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American Citizen turns Illegal Immigrant to Receive Benefits from Uncle Sam
America pays to rebuild Iraq, help illegal immigrants and feed the hungry in other nations, but where is the money for medical, education and disaster relief for Katrina victims and others? Billions of dollars aid others, coming directly from America’s pockets, but it isn’t used for Americans!
article tags: iraq war, katrina, illegal immigrants, veterans, military, navy, marines, army, air force, teachers
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International TV News - The Way Forward
What is the future of broadcast news? An interview with award-winning journalist, Afshin Rattansi.
article tags: television news, broadcast, al jazeera, novels
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Children, War, and Terrorism
Terrorism has its beginning in the abuse, neglect, loss of parents, and exposure to violence in early childhood. Generations of war and violence in the Middle East continues to produce more terrorists. The world must make a commitment to protect its children from war and terrorism.
article tags: war, terrorism, conflict, middle east, israel, lebanon, gaza, children, attachment
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Will Hurricane Ernesto Hit New Orleans Similar To Katrina?
It appears that as of right now Hurricane Ernesto is going to become a hurricane on Sunday. Will it becoma a major hurricane and head towards New Orleans? Here is the latest research on this potentially dangerous storm. This one could become another Katrina.
article tags: ernesto, hurricane ernesto, tropical storm ernesto, hurricane, katrina, new orleans, biloxi, louisiana
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Christopher Hitchens and Al Jazeera
Hitchens might do well by reading a new novel by former Al Jazeera producer, Afshin Rattansi when he writes about his wariness of the U.S. attempt to blow up the TV Station.
article tags: christopher hitchens, al jazeera, george galloway, afshin rattansi, george bush, tony blair
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Economic Gain and Catholic Outrage
Is Madonna trying to recapture the attention of the world by making a mockery of the Catholic faith?
article tags: madonna, germany, learn german
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Veil In The Uk Right Or Wrong?
The Labour MP Jack Straw opened a proverbial can of worms when he requested that a muslim woman should remove her veil in his constituency office so he was able to communicate effectively with her.
article tags: veil, muslim, article, current affairs, muslim women
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Gas Prices To Come Down Next Week Unless George Bush And Big Oil Intervene
Gas prices are set to come down and provide relief from record prices. World conditions governing the price of oil and gas have calmed down and unless George Bush messes things up we should be seeing a reduction in gas costs as soon as next week.
article tags: gas, oil, george bush, big oil, saudi, usps, middle class, taxes, gas prices, gas relief, israel, hizbollah
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There Now Follow News Headlines….. North, East, West, South.
NEWS should be available to all. We should get access to all the NEWS from all 4 corners of the world. On a recent visit to USA, I found myself in a virtual vacuum.. This articles asks some pertinent questions about NEWS and its free availability.
article tags: news, cnn news, nbc news, cnn news site, global news
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Immigration, Integration, And Criminalization
What do we do about the Immigration issue? This brief article covers the front page issue from personal experiences and information.
article tags: immigration, criminalization, aliens, mexican
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Absolute Power
There is a sense of drift we cannot shake off. There is a sense of foreboding, which rises every weekend to a pitch of panic that the government will fall, if it has not already, to the military center.
article tags: power, society
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The Gameshow With Iran
The debates over Iran and their weapon producing capabilities is a joke.
article tags: iran, bush, rice, nuclear weapons
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Is Our Water Supply Safe?
With a majority of the water customers in the United States supplied by small water systems, how safe is our water supply from terrorism?
article tags: water supply, infrastructure, drinking water, water, terrorism, security
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Who Are We To Decide?
We in this case being the countries of the western world and by this question meaning; who are we to decide how other countries and governments should run their land? How can anyone with good conscience invade a country to force their beliefs upon others?
article tags: freedom, intrusion, beliefs, articles, information, content, websites
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Crime Is Taking Over Small Town America.
Are you glad you are not living anywhere near a major city where crime seems to be out of control? Have you moved your family to the suburbs or to a smaller town so that you and your children can be safe and so that you don’t have to deal with the rising crime of the cities?
article tags: crime, drugs, gangs, violence, information, articles, content, websites, internet
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The Schedule For Rating Disabilities For Vietnam Veterans
Once a veteran has achieved service connection for his or her disability(ies), the next question to be addressed is somehow evaluating (or rating) the severity of the symptomatology to determine the appropriate level of compensation.
article tags: viet nam war, agent orange, veteran benefit, ptsd, post traumatic stress disorder, viet nam veteran
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The Sacrifice of Our Innocent Ones
The hands holding this little body were clothed in yellow gloves for protection against blood, disease, and other grime. As I looked at the picture, my heart was stalled for a moment.
article tags: mom, aborted, blood, america, women, baby, sex
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How to Lower Your Cost of Gas & Travel
Are you sick and tired of watching the price of gas go up on a regular basis? Have you had enough when it comes to traffic and the inconvenience of travel? Would you like to reduce your travel related stress while at the same time reducing your costs as well? If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, read on…
article tags: lower gas price, find cheap gas, video conferencing, web conferencing, video conferencing software
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Charlie Green Visits The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Vietnam Veterans share their stories and experiences.
article tags: viet nam war, agent orange, veteran benefit, ptsd, post traumatic stress disorder, viet nam veteran
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Interview With Afshin Rattansi On Veils
British-born Muslim author, Afshin Rattansi, talks about the veil debate in the UK.
article tags: muslim, veil, faith, britain, racism, straw, blair, novels
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Inequality and How Tt Will Affect Us
We are not equal, there is no debate on this topic.
article tags: inequality, equality, we are not equal
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Do You Have Doubts About Homosexuality?
Homosexuality has been present since day one. From that cave in Central Africa to the luxurious penthouse in New York City.
article tags: satire, current, events
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Drinking and Driving a Deadly Holiday Mix
It is estimated that each year 51 billion dollars is spent on alcohol related crashes. During 2003 (NHTSA 2004a), 17,013 deaths occurred in the U.S. alone because of alcohol-impaired drivers; 2,136 of those deaths were children under the age of 14. These investors have killed the future. This represents nearly 1/2 of all traffic related deaths in the U.S.
article tags: drunk driving, drinking and driving, jaci rae, alcohol and driving, don't drink and drive, alcohol
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Contractor Hides Secrets In Clients Walls
Then one day she heard some of the workers talking among themselves. They said that management had underestimated the cost of the materials on Sallys job.
article tags: surveillance, hidden cameras, personnel surveillance, self defense
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Wacky World News Stories from 2006
The world is full of strange, wacky events happening all the time.
article tags: news, funny news, current affairs, stories, funny stories, world stories
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