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SubscribeJapans medal-winning Olympic wrestlers back Tokyo 2016 - with bribes from the japanese goverment?
http://www.robladin.com/ beijing_olympics_2008/ 2008/ 08/ 29/ japans-medal-winni…-
ABORTION: Why it’s a non-issue in 2008
http://ktracy.com/ ?p=2047Since March, I’ve been getting a lot of e-mails from people upset about one thing or another regarding my treatment of John McCain. All of them have been hypocritical in one way or another and about 9 out of 10 of them have been incredibly offensive.
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Russia, Georgia: The Balkan Context
http://globalvoicesonline.org/ 2008/ 08/ 29/ russia-georgia-the-balkan-context/LimbicNutrition Weblog writes about the Russian-Georgian conflict in the context of the earlier events in the Balkans.
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How you can help New Orleans: Watch this short video
http://kenmccarthy.com/ blog/ ?p=130Three years and a few days ago, Gary Halbert and I were speakers at an Agora event in Baltimore. The last day of the seminar, we were all following the news of a hurricane heading towards New Orleans, but it seemed Gary and I were the only ones there who were aware of what it would mean if the levees were topped.
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Viral Sovereignty and Intellectual Property
http://opiniojuris.org/ 2008/ 08/ 29/ viral-sovereignty-and-intellectual-propert…The blog Futurismic as an interesting post on “viral sovereignty.” According to a recent Washington Post op-ed by Richard Holbrooke and Laurie Garrett: This extremely dangerous idea comes to us courtesy of Indonesia’s minister of health, Siti Fadilah Supari, who asserts that deadly viruses are the
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India slams UN statement on IHK
http://www.pak-times.com/ 2008/ 08/ 29/ india-slams-un-statement-on-ihk-3148/NEW DELHI : India has slammed the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for its statement on Jammu and Kashmir, describing it as “uncalled for and irresponsible,” and asserting that India did not need any advice regarding protection of human rights of its citizens.
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Keeping an eye on China
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/ node/ 7617Keeping an eye on China Mao Zedong died in 1976, and since then, two big things have happened to China, says Giles Fraser. The first is the explosion of the economy. The other is the explosion of religion - and, sometimes, its suppression.
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Keeping the Voice of Protest Alive
http://us.oneworld.net/ article/ 357179-keeping-voice-protest-aliveA group of Zimbabwean female human rights defenders explains how they continue to promote electoral reform through flyer distribution and public demonstrations despite political repression and police abuse. read more
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US soldiers killed Iraqi detainees
http://dearkitty.blogsome.com/ 2008/ 08/ 29/ us-soldiers-killed-iraqi-detainees/…This is called Graphic: Abu Ghraib pictures and video. By Jerry White in the USA: Military officers testify that US soldiers murdered Iraqi detainees 29 August 2008 Testimony presented to a US Army hearing in Germany this week detailed how three US noncommissioned officers executed four bound and blindfolded Iraqi detainees in Baghdad in April 2007.
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McCain clutches at straws and comes up short
http://parisparfait.typepad.com/ paris_parfait/ 2008/ 08/ mccain-clutches.htmlJohn McCain's curious pick of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate really has to make one wonder about his judgment. Palin - a governor for only two years - previously was the mayor of a town of less than 8,000 people. She already is embroiled in a scandal in her home state.
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McCain clutches at straws and comes up short
http://parisparfait.typepad.com/ paris_parfait/ 2008/ 08/ mccain-clutches.htmlJohn McCain's curious pick of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate really has to make one wonder about his judgment. Palin - a governor for only two years - previously was the mayor of a town of less than 8,000 people. She already is embroiled in a scandal in her home state.
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