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We need to wage war for good educational system to improve a peaceful political system. Also, how can we protect a
detailed social system so we can work exactly for educational reforms system?. Radical reforms on education needed
because that means educational ...
Is this what the 2008 presidential contest is going to look like? Last week, two media stories made me wonder. On
Wednesday we were treated to a jaw-dropping Bill Frist puff piece by Washington Post writer Laura Blumenfield, who
followed the politician ...
Council On Hemispheric Affairs MONITORING POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND DIPLOMATIC ISSUES AFFECTING THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Friday, June 2, 2006 An Opinion Piece by COHA Director Larry Birns:
The first shock is the realization that an airport costing Americans $3 million exists in the polygamist-owned Arizona
wastelands of Colorado City. It sits "Spielberg-like" north of the Grand Canyon, east of the Colorado River and serves a
handful of planes. ...
Good Morning. It is a pleasure to be here with you all. Thank you to our Turkish hosts for bringing us together and for
welcoming us with such warm hospitality.
People who are concerned about the state of the US news media in 2006 might pause to consider those who have lost their
lives in the midst of journalistic neglect, avoidance and bias.
Wellington’s funniest improvisers pit themselves against each other in a battle of wits with the audience as judge, jury
and (possibly) executioner. More real than reality TV, this is comedy the way you want it – stand up, sit down, lie
about – ...
The National Party has congratulated double amputee and mountaineer Mark Inglis and his team for successfully scaling
the world's highest peak.
Eleven Excellent Reasons Not to Join the Military By David Swanson I just read an excellent book from
http://www.endthewartour.org called "10 Excellent Reasons Not to Join the Military." Personally I was never attracted to
the military ...
Tena Kotou History is the victory of remembering over forgetting. And it is by remembering the history of humankind that
we can avoid repeating it. Sometimes, in order to remember our history, we have to tell unpleasant truths about the
past, and in order to serve ...
That the presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 were stolen has become an article of faith for millions of mainstream
Americans. But there has been barely a whiff of coverage in the major media about any problems with the electronic
voting machines ...
“Some of us have been approached about our views on The Da Vinci Code novel and movie in recent weeks. We are also aware
that a number of people believe that The Da Vinci Code story is real and that its description of Christian history is
true.
One of the most effective weapons the government has for unearthing fraud against Medicare and Medicaid in the nursing
home industry is the False Claims Act. The fraud is so rampant in that industry that it should be officially designated
as a breeding ...
SECRETARY RICE: We are very pleased with the outcome of last night's talks. Indeed it is what we came here to do. This
establishes two paths and it also establishes again that the Iranians need to return to the negotiating table, but in
order to ...
All 21 member economies of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) will take part in a major exercise on 7
June 2006 to test and strengthen regional communication networks in the event of an influenza pandemic.
Tommy Cooper was a much-loved British comedian who died tragically but perhaps fittingly on stage during a performance -
people thought he was fooling. Cooper's stock in trade was to pose as an incompetent magician.
In an annual security conference on Saturday, Donald Rumsfeld assured the audience, "We don't intend to occupy [Iraq]
for any period of time. Our troops would like to go home and they will go home."
On-The-Record Briefing by Ambassador John R. Miller, Ambassador-at-Large for International Slavery, on Release of the
Sixth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report
The Alexander Turnbull Library has linked some 240 images of historical New Zealand maps from its collections to the
National Library Catalogue (http://nlnzcat.natlib.govt.nz). The maps and charts, dated from 1587 to the 1980s, are
mostly of the Pacific and ...
Brussels (ICFTU OnLine): Serious threats were made against Costa Rican trade union representatives from the
Confederación de Trabajadores Rerum Novarum (CTRN) when their office was attacked in on 24 May.
On the May 23rd edition of Lou Dobbs' nightly CNN program "Lou Dobbs Tonight," the generally affable talk-show host, who
has become the network's go-to-guy on immigration issues, repeated a racist conspiracy theory and ran a graphic provided
by the white ...
Labour is the last to recognise the actions of New Zealand's greatest living war heroine, says National's Veterans
Affairs spokeswoman, Judith Collins.
QUESTION: I want to get to Iran in a moment, but first the U.S.-Canadian relationship, the arrests of 17 Canadians,
Canadian citizens, Canadian residents. What does this say about the threat potentially to the United States from
terrorists perhaps coming ...
Robert B. Zoellick, Deputy Secretary of State; Remarks to General Assembly of the Organization of American States As
Prepared for Delivery Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic June 5, 2006
Visit to Morocco: Listening and Learning Karen Hughes, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Sidi
Moumen Sports Center Casablanca, Morocco June 4, 2006
Have you ever heard someone try to argue that the Iraq War was a mistake but that now the proper course is to continue
the mistake a bit longer or to carefully end it in a long and complicated way that could take months or years? Have you
ever wondered ...
IDG Communications is leaving the New Zealand market, licensing its key titles, including PC World and Computerworld, to
Fairfax. Except for Unlimited and IDG's Tone competitor Fast Forward, which are now out of business. I have a soft spot
for IDG, not least ...
SUDAN Arrival of Joint African Union-United Nations Assessment Team to Khartoum and Darfur Later This Week
Despite being seen as a climate change “renegade”, Prime Minister John Howard is currently attempting to gain “greenie”
points by pushing for acceptance of “cleaner and greener” nuclear power as the solution to global warming. However,
environmentalists, ...
At Last!!!! The story of the stolen election of 2004 has FINALLY busted into the mainstream media, thanks to Robert F.
Kennedy, Jr., and Rolling Stone Magazine. We all owe them great thanks.
ENDS