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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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    • 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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      Is Bush a Clear & Present Danger? By Robert Parry

      Posted by insideoutgraphic from Consortiumnews

      Foriegn Policy Strategies that undermine the Peace Process: I believe that the world is finally begining to see the broader ramifications of Bush's War on Terror Plan. Diplomacy is not an option it would appear, as it would infringe upon the Neo Conservative Agenda in regards to the Midddle East. Simply stated, those in the White House that have been following the Wolfowitz Doctorine, are indeed, insanely violent, corrupt and self serving.

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    ikeharac20044 comments on:

    The Evolution of Evil | The Smirking Chimp

    The following recent article asks:

    – Has the unbridled spread of commercialism and technology transformed us from small groups of active amateur participants and involved citizens to a large single mass of professional passive spectators and nonstop consumers?

    http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/opi_view.asp?newsIdx=16388&categoryCode=162

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    1:44 am 2/02/08
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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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    6:52 pm 6/04/07
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    Damianmann comments on:

    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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    Sandyenglish

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    SoxFirst

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    Leon Gettler is a blogger and senior business journalist at The Age, specializing on management issues. His latest book, Organisations Behaving Badly focuses on the forces that lead smart executives into making dumb decisions.

    Melbourne