When contemplating war, beware of babies in incubators - CSMonitor.com
And it would be just as easy for the Iraqis to do it in the Arab world, as it would be for those that oppose them to do it in the West.In his excellent book on war reporting "The First Casualty (of War is the Truth)," British journalist Phillip Knightly shows how important it is for the media to remain vigilant. Although I had no family of my own then, who could countenance such brutality? The news of the slaughter had come at a key moment in the deliberations about whether the US would invade Iraq
We need your support to send reporting teams to cover workers struggles around the world, including the ongoing strike of oil workers in the United States. Michigan legislature defies popular vote against road tax hike By Kathleen Martin, 23 July 2015 The state legislature is moving to enact regressive taxes to pay for the road construction efforts, in defiance of a popular vote in a referendum only two months ago
New NASA data show how the world is running out of water - The Washington Post
Rain-starved California is currently tapping aquifers for 60 percent of its water use as its rivers and above-ground reservoirs dry up, a steep increase from the usual 40 percent. Famiglietti said problems with groundwater are exacerbated by global warming, which has caused the regions closest to the equator to get drier and more extreme latitudes to experience wetter and heavier rains
We condemn in the strongest possible terms the actions of the regime and call on it to adhere to international obligations with respect to the treatment of prisoners. The authors are Sir Desmond de Silva QC, former chief prosecutor of the special court for Sierra Leone, Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, the former lead prosecutor of former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic, and Professor David Crane, who indicted President Charles Taylor of Liberia at the Sierra Leone court
Those who have struggle to make sense of it, not least because so much detail has yet to be filled in: of the 400 rules it mandates, only 93 have been finalised. Examples range from the merely annoying (eg, a proposed code for nurseries in Colorado that specifies how many crayons each box must contain) to the delusional (eg, the conceit of Dodd-Frank that you can anticipate and ban every nasty trick financiers will dream up in the future)
The world is not falling apart: The trend lines reveal an increasingly peaceful period in history.
And as the political scientist John Mueller points out, in most years bee stings, deer collisions, ignition of nightwear, and other mundane accidents kill more Americans than terrorist attacks. Over the course of 25 years, Israel fought the armies of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan five times, with more than 100,000 battle deaths, and in 1973 both Israel and the United States put their nuclear forces on high alert in response to the threat
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Greek leaders approve second set of changes Under the threat of yet another deadline, the Greek Parliament has approved a second package of policy changes, clearing the way for the bailout package. My News My Clippings My Comments My Benefits Today's Paper Subscribe Log in Register Personalise your news, save articles to read later and customise settings If you have trouble accessing our login form below, you can go to our login page
Known for their fusion of breaking and house, Circle of Fire has been pushing the boundaries of free expression in breaking for nearly two decades; a yin to the yang of traditionalism and structure. Every day for one week the troupe taught fundamentals, power moves, battle tactics, advanced threads, character and stage presence to 40 plus Palestinian youths in Nablus on the West Bank, ages 10-25, culminating in a showcase at th Read More Breaking News September 19th, 2013 40 years of Hip Hop by KRS-One -HIP HOP APRECIATION WEEK AMSTERDAM This speech was held during the Hip Hop appreciation week in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Secret World War II Chemical Experiments Tested Troops By Race : NPR
Susan Matsumoto says her husband, Tom, who died in 2004 of pneumonia, told his wife that he was OK with the testing because he felt it would help "prove he was a good United States citizen." Matsumoto remembers FBI agents coming to her family's home during the war, forcing them to burn their Japanese books and music to prove their loyalty to the U.S. Its main function, according to military documents obtained by NPR, was to gather data on "the behavior of lethal chemical agents." Document One of the studies uncovered by NPR through the Freedom of Information Act was conducted in the Spring 1944
The Taliban were by far the worst government Afghanistan has ever had A year after the Taliban seized power, I interviewed UN staff, foreign aid workers and Afghans in Kabul. The CIA's supply of Stinger missiles to the mujahideen forced the Soviets out of Afghanistan This myth of the 1980s was given new life by George Crile's 2003 book Charlie Wilson's War and the 2007 film of the same name, starring Tom Hanks as the loud-mouthed congressman from Texas
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Even when they finished fourth in 2012, they were denied the prize they wanted when sixth-placed Chelsea won the Champions League to qualify for the following season's competition at Tottenham's expense. He migrates between his mansion in Barcelona and a second home in Amsterdam, where locals like to report sightings of "Johan" cycling around or eating fries
The physical and mental strain of the long hours at dispersal, the constant flying at high altitudes (two or three sorties a day were normal, six or seven not uncommon), must have been prodigious. In fact Stalin was very much better informed, through his spies, of the state of nuclear research, than either Churchill or Truman could possibly imagine
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Fascism, was a promise to respond to the needs of the people more effectively than a democracy could and to assure defense against the state becoming communist. There was the development of new weaponry, such as the long-range rocket and the A-bomb, as well as radical advancements in the mechanized units and the air force
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