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- Lebanon on brink of civil war
  Posted by Sandyenglish
  Lebanon stands on the brink of all-out civil war. A general strike by the leading trade union to protest rising prices and demand an increase in the minimum wage has led to armed conflict between the pro-Western Sunni and Druze-based government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and the Shia-based Hezbollah and its ally, Amal.
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- East Timor president wounded in rebel attack | International | Reuters
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  DILI (Reuters) - East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was shot and critically wounded at his home in Dili on Monday in an assassination attempt by rebel soldiers that analysts said could spark renewed violence and political chaos in the tiny nation.
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- Paying for the last drop
  Posted by SoxFirst
  When there's no water, you can do only two things: pray for rain, or pay more. And it looks like more and more people will be forced down the second route. In this interview, Paul Butler, managing director of South East Water in the UK says people will have to pay more for water.
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- Hamas' latest conquest: The Walt Disney Co.
  Posted by Damianmann from Haaretz
  In recent weeks, when a Mickey Mouse stretch-clone named Farfour began hosting a children's program on Hamas-run Al-Aqsa Television, gently suggesting that the station's youngest viewers take up assault rifles and fight against Israel, the protests came in fast and furious. But not from Disney.
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- CodyLyon'sblogolater: New York's Eastern Bloc-An East Village Portrait
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  There’s no denying the historical irony and unspoken sense of triumph over the oppression and drabness that much of the Eastern Bloc once represented. In fact, from 1934 to 1986, the Soviet Union criminalized homosexuality, considering it to be a product of western decadence, landing thousands of gays in gulags. Inside this 2006 New York City version of the Eastern Bloc, a little decadence was acceptable, perhaps encouraged. Story of three bartenders creation.
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- Blair Set to Open Washington’s Road to Damascus. Next Stop Tehran
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  “Former U.S. ambassador Margaret Scobie's visits to Syria are meant to be the conduit to the start of U.S. dialogue with Tehran.”
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- Porn for Troops: From Massacre to Lap-Dance
  Posted by ptristam from Pierre Tristam
  How a town in Iraq went from the site of a Marine massacre last year to a soft-porn venue for troops. But don't rely on The New York Times to connect the dots for you. This article does.
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Jeff comments on:
Hamas' latest conquest: The Walt Disney Co.
Maybe the Disney lawyers will be more effective than the Lebanese. This is such an indication of how sad things have become there...and partly by our inaction on the Palestinian statehood issue and partly by our disaster in Iraq.
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Saudi Foreign Minister Backs Bush Approach
We REALLY need to be able to edit our comments
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12:00 pm 5/22/06

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