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December 01, 2009 04:52 PM EST (featured date: December 02, 2009) — "I had other priorities in the sixties than military service." –on his five draft deferments, to avoid serving in Vietnam, --April 5, 1989 "My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as --liberators--." . . . more
November 30, 2009 12:48 PM EST (featured date: December 02, 2009) — A cynical view from this week's Economist   more
November 30, 2009 03:27 AM EST (featured date: December 02, 2009) — President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan handed control of the nation’s nuclear arsenal over to Prime Minister Yusaf Raza Gillani on Friday night. Zardari’s move confirmed the uncertainty of . . . more
November 29, 2009 09:39 PM EST (featured date: December 02, 2009) —   Tanzanian albinos live in fear of their lives Photo: REUTERS As someone who is very concerned about the plight the people of Africa, I like to spend time reading about . . . more
November 23, 2009 04:11 AM EST (featured date: November 24, 2009) — Yes, that’s Afghanistan, the country we’re investing billions in, the country that our military personnel are dying in and the country run by a government that we established and continue . . . more
November 22, 2009 09:43 PM EST (featured date: November 24, 2009) — The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear reactor accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union ). It is considered to . . . more
November 16, 2009 05:00 AM EST (featured date: November 17, 2009) — A new Army report reveals that morale is falling in Afghanistan and that mental health problems are greater than the military’s ability to deal with them. Further, soldiers on their second and third . . . more
November 15, 2009 05:11 PM EST (featured date: November 17, 2009) — In one of the most frantic years for the hooring industry, Sarah Palin has captured the coveted Media-Hoor of the Year Award for 2009. In so doing she bested the efforts of three worthy challengers.  . . . more
November 09, 2009 08:29 AM EST (featured date: November 09, 2009) — An act of appalling cowardice By LEONARD PITTS, JR. W e don't know why Faleh Hassan Almaleki came to this country in the mid-1990s, and it's unlikely he'll be able to tell us anytime . . . more
November 09, 2009 04:54 AM EST (featured date: November 09, 2009) — Ruqaya Izzidien, 7 November 2009 in Islam, Religion Egypt, For purely practical reasons, this kind of segregation makes little sense. I’ve walked into a mosque halfway through a prayer, with no . . . more
November 09, 2009 04:15 AM EST (featured date: November 09, 2009) — For those of you who’ve been waiting 6 ½ years to find even the slightest semblance of a reason for our preemptive invasion of Iraq, your search may be over.  But, instead of uncovering . . . more
November 08, 2009 01:53 PM EST (featured date: November 09, 2009) — The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_Lama [His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is both the head of state and the spiritual leader of . . . more
November 03, 2009 10:38 AM EST (featured date: November 04, 2009) —   When it comes to the media and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – as in many things – John Lennon put it best :   “I’m sick and tired of hearing things/From . . . more
November 03, 2009 05:56 AM EST (featured date: November 04, 2009) — By LiveScience Staff, posted: 02 November 2009 05:23 pm ET A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm. The crack, 20 feet wide in spots, . . . more
November 02, 2009 10:31 PM EST (featured date: November 04, 2009) — The Telegraph (UK) reported November 1 that Russia military forces are reported to have carried out war exercises that included the simulated firing of nuclear missiles at Poland. The story says, "Documents . . . more
November 02, 2009 10:15 PM EST (featured date: November 04, 2009) — The Hill reported November 1 that Senator Joe Lieberman, Independent from Connecticut, is poised to help kill Democrat proposals for healthcare reform. Appearing on Face the Nation on CBS, Lieberman said, . . . more
November 03, 2009 07:38 PM EST (featured date: November 04, 2009) — Army Times reported November 2 that a perceived rift between President Barack Obama and General Stanley McChrystal, the senior U.S. commander on the ground in Afghanistan, is being strongly denied by . . . more
November 03, 2009 07:50 PM EST (featured date: November 04, 2009) — An Associated Press story from November 2 says that America's rich are being targeted with hefty taxes to pay for the healthcare reform bill recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.   . . . more
November 03, 2009 08:14 PM EST (featured date: November 04, 2009) — Army Times reported November 3 that the director of intelligence for General Stanley McChrystal has characterized the spread of Islamic extremists in the Afghanistan - Pakistan area as the worst . . . more
November 04, 2009 04:34 AM EST (featured date: November 04, 2009) — By Maureen O'Gara Article Rating: November 3, 2009 07:15 PM EST Cisco and EMC Tuesday kicked off a cloud-chasing joint venture called Acadia that includes VMware and Intel as minority investors. Presumably . . . more
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