political nonsense

Despite a stepped-up commitment from the United States to take in Iraqis who are in danger because they worked for the American government and military, very few are signing up to go, resettlement officials say. The reason, Iraqis say, is that they are not allowed to apply in Iraq.
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An Israeli tank shell killed three Palestinian children as they approached a rocket launcher in the northern Gaza Strip Wednesday afternoon, witnesses and paramedics said.
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An 18-year-old from Utah was reported to have hugged 765 people in less than an hour Saturday and plans to send the results to Guinness World Records. “I feel like I’m on cloud nine,” Pearce said after the last hug Saturday.

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The Bush administration prepared to ask Congress for an additional fifty billion dollars for the war in Iraq, a military jury exonerated the only officer facing trial for abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib, shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr Wednesday ordered a six-month shutdown of his militia in what his aides described as an attempt to reform the organization, President Bush said Tehran’s atomic ambitions could put the Middle East “under the shadow of a nuclear holocaust,” Iran rejected US accusations it was fomenting instability in Iraq, and northern Iraq was hit by major cholera outbreak.
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South Korea decided to build robot land.

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Venezuela decided to turn its clocks back by 30 minutes to get more sun.

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Opium production in Afghanistan is at record levels for the second consecutive year.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has lashed out at Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton and Carl Levin for calling for his replacement. “I don’t agree with Hilary,” he said.
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Scientists found a huge hole in the universe devoid of detectable matter.”What we’ve found is not normal,” scientists said.
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Previously unpublished letters by Mother Teresa revealed that beginning in 1948 and continuing until the end of her life in 1997 she was unable to sense the presence of God. “Repulsed—empty—no faith—no love—no zeal,” she wrote. “Heaven means nothing.”

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Melting ice in the Arctic revealed previously unknown islands that have yet to be claimed.
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Researchers in Uganda said that washing the penis after sex increases the risk of HIV infection. “Don’t just finish and jump out of bed,” advised Dr. Ronald Gray, co-author of the study. “There ought to be a little time left for postcoital cuddling.”

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The Associated Press reported the death toll for Iraqi civilians is double what it was a year ago.
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The CIA’s inspector general released a report recommending that former CIA director George Tenet and other senior officials be held accountable for failing to prepare for the threat of Al Qaeda before the September 11 attacks.
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A new study suggested that drinking soda with high fructose corn syrup makes you fat and diabetic.

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Alberto Gonzales resigned as Attorney General.
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President Bush refused to endorse the Al-Maliki Government as several key US politicians called for it’s ousting, and Al-Maliki responded by saying US politicians have no right to impose timetables on his elected government and that his country can find friends elsewhere.
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President Bush tried to argue for staying in Iraq using Vietnam as a historical example. “Does he think we should have stayed in Vietnam?” asked Vietnam historian Stanley Karnow.
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Eating junk food while your pregnant might make your kids fat.

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A 1994 interview with Dick Cheney regarding the first Gulf war was released to the web in which he said we shouldn’t invade Baghdad.
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