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(Washington Times) A last-minute addition to a federal spending bill at the end of the last U.S. Congress now makes civilians eligible for military courts-martial. With the addition of just five words, the provision...
(New Scientist) Around 655,000 people have died in Iraq as a result of the US-led coalition invasion, according to the largest scientific analysis yet. That is 2.5{a31f233dcfb9a68fbfb0fafc3ce96f3dbf18fa49e3f406b8ddf4c360aa321eb6} of the country’s entire population. The study...
(Huffington Post) While President Bush and other Republican politicians spent the day exploiting the memory of those we lost five years ago, the nation overlooked a grim milestone: More Americans have now died in...
(San Francisco Chronicle) President Bush can stop complaining about leaks of classified information for political motivation. A new court filing suggests the president himself authorized the release of classified prewar intelligence about Iraq to...
(Canada.com) Coming to the defense of Canada’s seal hunt, a Liberal senator has lashed out at the United States’ foreign policy, the Iraq war, the death penalty and the country’s gun culture in an...
