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In Munich, the future pope spent more energy pursuing theological dissidents than sexual predators.
The earthquake has focused attention on Haiti’s glaring gap between tiny pockets of wealth and extreme poverty. JOHN PILGER: Have a Nice World War, Folks 
Here is news of the Third World War. The United States has invaded Africa. US troops have entered Somalia, extending their war front from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Yemen and, now, the Horn of Africa. In preparation for an attack on Iran, American missiles have been placed in four Persian Gulf states, and "bunker-buster" bombs are said to be arriving at the US base on the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
2010 Leaked CIA Report: "Public Apathy Enables Leaders To Ignore Voters" In Waging Endless Wars. Public apathy enables leaders to ignore voters. The report is discussing apathy among the French and German people to their countries' involvement in the war in Afghanistan, but the same is true to the apathy of Americans towards the Iraq and other wars as well. from Dan Fey For a little background on the manipulation of public opinion, see this. | |
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A lawyer slapped a judge in the court at Faisalabad, a few days ago. This is an ugly incidence that must be condemned. Wise people say every problem has its reason and one must inquire deeply to find out the reason in order to resolve the problem. Normally judges show personal bias and use their...
Submitted by Gangly Khan
Soldiers leave Gaza after fierce battles Israel withdrew its troops from the Gaza Strip after some of the fiercest gun battles with Palestinian militants in the Hamas-run territory since last year's military offensive. (Boston Globe)
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A Time for Contrition
By ROSS DOUTHAT
There has been some accountability for priests who sexually abused children, but not nearly enough for the bishops who enabled them.
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The hatred and anger towards Muslims in this country and around the world has gone beyond the tipping point. This is not acceptable. We have to cleanse ourselves of this horrible disease.
The most jarring part of the Obama fly-in to Bagram was the part of the base he apparently didn't visit: the secret prison we've been running there for years. It's Gitmo on steroids.
KABUL -- Russia has accused the United States was "conniving" with Afghan drug producers by not destroying opium crops as U.S. troops advance in Helmand Province, one of the major opium grow...
African American mayor and police chief assert that they have been forced from office and arrested as part of an coup carried out by white politicians and their followers.
What reason is there to doubt our commander in chief ’s assertion that there is need to maintain an (approximately 50,000 strong) US “strike force” in or near Iraq to guarantee US interests in the Middle East, to allow Washington to move quickly against jihadists in the region and to make clear to. . .
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Mogadishu's mayor orders some 1,000 Somali refugees to move away from the city's airport, citing security concerns.
By Border Jumpers
By Jerome Starkey
Jerome Starkey recently reported for The Times of London about a night raid on Feb. 12 in which U.S. and Afghan gunmen opened fire on two pregnant women, a teenage girl and two local officials -- an atrocity which NATO’s Afghanistan headquarters then tried to cover up. Now, in a blistering indictment of both NATO and his own profession, Starkey writes for Nieman Watchdog that the international forces led by U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal are rarely called to account because most reporters are too dependent on access, security and the 'embed culture' to venture out and see what's happening for themselves...
As we get hungrier for sustainable products, companies are falling over themselves to sell their eco-friendly image
By Anna Lappe ~ Adapted from "Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It"
Federal Survey Shows Great Plains States Could be Facing Record Levels. SHE IS TRYING TO SEND HIM TO PRISON...READ THIS.
WATCH YOUR BACKS. SYLVIA CLAIMS TO BE AN ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST. ~ submitted by George Albayan
School of Pharmacy pinpoints cinnamon and ginseng as potential life-extending ingredients in two popular herbal mixtures.
In a newly published study, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have shown for the first time that the same molecular mechanisms that drive people into drug addiction are behind the compulsion to overeat, pushing people into obesity.
The scientists say warnings about the risks of using CT scans to screen patients for colon cancer were brushed aside by the agency.
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HOUSE CALLS
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How the growth of online learning is changing the way we think about higher education. |
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