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• The Iraq Inquiry begins in London

  
  The Common Ills — Authority: 508
  At the Guardian , Andrew Sparrow is live blogging the Iraq Inquiry in London. Rose Gentles song Gordon died serving in Iraq. ITV News speaks with her (link is video) and she tells them, "I just hope the committee stuck to their word because they promised us that theyd look inside and outside and if there were ...
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• Giles Coren defends Kate Moss.

  
  Minor Matters — Authority: 123
  If you don’t know the British food critic Giles Coren for his food columns you might remember him for his marvelous angry letter to the sub editors of The Times of London. He was furious that they removed the indefinite article a from one of his stories. The fury may have been justified, and the [...]Related posts: ...
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• Children, abuse within the forces and a female bomber

  
  The Common Ills — Authority: 508
  Hussein Mohammed Janabi is a loving little boy who adores his younger siblings, Amneh, 3, and six-month-old twins Zeid and Sajad. But his parents find it difficult to answer him when he asks -- as he often does -- "Why are they beautiful and I am not?" Husseins dream is that the "kind doctors" in Amman will make him ...
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• Goldman Sachs Doing God’s Work?

  
  Sense on Cents — Authority: 480
  Do you get the sense that Wall Street in general and Goldman Sachs in particular are getting overly miffed at the disdain heaped upon it by the American public? I do. In a spirited defense put forth by Goldman Sachs CEO, Lloyd Blankfein invokes the Lord’s name in promoting the virtues of Goldman Sachs’ work. ...
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• To Make South Republican, Deny Blacks the Vote, Senator Says

  
  Times Traveler — Authority: 496
  When reading The Times in 1909, sometimes you have to pinch yourself to be sure you are not dreaming of reading a satirical newspaper.
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• The Fort Hood shooting

  
  The Common Ills — Authority: 508
  An army officer upset at the prospect of deploying to Iraq opened fire on fellow soldiers at the worlds largest military base yesterday in a mass shooting that left 12 people dead and at least 31 wounded. At least two other men in uniform were initially suspected of involvement in the incident at Fort Hood in Texas, ...
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• Almost two weeks after being run over, Noor Faleh Almaleki has died

  
  The Common Ills — Authority: 508
  Noor Faleh Almaleki has died. The 20-year-old Iraqi woman was intentionally run over October 20th (see the October 21st snapshot ) while she and Amal Edan Khalaf were running errands (the latter is the mother of Noors boyfriend and she was left injured in the assault). Police suspected Noors father, Faleh Hassan ...
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• Pearys Claim to Pole Appears to Satisfy Experts

  
  Times Traveler — Authority: 496
  Robert E. Peary yesterday presented the data behind his claim to the discovery of the North Pole to a National Geographic Society committee in Washington, and the society then asked him to present a lecture on Nov. 12, an indication that the committee was satisfied.
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• The violence allegory or whos Brando?

  
  The Common Ills — Authority: 508
  As Iraq reeled from last week’s twin bombings in Baghdad that killed more than 150 people and injured 500, public anger turned against Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister. His government, which goes to the polls in January, has benefited from security gains in the past two years. The ruling party made strides in ...
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• PTSD, plastic surgery

  
  The Common Ills — Authority: 508
  War has changed the Oregon Army National Guard, which has deployed troops on 8,400 tours in Iraq and Afghanistan since 9/11. It turned the states emergency volunteers into combat veterans. And last month, a Grant County jury considered how much war changed Jessie Bratcher. For the first time in Oregon, and among the ...
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• Progress

  
  The Common Ills — Authority: 508
  A defense contractor that supplied vehicle parts for the Iraqi army sought reimbursements from the U.S. military far in excess of the cost of the items, according to a new report by the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction . The contractor, Aecom Government Services , charged $237 for a vehicle ...
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• Liam Gallagher Wants To Start A New Band

  
  Powerline A.D. — Authority: 134
  In an interview with the Scottish newspaper The Scotsman , former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher (pictured above in a photo from The Times of London) discussed his desire to start a new band in the New Year. Gallagher told the newspaper: “Getting away from the whole Oasis thing is going to be a good thing I ...
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• The bombings and Iraq wants to go nuclear

  
  The Common Ills — Authority: 508
  The cars streamed into Najaf over the last two days as families buried loved ones killed in Sundays double bombing in Baghdad. By Tuesday afternoon, what was thought to be the last of the dead were brought to the Valley of Peace cemetery, the most sacred burial ground for Iraqs Shiite majority. Undertaker Mehdi ...
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• The US Embassy in Baghdad

  
  The Common Ills — Authority: 508
  It is the worlds most expensive embassy, costing more than $700 million (£427 million) and designed to withstand earthquakes and insurgents. Yet only nine months after being opened, the US Embassy in Iraq is riddled with problems expected to cost more than $130 million to fix. Nobody praised its architecture when it ...
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