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The Vietnam War, like most other wars, has had terrible costs for both losers as well as winners. Vietnam, country on whose land this terrible war has taken place has suffered great damage to its ecosystem and it has taken years and years for it to re-grow. People have died, families have been hurt and no one was left happy with after effects of this
In a town divided by a corrugated steel barrier that separates U.S. from Mexican soil, teens are given a taste of a day in life of a U.S. Border Patrol agent. Border Patrol Trains Teens For Action.
A cross-cultural analysis of naming of a teddy Muhammad by a British teacher in Sudan. Muhammad and Sudanese Teddy Bear.
GP dies in custody after arrest for sitting with her fianc” in park - and police say it is suicide Young Woman Doctor Who Fell Foul of Iran’s ‘love Police’ Was Strangled .
A vicious force of confusion in decision making, and deterioration in world’s status quo seems to gain momentum. Only sheer paranoia could make people speak of US negotiating an exit from Iraq with murderous tyrants of Syria and Iran, instead of bringing in US strongest NATO ally, Turkey! Who does not want Turkey in Iraq?.
Tony Blair will warn today that world will reach catastrophic tipping points on climate change within 15 years, unless serious action is taken to tackle global warming. Blair Warns of Climate Change ‘tipping Points’ .
During Revolutionary War era, ideals of liberty and human rights changed hearts and minds of some slaveholders, who then emancipated their slaves. But United States Constitution, adopted in 1787, protected rights of slaveowners, and passage of Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 gave slaveholders right to retrieve their slave property from free states and territories. Abolishing Slavery in America.
It was still something of a shock yesterday to find Michael Crichton as an expert witness testifying on global warming in front of United States Senate. Jamie Wilson Michael Crichton Testifies on Global Warming.
The roundabout Roma were lured to Dublin by relatives’ empty promises of easy money. M50 Gypsies Abandon Irish Dream .
The “Federal Democratic Republic Ethiopia” is not federal but tyrannically monolithic; is not democratic but dictatorial; is not a republic but a medieval relic; and more importantly, is not Ethiopia but Abyssinia. Oppressed Sidamas denounce Graveyard Federal Ethiopia.
House Republicans are having a problem with new Speaker’s request for access to an Air Force plane that is much bigger than type of plane used by her predecessor. Nancy Pelosi Wants a Big Jet; Pentagon Makes a Counter Offer.
A decorated Army sergeant has been honorably discharged from Army due to Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, although he never told anyone he was gay. Gay Soldier Outed by Anonymous E-Mail Dismissed from Army.
Want to know more about life of Colin Powell? Read biography and life history of Colin Powell” Colin Powell Biography.
A Cleveland man accused of sexually assaulting nine disabled boys says that he has a ministry devoted to having pedophilia recognized as a civil right. Ohio Man Says Having Sex with Boys Is His Civil Right.
Barack Obama has overcome his position in opinion polls to win latest test in his battle against Hillary Clinton for 2008 Democratic nomination by storming ahead in fund raising campaign. Obama Raises $32m to Race Ahead of Clinton in Fundraising Battle .
Andrei Lugovoi, one of Russian men who met Alexander Litvinenko on day he fell ill with polonium poisoning, is to be charged with his murder. Former Kgb Spy Andrei Lugovoi Faces Alexander Litvinenko Murder Charge .
Not smartest criminal on block, a man arrested for theft accidentally dropped his stolen $25,000 booty into a prison shower grate. Don’t Drop Soap in Prison Shower? How •bout a Diamond?.
If Royal Mail is to see off privateers it will have to get to grips with postal theft and tampering. Royal Mail Need to Get to Grips With Postal Theft.
Twenty-three Delta Zeta sorority members at DePauw University in Indiana were forced out, they allege, because they weren’t attractive enough. The sorority, which had been suffering from declining membership there, denied charges. Sorority Members Dropped Because they Weren’t Attractive Enough.
The Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was today sent to hospital for medical check-ups after arriving for a court hearing. Zimbabwean Opposition Leader Morgan Tsvangirai Sent to Hospital. .
