In a second UN schoolyard, children's bodies lie sliced like meat by falling shells.A girl her face behind a mask of blood... " A girl is carried from the carnage, her face invisible behind a mask of blood. The...
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Since it was announced on Monday that Madelyn Dunham, Barack Obama's grandmother had passed away after a long battle with cancer; the family requested that: "in leau of flowers" donations were to be made...
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" In an Olympic medley of sports and politics, President Bush on Sunday called for more religious freedom in China, sought an end to an escalating conflict between Russia and Georgia and cheered...
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UGA VI Georgia Bull Dawgs Mascot DiesStatement from Trey Paris, President of the UGA Alumni Association "On behalf of all loyal UGA alumni and the Alumni Association, we extend our heartfelt condolences to the...
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"Myanmar — More than six weeks have passed since Cyclone Nargis swept through the Irrawaddy Delta in southern Myanmar, leaving a trail of flattened villages and broken lives and arousing international sympathy...
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Celebrities' often very public struggles with mental illness are making crazy the new black, according to a feature in today's Globe and Mail.On the one hand I think it's great if the exposure diminishes the...
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Soldiers in Baghdad kill bomb emplacer, but accidentally shoot woman used as shield. Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO April 3, 2008 BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad soldiers...
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Much of China is still locked in bitter snow that has been coming down for well over a week now. International aid organizations like the Red Cross and other countries have extended help to the frozen...
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here Sunday expressed deep sympathy over the death of former Indonesian president Soeharto.President Yudhoyono as individual and on hehalf the country,...
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Rather than ending rocket attacks, I'm beginning to wonder if Israel's lockdown of Gaza is more likely to create more attacks. Going without medications, bread, gas, fuel, and medical care is more likely to create anger than reconciliation."Gaza City awoke Monday to shuttered...
By Eliswan AzlyJakarta
(ANTARA News) - Former President Soeharto`s hospitalization since early
January has elicited the sympathy of many Indonesians of all walks of
life, including people who used to be very critical of his leadership.
One of his strongest critics, Prof Dr...
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Daughter of the West
Tariq Ali
Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...
This is a tragic story that started in 2002
On July 1, 2002, Skyguide was operating with a single air
traffic controller who told the pilot of the Russian Tupolev plane to
descend to avoid a collision, even though...
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""The Indonesian government strongly condemns the terrorist attack," a spokesman of the Indonesian foreign affairs ministry, Kristiarto Soeryo Legowo, said here on Friday.
Indonesia hoped that those responsible could be arrested and legally process in Pakistan for the sake of...
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