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Iraq: Hot News and History

December 29th, 2011

By Jan Barry “Crisis plagues Iraq as U.S. troops depart — As the last U.S. soldiers exited Iraq Sunday and debate was raging about the nation’s future, political crisis erupted in Baghdad that raised fears of more sectarian strife to come. Iraqiya, a powerful political bloc that draws support largely from Sunni and more secular […]

Articles written by Jan Barry
Tags: Britain, casualties, costs, democracy, hubris, Iraq, U.S., violence
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For the … Children?

October 18th, 2009

Everybody in the United States knows that there are problems with our health care system. They say that while the quality of care is excellent for anyone able to obtain it, there are too many poor and uninsured who cannot get access to care. They also complain about our infant mortality rates and life-expectancy, saying […]

Articles written by Brianna Aubin
Tags: Britain, Canada, children, health care, Japan, statistics
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Banned from Britain

May 5th, 2009

According to an AP report in The Washington Post, the British government has published a list of people banned from entering Britain. Prominent on that list is American talk-radio host Michael Savage. The Independent reported the names of all 16 people on the British list. It includes extremists of both left and right. The UK has the […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: Britain, British, UK
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