'Axis of Evil' Lullabies: A Nod to Peace
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Never mind the Bruce Springsteen-led Vote for Change movement, the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, punkvoter.com or even the two "Rock Against Bush" albums. The most thought-provoking  musical statement made this election year just might be a CD of heartbreakingly beautiful songs for babies.
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One of the most unusual musical moments in Handelâs magnificent oratorio âBelshazzarâ comes when the blasphemous King Belshazzar of Babylon is warned of his impending doom by a disembodied handâs writing on the wall in a mysterious script.
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Tycho: Have you heard Weird Al's new song? It's pretty much required listening for Internet Enabled Citizens - made even easier to recommend by the addition of a video animated by Bill Plympton.(CW)TB
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This week in my random survey of activity on the mail-lists for Linux sound &amp; music software I'll look at two very different software drum machines and a keystroke macro that enters LilyPond music notation into an Open Office text document. And if that isn't enough I've included four thrilling screenshots and links to three entertaining audio files to entice and maintain your interest. Read on for more...
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Some wars end in peace treaties or surrender ceremonies. The Iraq war appears destined to end in a noxious mixture of metaphors.
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PRAGUE -- Ronald Reagan used it to reach out to the Soviets during the Cold War. Lech Walesa, the leader of Poland's Solidarity movement, likened it to the sun lighting the earth. Rock band R.E.M. immortalized it in a cynical hit song.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Islamic authorities in a Malaysian state believe they have found the secret of family love, women singing lullabies to their children and husbands.
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Beauty pageant contestants often proclaim in the sweetest and most innocent voice possible that they wish for world peace. When they say it, judges think it s cute if not a bit of a clich . And equally dismissive, when the international community ...
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Well, somehow they did in the first adaptation of the videogame âResident Evil.â All was loud, gory and yet somehow flat. All is certainly loud and gory in the sequel
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Worshippers brought hopes for greater peace in the coming year as they flocked to Manger Square in Bethlehem and to St. Peter&#39;s in the Vatican to hear Christmas messages urging an end to violence, particularly in the Middle East.
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Analysis by Len Walker of BBC Monitoring on 9 February  The launch of the annual "Military Balance" by the influential London think-tank International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) includes an assessment of the psychological components of "complex irregular warfare".
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ARCTIC CIRCLE, Finland  - The song goes that Santa  "knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness  sake!" But have we ever sought to find out if Santa's been  naughty or nice?
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An anti-war song is on course to enter the UK charts this weekend after being promoted at a protest rally.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - You know that annoying tune  that you can't place or get out of your head?
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Orange, chestnut, rose, daisy, velvet, singing - peaceful, popular demonstrations in Eastern Europe get the best names
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QUEMOY, Taiwan  - In an abandoned Cold War bomb  shelter on Taiwan's frontline island of Quemoy, the music of  Bach and Beethoven jars with the boom and screech of a piano  being smashed to bits.
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We should recognize music when we hear it. Standing next to Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem this week, Tony Blair said: &quot;Viability cannot just be about territory, it also has to be about proper democratic institutions