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    Define Human Shields?

    Recently North Korea made this statement: IMO, The statement sounds similar to Israel's position regarding Palestinian civilians: Amnesty International said this: Gaza civilians endangered by the military tactics of both sides | Amnesty International If a soldier is guilty of using civilian...
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    N.Korea reveals modern enrichment facility

    South Korean headlines: The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea - N.Korea Has 'Ultra-Modern' Uranium Enrichment Facility
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    Non-violent protestor gets Israeli style justice

    Our news doesn't cover non-violent resistance in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. This story by a small independent Egyptian news service is important and its not being covered by the Western MSM.... >>>>>>> Abdallah Abu Rahmah was scheduled to be released from prison last Thursday, after...
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    Two Men Arrested for 'Preparation of a Terrorist Attack'

    Any opinions? I can't draw any conclusions. Its suspicious and I agree with detaining these guys until their stories check out.
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    UN Report on DRC genocide 1998-2003

    Back in 2002-2003, when US leaders were priming us for war against Iraq with claims about Iraq's WMD stockpiles (false), links to the events of 9/11 (false) and genocide (false), a genocidal war was going on in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The world knew about this genocide at the time it...
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    Abdullah Khadr is a free man

    Canada has refused to extradite Khadr to the US to face terrorism charges. Ontario Superior Court Justice Christopher Speyer found the U.S. had violated basic principles of justice and granted a rare stay of extradition proceedings against Khadr. Court rejects Abdullah Khadr extradition...
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    The Afghan war logs

    Wikileaks released 90,000 documents regarding the Afghanistan war in what is being described as the biggest leak of classified information ever. The US government is not happy. They include details of many previously unknown and/or unreported incidents where Allies killed innocent civilians...
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    Palestinian jailed for rape after claiming to be Jewish

    This guy got 18 months for pretending to be Jewish in order to get laid.
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    Kyrgyzstan descends into chaos

    Looks like we have another failed nation state in the making. The government of Kyrgyzstan, appears to have lost control as the country slides down a slippery slope toward anarchy and chaos. The root cause appears to be extreme poverty. The majority ethnic group known as Kyrgyzs are mostly...
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    $100 Million up for grabs in this week's Lotto Max

    I only buy lottery tickets during draws like this.
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    Should the Liberals and NDP merge?

    Apparently the NDP and the Liberals are considering merging into a single party. What do you think?
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    BBC magazine seeks volcano taming suggestions

    Do you have a suggestion for taming the volcano? Send it to us using the form below and the Magazine will seek an expert assessment. Or e-mail a diagram to yourpics@bbc.co.uk with the subject line "VOLCANO".
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    Arbour re: Sri Lanka and War Crimes

    I always liked fromer Supremen Court Justice, Louise Arbour. She has an unblemished record regarding identifying and condemning human rights problems. I thought I'd share regarding her recent efforts to hold people responsible for war crimes in Sri Lanka
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    Iran's Nuclear Program

    Background: wiki The fact is, Iran has never been proven to be in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). On the contrary, punitive measures against Iran for their peaceful nuclear program violate the NPT. Iran has failed to observe some voluntary confidence building...
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    War in Darfur

    The war in Darfur:
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    Canadian find long lost Russian moon rover

    Recently NASA released images from their Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). Canadian Phil Stooke examined the images and found an image of a long lost Russian lunar rover. Pictures and story here: Canadian finds long-lost moon rover in new NASA images Cool!
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    "Insulted" by Israel, U.S. scrambles to save talks

    Usually Israeli settlement building flies under the radar, but this story even made the cbc: Related Legally, Israeli annexation of Palestinian land for settlement building falls into the category of war crimes and crimes against humanity depending on scale. Israel's leaders knew population...
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    Sixth Annual Israeli Apartheid Week

    First launched in Toronto in 2005, Israeli apartheid Week has grown to become one of the most important global events in the Palestine solidarity calendar. Last year, more than 35 cities around the world participated in the week's activities, which took place in the wake of Israel's brutal...
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    The Finkelstein Dershowitz debate

    If you like a good intellectual debate, which gets down and nasty, you can't beat this "Democracy Now!" debate between two renowned academics, Alan Dershowitz and Norman Finkelstein. The result was about as equal as a Bruce Lee fight: YouTube - Finkelstein - Bruce Lee YouTube - Finkelstein -...
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    prime rib

    Try this: http://www.whisperingmeadows.ca/articles/cooking-beef-roasts.html I tried it as described above at Christmas, but at 250F not 350. It took about twice as long to cook (about 5-6 hours), but it was extremely juicy, not dried out at all and evenly cooked. But you will need a meat...