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• How to succeed in Afghanistan

  
  PRI's The World — Authority: 625
  President Obama is to announce his long-awaited decision on Afghanistan on Tuesday. It’s still not clear what he’ll say in his prime-time speech to the nation, from the military academy at West Point. But yesterday the president said he will “finish the job” in Afghanistan. And today the White House indicated ...
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• Some ‘Change’: Closest Ally Britain Says Obama Undermining War In Afghanistan

  
  Start Thinking Right — Authority: 476
  We’re constantly told that the world loves us again now that Barack Obama is president. Mind you, that “love” is utterly meaningless.  We’re not benefiting in any way from all the “love” we’re supposedly receiving. We’re certainly not getting more support for the war on terror – oops, forgot ...
  19 hours ago

• Measuring Human Rights (9): When “Worse” Doesn’t Necessarily Mean “Worse”

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 434
  I discussed in this older post  some of the problems related to the measurement of human rights violations, and to the assessment of progress or deterioration. One of the problems I mentioned is caused by improvements in measurement methods. Such improvements can in fact result in a statistic showing increasing ...
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• Life Lessons

  
  Errol Morris — Authority: 459
  With his faith in Americas wars gone, a soldier clings to the mission of keeping himself alive.
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• Monday: 1 Iraqi Killed, 12 Wounded

  
  Antiwar.com Original — Authority: 135
  A possible resolution for the elections law impasse was agreed to by lawmakers, but not before Sunni politicians walked out on the debate. At least one Iraqi was killed and 12 more were wounded in light violence. Kidnappings and arrests were made across the country. In provinces such as Basra and Diyala such arrests ...
  2 days ago

• Is This How NATO Should Announce Casualties?

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 763
  I saw in my RSS reader that four U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan in the last 24 hours. Hmm , I thought, I get emails from the International Security Assistance Force — the NATO military command in Afghanistan — and I don’t recall seeing that . So I went back through my inbox and found this press ...
  2 days ago

• Doctor contracts swine flu in Chandigarh

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Chandigarh, Nov 23 (IANS) A doctor working in a leading hospital here tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) virus, health department officials said Monday.According to health officials, a junior resident doctor working at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and a 14-year-old student ...
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• AFGHANISTAN: Afghan victims of Taliban violence suffer in silence

  
  War Victims Monitor — Authority: 123
  AFPBy LYNNE O’DONNELLNovember 22, 2009KABUL — The stench of sewage hangs in the air as barefoot children clamber up a suburban hillside in Kabul, past green flags that flap over the graves of Afghans killed in suicide attacks.Perhaps a third of the tombs, each surrounded by a wrought-iron fence, are marked as the ...
  2 days ago

• national garage sale crashes....,

  
  subrealism — Authority: 142
  FT | Ebay became a victim of its own success at the weekend after a surge in the number of items for sale caused the world’s largest online auction site to crash. Millions of shoppers were first unable to search for items on the website on Saturday, during the crucial run-up to Christmas, after a computer ...
  2 days ago

• Landmine targeting army convoy detected in Assam

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Guwahati, Nov 23 (IANS) A major tragedy was averted in Assam Monday with security forces detecting a powerful landmine planted on a road used by army convoys to reach the Chinese border along the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, officials said.An army spokesperson said soldiers on a routine patrol Monday ...
  2 days ago

• Dignified Transfers

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 489
  November 22, 2009I don’t know why barry went on that particular day or what his true personal mission was but in the end it doesn’t matter.It was wrong.Those courageous souls gave everything they had in life. The government should not have control over them in death.Their families wishes should be followed. Every ...
  3 days ago

• Cartoon of the Day

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 686
  Couldnt have said it better if I had drawn the thing myself. Click to enlarge, via.
  3 days ago

• Ride-on lawnmowers land thousands of people in hospital every year

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  London, Nov 22 (ANI): Experts have revealed that ride-on lawnmowers are causing more accidents every year, landing thousands of people in hospital.According to the Journal of Safety Research, a survey conducted over five years has shown that some 66,000 Americans ended up in emergency departments with injuries caused ...
  3 days ago

• Saturday: 2 Iraqis Killed, 15 Wounded

  
  Antiwar.com Original — Authority: 135
  At least two Iraqis were killed and 15 more were wounded in today’s attacks. The elections law impassed continues to dominate the news, but two separate criminal cases involving a U.S. soldier and a Blackwater contractor are also getting attention.
  4 days ago

• Five die in Florida mobile home fire

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  OCALA, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) — Five people died when a fire broke out at a mobile home in Florida’s northwest Marion County on early Saturday, county officials said.Marion County firefighters responded to the mobile home at 6.46 a.m. EST, according to Miranda Iglesias, a spokeswoman for the Marion County Fire Rescue. ...
  4 days ago

• Less Than Jake – Tonight @ Le Medley

  
  cornershopstudios — Authority: 148
  Horns of plenty and energy littered riffs fill Le Medley as Florida’s Less Than Jake hits Montreal tonight.With special guests: The Casualties + The Swellers
  4 days ago

• the corporatist agenda 70 years ago....,

  
  subrealism — Authority: 142
  
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• Karzai govt will collapse within weeks of international forces pullout, warns Miliband

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Kabul, Nov. 21 (ANI): British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has warned British opponents of the Afghan war that the Hamid Karzai-led government could collapse within weeks if NATO pulled out its troops now.“If international forces leave, you can choose a time - five minutes, 24 hours or seven days - but the ...
  4 days ago

• Iraq War Casualties

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 968
  Total number of U.S. military deaths since 2003 and names of the U.S. troops killed recently in the Iraq war, as announced by the Pentagon:
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• Gas explosion traps 139 coal miners in north-east China

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Beijing, Nov 21 (DPA) A gas explosion at a coal mine in north-east China trapped 139 workers early Saturday, local media reported.More than 500 miners were working when the explosion occurred at 2:30 a.m. in a mine in Hegang City, Heilongjiang province, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported.Local residents in ...
  4 days ago

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