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Landmine removal jeopardized by decreasing funding, new report says
In a new report, the The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) says that while 2005 saw a strong effort to clean up mined areas, funding for these efforts is dropping."The European Commission, United States and eight other major donors decreased their support for...Dixie Chick calls Bush "dumb f---" in documentary, "Shut Up and Sing" to prem...
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"Greenstone Media, a radio company whose founders include social activist Gloria Steinem and actress Jane Fonda, has launched an all-women, all-talk network across the United States."Diana Wanted to Become America's First Lady, Butler Says
"In his new blockbuster book, "The Way We Were," Paul Burrell says that Princess Diana had ambitions to become the first lady of the United States."
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"Harvard researchers today are reporting huge and growing gaps in life expectancies throughout the United States."20 Oddest Jobs
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"Britain was to mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States with a low-key ceremony Monday to remember the Britons killed in the atrocities."McCain says Guantanamo has hit image of U.S. hard
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"Months before the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld forbade military strategists from developing plans for securing a post-war Iraq, the retiring commander of the Army Transportation Corps said Thursday. In fact, said Brig. Gen. Mark...USCIS HELPS BUST MARRIAGE FRAUD CASE
"WASHINGTON – The first of 22 individuals involved in a marriage and immigration fraud scheme were arrested today as part of a three-year law enforcement task force operation in the National Capitol area."Wal-Mart's Proving the Organic Lobby Irrelevant
Each and every individual has the inherent right to food that is free of toxic chemicals, antibiotics and other harmful substances. This human concern should be the first and foremost value of the organic food industry, and as such they should be championing opportunities to...U.S. paid anti-Castro journalists in Miami: paper
"MIAMI (Reuters) - At least 10 Florida journalists received regular payments from a U.S. government program aimed at undermining the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, The Miami Herald reported on Friday. Total payments since 2001 ranged from $1,550 to $174,753 per journalist,...Video is said to show bin Laden prepping for 9/11 attacks
"For the first time, a video has been released showing al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden meeting with suspected terrorist Ramzi Binalshibh, purportedly as they prepare for the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to Al-Jazeera, which aired the tape Thursday. Binalshibh is a...Is it fair to compare terror to cold war?
As the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaches, President Bush is reemphasizing his focus on the war on terror as the defining struggle of the age. With historical analogies his constant tool, the...Bush criticized over terrorism suspects trial plan
U.S. military lawyers on Thursday challenged President George W. Bush's plan to try terrorism suspects, including the accused September 11 mastermind, asTop Members Today
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