Below is an excerpt from an article by Tamar Lewin, published in the New York Times:
There was outrage aplenty last week when a Dutch television network said it would broadcast a reality show featuring three patients competing for a kidney from a terminally ill woman. Viewers were to send text messages to help the woman, [...]
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Nick Turse has written an article on air war in Iraq, investigating the use of munitions and cost in lives. The article is available at TomDispatch.com. Below is an excerpt:
Did the U.S. military use cluster bombs in Iraq in 2006 and then lie about it? Does the U.S. military keep the numbers of rockets and [...]
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A brief list of news for the day:
Guantanamo Bay case thrown out. “The US military’s system of tribunals at Guantánamo Bay was thrown into chaos today after a military judge threw out all charges against a young Canadian detainee.” >> News at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2095276,00.html
The true value of what the G8 gives in aid. “But on the [...]
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