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Posted by Jeff from Christian Science Monitor

Millennials need to be activists face to face.

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Canada: Our foreign policy myth

Posted by Shemuses from Globe and Mail

As Canada turns 141 years old tomorrow, few beliefs and values are held more strongly in common by Canadians than their thoughts of their country on the international stage. They have been seduced by mythology. The reality of Canada's foreign policy - the country's official face to the world - for the most part is starkly different from the altruistic image of Canada with which its citizens are in love.

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Heroism of Conflict Survivors Inspires New Program in Central Africa

Posted by ap101

Ricky Richard was fourteen when he was abducted from his home in Uganda and drafted into the Lord's Resistance Army, a violent rebel militia that has forced almost two million Ugandans from their homes.

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Afghan civilian deaths up 60 per cent

Posted by Jeff from Globe and Mail

The number of civilians killed in fighting between insurgents and security forces in Afghanistan has soared by two-thirds in the first half of this year, to almost 700 people, a senior UN official said Sunday. The figures are a grim reminder of how the nearly seven-year war has failed to stabilize the country and suggest that ordinary civilians are bearing a heavy toll, particularly from stepped-up militant attacks.

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Preparing the Battlefield

Posted by Jon from New Yorker

Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sources. These operations, for which the President sought up to four hundred million dollars, were described in a Presidential Finding signed by Bush, and are designed to destabilize the country's religious leadership.

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50 Percent Chance of Ice Free North Pole this Summer

Posted by Jeff from Associated Press

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: There's a 50-50 chance that the North Pole will be ice-free this summer, which would be a first in recorded history, a leading ice scientist says. The weather and ocean conditions in the next couple of weeks will determine how much of the sea ice will melt, and early signs are not good, said Mark Serreze. He's a senior researcher at the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo. The chances for a total meltdown at the pole are higher than ever because the layer of ice coating the sea is thinner than ever, he said.

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How Google Earth is Trying to Wipe Israel Off the Map

Posted by jerusalemjudy

Disturbing....

Google Earth: A New Platform for Anti-Israel Propaganda and Replacement Geography

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