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September 28, 2009

Afghan war is a war of choice, not a war of necessity

Richard Haass, US Foreign Policy expert and the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, says the war in Afghanistan is no longer a war of necessity but rather a war of choice. In an interview . . . more
  
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Film about Charles Darwin too controversial for religious and fundamentalist America

Creation , a British film about Charles Darwin, has failed to find a US distributor because "his theory of evolution is too controversial for American audiences." The British Telegraph writes that . . . more
  
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September 9, 2009

For Blackwater mercenaries, terrorizing and killing Iraqis was sport, payback time

Driving around Baghdad, Blackwater mercenaries competed who can hit an Iraqi civilian with a water bottle or smash a windshield or a window. Some fired their weapons indiscriminately in unprovoked and . . . more
    
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September 8, 2009

Crazy Michele Bachmann wants to be first female president of the US

In an interview with World Net Daily on August 15, Michele Bachmann, Republican member of House of Representatives from Minnesota, was asked whether she would ever run for US president. "If I felt . . . more
    
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Western hypocrisy - elections in Iran vs elections in Afghanistan

The "evidence" that Iranian election were stolen was the fact that the results were released too quickly. This was enough for Western politicians and media to condemn the Iranian regime and cause rage . . . more
    
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Sudan and European Ignorance

Speaking at a press conference in Egypt, Javier Solana , the European Union foreign policy chief, said that he does not support independence for South Sudan. As agreed in the 2005 Comprehensive Peace . . . more
  
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September 5, 2009

The worst Bible verses that approve brutality, murder, slavery, genocide, and sexism

The readers of Ship of Fools , a British "magazine of Christian unrest," have debated for some time about the worst Bible verses that seem to approve brutality, murder, slavery, genocide, and sexism. . . . more
  
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67 people die in grief after their beloved politician was killed

67 people have died so far of shock or committed suicide in India after a widely popular politician, Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, the chief minister in the Andhra Pradesh state, was killed in a chopper crash . . . more
 
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September 4, 2009

Canadian government to appeal controversial 'racist' refugee case

The government of Canada will challenge the ruling by the Canadian immigration board panel that granted refugee status to a white man from South Africa who claimed persecution from black South . . . more
  
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People of Walmart - Stranger slaps crying two-year-old child

Sonya Matthews and her two-year-old daughter Paige were shopping at a local Walmart in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Paige wasn't in good mood so she cried. Roger Stephens, 61, was shopping at the same . . . more
 
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