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Baghdad bombing leaves hole in diplomatic corps
Aug 25 2009, EnJames

Iraqi diplomats are clearing out the rubble of their bombed Foreign Ministry building while the nation grapples with the aftermath of an attack that has rocked the foundation of its fragile security and served notice that the country is still at...

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Gold Addiction Fuels Brutal Congo War
Isaac, Kampala
This Sunday “60 Minutes” will present an investigation into how the global gold industry is helping fuel violence and chaos in the Congo. CBS reporter...
Congo, Congo rebels, Gold
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Bomb Blast on Charsadda Road Injures Two Cops
Karim Khan, Peshawar
Early this morning, November 26, 2009, a blast has been reported from the Rasheedabad area on Charsadda Road of Peshawar. Two policemen, including an SHO, are reported...
Peshawar blast, Charsadda Road blast, terrorism in Peshawar
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10 Florida students suspended for participating in "kick a Jew day"
Incognito, Boca Raton
Anti-Semitism is rampant all over the world, and it doesn’t help that the anti-Zionist/anti-Israeli movement is so vocal and so vitriolic. Regardless of whether...
Anti-semitism, kick a Jew day, Florida
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100 Afghan Women Committed Self-Immolation in 2009
Ikramuddin Bahram, Peshawar
On the eve of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Ministry of Public Health in Afghanistan has released a shocking report on the rise...
Violence and Depression, Elimination of Violence against women, Forced Marriages
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Comrade Duch aka Kaing Guek Eav, Khmer Rouge torturer wants forgiveness
Incognito, Boca Raton
Remember the “Killing Fields” back in the 1970s (1975 to 1979, to be exact), when the brutal communist party, the Khmer Rouge, killed almost a quarter of...
Comrade Duch, Kaing Guek Eav, torturer
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Only 20% Test Takers To Be Admitted in Higher Education Institutes
Ikramuddin Bahram, Peshawar
The Ministry of Higher Education in Afghanistan says that the capacity of Higher Education Institutes in Afghanistan is as big as to accommodate only 20% of the...
Ministry of Higher Education, Pre-Admission Test, Conquer
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Between an irreversible Rock and a Narco hard place
Oscar, Oaxaca
Jesus Zambada Reyes, the young man at the tender age of 22, was recently found dead in a house in Mexico City. It was mentioned Zambada Reyes had, on numerous...
Jesus Zambada Reyes, Jesus El Rey Zambada Garcia, Ismael El Mayo Zambada
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Pak Moving her Forces from Western to Eastern Border?
Zaheerul Hassan, Lahore
Reliable sources stated that Pakistani authorities have decided to move her forces from Western to Eastern border. The move of forces would be started soon. The...
Obama, Nuke war, Pakistan-India relations
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What To Be Thankful For?
Marco Villa, Connecticut
This Thanksgiving comes at a time when the U.S. Congress is debating on whether to enact a European-style, socialist health care scheme. Despite its faults, the U.S....
Thanksgiving, ObamaCare, Politics & Society
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26/11 National pain...
Surendra, Ghaziabad
Sometimes I feel like beating it up on drums so that the whole world knows... I wonder what would have happened if a neighboring country like Pakistan or India would...
Mumbai attacks, national pain
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Obama's First State Dinner
Marco Villa, Connecticut
Personally, if I have one critique of Obama and his troops is that they are not pompous enough. Well, finally The One has answered my prayers and held his first State...
Barack Obama, Manmohan Singh's US visit, State dinner
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An Insight View on 26/11
Shyam Jaiswal, new delhi
The attack on 26/11 shows the poor defense and law and order of India. Why it happens only in a particular date like 26/11, 26th Jan, or 15th Aug. Our security agency...
Mumbai Attacks, terrorist
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Father's cry for justice heard after a year
Rudra Bhaumik, kolkata
Nobody bother to interrogate co-star actress Lavina Bhatia, but victim’s father alleged that it was not a simple suicide case. About one year after now police...
Laveena, Kunal Singh, murder
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Will Marwan Save Palestine?
Marco Villa, Connecticut
Mahmoud Abbas - the illegitimate president of the Palestinian Authority (his term expired in January) - is on edge. Years of being an Israeli and American puppet has...
