental activists are petitioning the federal government to put 83 coral species on the endangered species list. They say global warming and ocean acidification are threatening the corals with extinction.

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SIGN THE PETITION: http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/endthenwordnow
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Penn And Teller Get Hippies To Sign Water Banning Petition
Penn and Teller get hippies to sign a petition that bans water.
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Climate Denial Crock of the Week - The Great Petition Fraud
We've all heard about the "Petitions" of "Scientists" who disagree with Climate Science. This sordid little episode in the history of climate denial points up once again the fundamental dishonesty of the climate denial industry.
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Canadian MP Libby Davies reads 9/11 petition in Parliament
New Democratic Party Deputy House Leader Libby Davies delivers a Parliamentary Petition signed by over 500 Canadians demanding a new 9/11 investigation, in Canada's House of Commons during Routine Proceedings at 1:10 pm on June 10 ...

Petition from WikiPedia:

A petition is a request to change something, most commonly made to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer.

In the colloquial sense, a petition is a document addressed to some official and signed by numerous individuals. A petition may be oral rather than written, and in this era may be transmitted via the Internet. The term also has a specific meaning in the legal profession as a request, directed to a court or administrative tribunal, seeking some sort of relief such as a court order.

A petition can also be the title of a legal pleading that initiates a case to be heard before a court. The initial pleading in a civil lawsuit that seeks only money (damages) might be titled (in most U.S. courts) a complaint; an initial pleading in a lawsuit seeking non-monetary or "equitable" relief such as a request for a writ of mandamus or habeas corpus, or for custody of a child or for probate of a will, would instead be termed a petition.