links for 2006-11-08
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Israel was placed on high security alert Wednesday, hours after Israel Defense Forces artillery shells struck a residential area in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanun early Wednesday, killing at least 19 Palestinians and wounding dozens of others.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqis were doubtful on Wednesday that any U.S. party could restore their wrecked country, after U.S. mid-term elections gave Democrats at least partial control of Congress.
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Bush turned our government into a criminal enterprise, started an unwinnable war, and polarized the nation – do you suppose the wingnuts think these things had just a little bit to do with the defeat of their beloved GOP?
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China’s rapid industrialisation and rising wealth means that it will become a bigger emitter of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming, than the United States by 2010, an authoritative report says.
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Last week, President Bush unequivocally told a group of reporters that Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and Vice President Cheney would “remain with him until the end of his presidency, extending a job guarantee to two of the most-vilified members of his admi
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Did you think it would end any other way? Did you think it would end with the white folks hosting you on their shoulders and smiling at you? Did you think you were the special negro who would prove you weren’t like us?
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San Francisco – Problems with electronic voting machine failures kept some polls from opening, created long lines, and left many voters puzzled about whether their votes were counted in Tuesday’s high stakes election.
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The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center in Camp Springs, Md., has said the tame 2006 hurricane season has ended early.
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British scientists have discovered non-dividing retinal cells implanted into adult mouse retina can generate new photoreceptors.
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Heavy consumption of sugary drinks and food increase the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, a Swedish study released on Wednesday showed.
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Last night, the American people said they’d finally had enough. They’ve had enough of people like Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, DeLay, Hastert, Limbaugh, Coulter, and Malkin. They’ve had enough of the kind of governance the conservative movement has given them.
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Shorter Rush Limbaugh: “I was willing to foist a pack of incompetents upon an unsuspecting public and defend them endlessly because they think the way I do.”
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