Mahmood Abbas, Palestinians, Hamas
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Obama's Surge Surge in Afghanistan
Marco Villa, Connecticut
President Obama - who ran and won election on a anti-war platform - is doubling down on his surge in Afghanistan. Obama is sending 40,000 more U.S. troops to...
Afghanistan war, Troop surge, Obama decision on Afghanistan
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You know there's a serious Economic Crisis when...
Oscar, Oaxaca
You know there’s a serious economic crisis when remittances which historically have been sent from the United States to Mexico suddenly shift gears and begin...
Economic crisis, Mexico, united states
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Remembering horror of Mumbai Attack on First Anniversary
Ekawaaz Ekawaaz, Delhi
A proud, but grieving Indian salutes its heroes, grieved for those who lost their lives and remembered what brought us together as Indian. On November 26th 2008 our...
Mumbai Attacks, Taj Mumbai
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Maureen Dowd: Bill Clinton Lobbied Gov. Paterson To Keep Caroline Kennedy Out Of Senate
Andrew, Tempe
Maureen Dowd’s New York Times column this week details the fall of outgoing White House council Greg Craig, and drops an interesting tidbit concerning Caroline...
US, Caroline Kennedy, Gov. Paterson
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Diocese in Alaska agrees to $10M abuse settlement
Shane, Kansas City
The Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks and representatives of almost 300 alleged victims of clergy abuse have agreed on a settlement of almost $10 million. The agreement...
Church, Diocese in Alaska, abuse settlement
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In Turkey, criticism an expensive business
Volkan, Ankara
Any normal business would tremble in the face of a $2.5 billion tax fine. But in the case of Dogan Yayin, Turkey’s largest media corporation, most are betting that...
Turkey, Media, Rle of media
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Bombings blow up Baghdad's summer of optimism
Yasser, Baghdad
Some worshippers stayed away from mosques Friday, offering their traditional prayers at home. Markets had fewer-than-usual shoppers. Parks were strangely uncrowded —...
Iraq war, Blasts, suicide bombing
made popular Aug 22 2009
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75 dead as series of blasts shakes Baghdad
Mazin, Baghdad
Martin Chulov reports from the Iraqi capital in the aftermath of at least six explosions in which government buildings appear to have been targeted. Baghdad was rocked...
Iraq war, Blasts, Iraq violence
made popular Aug 19 2009
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Iraq's Bombs of August: A Return to the Bad Old Days?
CJ, San Francisco
Iraq dreams of what is called sustainable peace — a qualified condition that allows life to go on with an acceptable level of tumult. And so, with a measure of...
Iraq war, Blasts, blast walls
made popular Aug 12 2009
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String of bombings kill at least 42 in Iraq
Korey, Houston
A double truck bombing tore through a Shiite community near the northern city of Mosul, while blasts in Baghdad targeted primarily Shiites in a wave of violence that...
Iraq war, Suicide bombing, Iraq violence
made popular Aug 10 2009
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Bombs Target Shiites In Iraq, Killing At Least 37
Domonique, Washington
A suicide truck bomber flattened a Shiite mosque Friday in northern Iraq, and roadside bombs struck Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, as at least 51 people were killed and...
Iraq war, Blasts, suicide bombing
made popular Aug 8 2009
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Baghdad blast walls to come down
Korey, Houston
The Iraqi government has announced that within the next 40 days all blast walls will be removed from Baghdad. The building of the walls escalated in 2006 at the height...
Iraq war, Blasts, blast walls
made popular Aug 6 2009
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After the Shooting, Another Showdown
Yoann, Minneapolis
When insurgents attacked an American convoy with AK-47 rounds and a couple of grenades on a dusty highway in a Baghdad suburb this week, U.S. soldiers returned fire,...
iraq war, Shootouts, Iraq violence
made popular Jul 25 2009
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The Iranian Extremist Campaign's Reaction to US-Iraqi Pact
Nassim, Damascus
After the U.S.-Iraqi pact was adopted by the Iraqi parliament’s ratification through a wide majority, I suggested in a previous article about the strategic...
Iraq security pact, Iran policy, Mideast extremism
made popular Dec 4 2008
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Iraq: A presidential romance, his campaign for democracy, and a few dead bodies
Jayanta Bhattacharya, New Delhi
The big story today as elected by the major and not so major world media is that there had been a series of bombings in Iraq leaving quite a few corpses (BBC reports it...
Iraq, Iraq Violence, Baghdad Bombing, George Bush
made popular Apr 18 2007
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