Today, worst threat for Islamic Terror diffusion in Africa emanates from tyrannical realm that has been fallaciously named ‘Ethiopia’; call it correctly ‘Abyssinia’ and liberate oppressed Oromos, Ogadenis, Sidamas, and Afars, and you avert Islamic bomb of East Africa. Usurping name ‘Ethiopia’, Abyssinia provokes Islamic Terror.
Likely Democratic presidential hopeful calls for more resources to be devoted to Afghanistan. Hillary Clinton Opposes Iraq Troops ‘surge’ .
Former US president who entered White House after Watergate scandal without receiving a single electoral vote. Gerald Ford .
Fierce fight expected in Southern Ocean as each side says other is criminal. Activists Race to Hunt Down Whalers .
Leave murderous Pan-Arabist El Bashir tyrant longer stay at Khartoum, and you prove that you never learnt anything out of Nazi lesson. Further tolerate Darfur, and prove that you are not really a human being anymore. End Darfur Genocide’21st century’s most outrageous crime against Mankind.
We should never use means and methods of racists or Nazis in accomplishing our goals. Civil Rights should never be abridged. Using Fascism to Destroy Fascism.
Wednesday marks implementation of a tough law targeting illegal immigrants in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. PA Town Cracks Down on Illegals, Hispanics Leaving in Droves.
The pre-eminent provider of information is moving into ‘real’ world to protect its interests. The Search for Influence: Google Becomes a Political Player .
” Writer calls Muhammad ‘mass-murderer of Jews’ — Death threats provoke freedom of speech debate French Philosophy Teacher in Hiding After Attack on Islam .
The good feeling generated by London’s Olympic win appears to be over, after government was criticised from all sides over sudden leap in budget from “1.5bn to £2bn. London 2012: Olympic Finances Come Under Fire.
A Reuters cameraman being held without charge in Baghdad’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison is to be detained for a further six months while US military reviews his case. By Claire Cozens. US to Hold Reuters Cameraman for Six Months.
A Marine corporal who wrote a song about murdering an Iraqi family says that song was just a joke and anybody who might be offended by lyrics just shouldn’t listen to song. NC Marine Says Offensive Song Wasn’t Meant to Offend Anyone.
Investigators in San Jose are sorting through hundreds of chilling notes describing illegal sex acts with underage boys, all written by a man who may be worst child molester in recorded history. Schwartzmiller Accused Of Worst Child Molestation Case In History.
Instead of hypocritically and shamefully showing a supposed peace in Lebanon, Colonial France and Britain should care to stop Red Sea bloodshed, and support historical people of Blemmyes / Beja in their national effort to get freedom and control over all Red Sea coast of Sudan. Sudan’s Beja / Blemmyes, and their Right to Freedom and Statehood.
Rush and Hannity Fans will love this. To fight an enemy, you must know who enemy is. IslamoFascism must be defined. It must be identified...for world is aflame in this, our summer of discontent...and IslamoFascism is fuel of fire. It is nothing but Piracy! IslamoFascism is nothing but Piracy.
Pridi Banomyong was one of prominent leaders in 1932 coup that changed Thailand to a constitutional monarchy. He laid legal framework and political structure for a modern democracy. Pridi Banomyong - father of Thai democracy.
Three atomic bombs against Iran are all we need for a Century of Peace. The imminent nuclear bombardment of Iran will automatically cancel forthcoming tribulation of Europe. Exterminate Iran Now!.
” Teenager funds campaign by selling toffee apples — Independent promised to revitalise local economy Schoolboy Voted in As America’s Youngest Mayor.
Too many people died trying to achieve voting rights throughout United States. In Mississippi, battles were pronounced. Birdia Keglar, a long-time voting rights proponent, was lynched by Ku Klux Klan along with a good friend, Adeline Hamlett, on their way home from meeting with Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Three months later, Keglar’s son was murdered after trying to investigate his mother’s death. Dying to Vote
Elaina Morton is not listed as one of 2,000 Americans now confirmed killed in Iraq since start of war, but she might as well be. In US military parlance 23-year-old lab technician from Kansas would have been referred to as a surviving spouse. But three months after her husband, Staff Sergeant Benjamin Morton, was killed by insurgents in Mosul, Elaina picked up a gun and
