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"Nothing
in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood."
Marie Curie
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"When
we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most
to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving
advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain
and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who
can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can
stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate
not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality
of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares." Henri
Nouwen
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"We
do not know what awaits each of us after death, but we know that we
will die. Clearly it must be possible to live ethically -with a
genuine concern for the happiness of other sentient beings- without
presuming to know things about which we are patently ignorant.
Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person you will
pass in the street today, is going to die. Living long enough, each
will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to
lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be
anything but kind to them in the meantime?" Sam
Harris
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed
(Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,745
icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops
Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,187
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Chomsky: US-led Afghan War, Criminal
By Press TV
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"The Truth Is There Is No Al Qaeda"
Yemen's Drive on Al Qaeda Faces Internal Skepticism
By MONA EL-NAGGAR and ROBERT F. WORTH
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U.S. Covert War Provokes Terrorism in Yemen
By Sheldon Richman
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Al-Qaida No. 2 Vows Revenge for Imprisoned
Woman
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
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Dr Aafia Siddiqui To Be Incarcerated In
CarsHELL
By Yvonne Ridley
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In Case You Missed It
Torture Inc. Americas Brutal Prisons
Video Documentary
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US Mid-Term Elections:
The Death of Hope and Change
By Andy Worthington
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The Obama Postmortem
An Autopsy of a Political Suicide
By Ted Rall
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A Tale of Two Ghettoes
By Kalle Lasn
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US kills 13 people in NW Pakistan:
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10 suspected militants killed in assault, Afghan police
chief says:
Afghan and NATO-led troops killed at least 10 suspected
militants, including two foreign fighters, in the northern province
of Kunduz, a police official said Thursday.
http://bit.ly/dgJTPv
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229 Afghan civilians killed in October:
Official:
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Five killed, 15 injured in Iraq
attacks:
Three soldiers were killed by a bomb aimed at a military
patrol near the city of Salah el-Din, some 170 kilometres north of
Baghdad. Nine people, including civilians, were also injured in the
blast.
http://bit.ly/9d0hO7
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Tariq Aziz faces judicial murder in Iraq:
The sentencing of former Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz to
hang is a barbaric act of political vengeance by the US puppet
government in Baghdad and yet another in the litany of war crimes
committed by Washington since the 2003 invasion.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/oct2010/pers-o28.shtml
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South Yemen car bomb kills two, wounds 22: security
official:
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Officials deny Yemen bomb defused 17 minutes before it was
set to go off:
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War criminal:
Bush makes clear he approved use of
waterboarding:
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Wikileaks founder takes US to task over
abuses:
"If the United States is to be seen as a credible country that
obeys the rule of law and those it has committed to and promoted,
it must conduct investigations into plausible violations of those
laws," the 39-year-old Australian told reporters in Geneva, adding
that the US should open up "instead of covering up".
http://bit.ly/dqburo
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CIA lawyer: U.S. law does not forbid
rendition:
Daniel Pines, an assistant general counsel at the CIA, has
asserted in a law journal that the abduction of terrorism suspects
abroad is legal under U.S. law, even when the suspect is turned
over to countries notorious for torture.
http://bit.ly/ad6sGe
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IDF spokeswoman completely denies hinting Israel
coordinated Gaza murder with Washington:
Asked whether Israel had coordinated the murder on Mohammed
Nimnim, a commander in the Army of Islam group, with its American
ally, the spokesman did not respond.
http://bit.ly/bzwUra
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Arrest fears prompt Israel to relocate strategic forum with
U.K.:
U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague says Britain will soon
change a law that has threatened Israeli officials with arrest for
war crimes if they visit Britain.
http://bit.ly/cJnJkl
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Israel sparks legal row during William Hague
visit:
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Benjamin Netanyahu retains control of U.S.
Congress:
One prominent pro-Israel lobbying group in Washington is
already praising the GOP takeover of the House of Representatives
as a net benefit for Israel.
http://bit.ly/9gUUdA
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AIPAC lauds re-election of pro-Israel
stalwarts:
"Many of the strongest friends and supporters of the
U.S.-Israel relationship were reelected on Tuesday," the group said
in a statement.
http://bit.ly/c91WXf
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Jewish Settler Leaders Praise Republican
Gains:
The U.S. midterm elections heartened some right-leaning
Israelis, including settler leaders, who have seen President Barack
Obama's Mideast policy as antagonist and now view his repudiation
in the polls as a sign he may be less able to pressure Israel into
concessions in stalled peace talks.
http://on.wsj.com/aFL9dy
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Iran arrests four over 'British-linked assassination
plot':
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Iran: Analysis: UK: Espionage-led diplomacy:
John Sawers, the chairman of Britain's spying apparatus MI6,
has conceded a few days ago that his agency was carrying out
espionage operations in Iran.
http://presstv.ir/detail/149620.html
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Colombia Suspends 7 in Military After Children's
Killings:
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Scariest speed camera of all...
It checks your insurance, tax and even whether you are
tailgating or not wearing a seatbelt
http://bit.ly/dx75il
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Privacy advocates fear massive fed health
database:
U.S. Office of Personnel Management wants to collect data from
three health programs
http://bit.ly/djwiuv
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UN report warns of threat to human progress from climate
change:
The United Nations warned today that a continued failure to
tackle climate change was putting at risk decades of progress in
improving the lives of the world's poorest people.
http://bit.ly/9ykBUf
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Global financial crisis leaves two million Australians in
poverty:
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French Workers Block Cars Outside Airports in Pension
Protest:
French airline workers blocked traffic outside several
airports Thursday to protest a new law that has raised the
country's minimum retirement age from 60 to 62.
http://bit.ly/bQ2xo1
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Ireland: Student protest brings chaos to Dublin
streets:
Dublin city centre was the scene of violent clashes yesterday
during a student protest against a rise in registration fees.
http://bit.ly/dBFw3s
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Applications for jobless aid rise sharply:
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Fitch Says 7M Homes in the Shadows Will Take 40 Months to
Clear:
Fitch Ratings puts the industry's shadow inventory - meaning
loans that are seriously delinquent, in foreclosure, or REO - at 7
million homes.
http://bit.ly/bU2ruU
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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