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Chris Hedges
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By Tom Segev
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Time magazine says evidence is mounting that the Shiite-dominated police force has become a corps of shock troops bent on killing Sunnis.
Posted on Mar 23, 2006
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Bush has funneled over $157 million to ideological allies via faith-based initiatives and other programs.
Posted on Mar 23, 2006
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From crooksandliars.com
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The MSNBC host calls radio talk show host Laura Ingraham “desperate” and “stupid” for criticizing the bravery of reporters in Iraq.
Posted on Mar 23, 2006
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From crooksandliars.com
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An NBC reporter cuts through the chatter about unreported positive stories in Iraq: You can easily get killed reporting them. So how positive can the situation be?
Posted on Mar 23, 2006
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From Federal Computer Week
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The report, by the DoD’s inspector general, found security flaws in the “Star Wars” missile defense system. After a magazine did a story on the report, the DoD scrubbed the document from its website, and won’t say why it did so. Luckily for us curious types, the magazine saved a digital copy. (h/t: ThinkProgress)
Posted on Mar 22, 2006
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From Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone / Yahoo! News
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Pioneering war zone journalist Kevin Sites tells the story of a 12-year-old Afghan girl who was savagely beaten and tortured for years by her in-laws. But wonderfully, the story ends on a note of optimism. (You can even e-mail the girl here. Or at this e-mail address: gulsooma_afghanistan@yahoo.com)
Posted on Mar 22, 2006
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The president made the admission during a news conference, during which he uttered perhaps the most tone-deaf and asinine remark of his presidency: “Nobody likes war. It creates a sense of uncertainty in the country.”
Posted on Mar 21, 2006
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Black American women are 19% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women, according to a new study. This is just the most recent of many studies illustrating that within our healthcare system, even after controlling for socioeconomic factors, blacks still receive a poorer quality of healthcare than whites.
Posted on Mar 21, 2006
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From lowculture.com
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AP reports that Hussein and his inner circle were exasperated in their attempts during the 1990s to prove to the world that they’d given up banned weapons, according to transcripts of meetings found among documents seized after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. “We don’t have anything hidden!” Saddam once interjected, documents show.
Posted on Mar 21, 2006
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Until recently, a user who typed in “abortion” received a prompt asking, “Did you mean adoption?” The online retailer has since erased the prompt.
Posted on Mar 21, 2006
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From Salon.com
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Sgt. Michael Smith (pictured above threatening an Abu Ghraib detainee with a dog) becomes the ninth soldier to be convicted for detainee abuse. He faces over eight years in prison.
To date, no high-ranking officials have been charged with crimes stemming from the abuses.
Posted on Mar 21, 2006
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From saintfillans.org.nz
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Rowan Williams, the leader of the Church of England, emphatically criticizes the teaching of creationism in schools.
Posted on Mar 21, 2006
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Two separate claims of American soldiers murdering Iraqi civilians have arisen. One report involves the alleged killing of 15 people, including a 3-year-old girl; the second involves the alleged murder of 11, including a 75-year-old woman and a 6-month-old infant.
Posted on Mar 21, 2006
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Greenland’s Great Melt Is Pinned On Climate Change
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