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Army suicides reported at 2-decade high
Thursday, 29 May 2008 11:38
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Army suicides increased again last year,
amid the most violent year yet in both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Two defense officials said Thursday that 108 troops committed suicide in
2007, six more than the previous year. The officials spoke on condition
of anonymity because the full report on the deaths wasn't being released
until later Thursday.
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Suicide bomber kills 16 people in northwestern Iraq
Thursday, 29 May 2008 11:28
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A suicide bomber blew himself up Thursday in a crowd of
police recruits in northwestern Iraq, killing at least 16 men and
wounding 14 others, an official said.
The blast occurred in Sinjar, a town near the Syrian border that was the
site of the deadliest attack of the war - a series of suicide truck
bombings that killed an estimated 500 people.
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Royal flag comes down at Nepal palace
Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:23
KATHMANDU (AFP) — The royal flag was taken down from Nepal's royal
palace Thursday as the Himalayan nation celebrated a vote consigning its
centuries-old monarchy to the history books and declaring a republic.
The country was marking late Wednesday's decision by a Maoist-dominated
constitutional assembly with a two-day public holiday, and King
Gyanendra -- facing a two-week deadline to leave -- was said to be
packing his bags.
"The royal flag was replaced by Nepal's national flag inside the
palace," a palace source said. "The flag has been changed as part of the
government decision to implement a republic."
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TVNL Comment: An example of regime change that did NOT require an
invasion by the US!
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Nature loss 'to hurt global poor'
Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:17
Damage to forests, rivers, marine life and other aspects of nature could
halve living standards for the world's poor, a major report has concluded.
Current rates of natural decline might reduce global GDP by about 7% by
2050.
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New York to Back Same-Sex Unions From Elsewhere
Thursday, 29 May 2008 00:11
ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson has directed all state agencies to begin
to revise their policies and regulations to recognize same-sex marriages
performed in other jurisdictions, like Massachusetts, California and Canada.
In a directive issued on May 14, the governor’s legal counsel, David
Nocenti, instructed the agencies that gay couples married elsewhere
“should be afforded the same recognition as any other legally performed
union.”
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U.S. Experts Bemoan Nation's Loss of Stature in the World of Science
Thursday, 29 May 2008 00:06
NEW YORK, May 28 -- Some of the nation's leading scientists, including
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's top science adviser, today sharply
criticized the diminished role of science in the United States and the
shortage of federal funding for research, even as science becomes
increasingly important to combating problems such as climate change and
the global food shortage.
Speaking at a science summit that opens this week's first World Science
Festival, the expert panel of scientists, and audience members, agreed
that the United States is losing stature because of a perceived
high-level disdain for science.
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Dunkin Donuts Pulls Ad Featuring Rachael Ray In A Scarf That Looks Too Arab
Wednesday, 28 May 2008 22:31
Dunkin Donuts has pulled a commercial featuring pitchwoman Rachael Ray
wearing a scarf because Michelle Malkin and other conservative observers
thought the scarf looked too much like a keffiyeh, what Malkin describes
as "the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize
murderous Palestinian jihad."
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TVNL Comment: Racism at its best in Fascist America! Malkin and her ilk
decide that Palestinians are murderous, and Dunkin Donuts agrees!
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Military insurance falls short on mental health care
Wednesday, 28 May 2008 21:01
WASHINGTON — Across America, soldiers, veterans and their families are
running into red tape and roadblocks when they try to use their military
insurance to get treatment for ailments such as post traumatic stress
disorder. Since 2003, some 40,000 troops have been diagnosed with PTSD.
The number of cases rose by roughly 50 percent in 2007, according to
Pentagon statistics released Tuesday.
The deployment of hundreds of doctors and therapists to Iraq and
Afghanistan and the shortage of military health care providers has
forced patients at U.S. installations to wait for months for
appointments — and longer if they need to see a specialist, according to
advocacy groups for members of the military and their families.
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Marines pass out Gospel verse to Iraqi Muslims, Iraqis say
Wednesday, 28 May 2008 20:31
FALLUJAH, Iraq — At the western entrance to the Iraqi city of Fallujah
Tuesday, Muamar Anad handed his residence badge to the U.S. Marines
guarding the city. They checked to be sure that he was a city resident,
and when they were done, Anad said, a Marine slipped a coin out of his
pocket and put it in his hand.
Out of fear, he accepted it, Anad said. When he was inside the city, the
college student said, he looked at one side of the coin. "Where will you
spend eternity?" it asked.
He flipped it over, and on the other side it read, "For God so loved the
world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him
shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16."
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