&#39;We still have no power over our lives here&#39;
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WHEN I FIRST met Illaha she was curled up on her bed, her bright eyes focused intently on the book she held close to her face. âItâsa novel,â she announced, flipping over the cover to show me the title
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It is now officially out of their hands. It is now up to games yet to be played, to the computers, and to the pollsters around the country.
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â¢ Reiterated his stance on security. &quot;I&#39;ll never turn over America&#39;s national security needs to leaders of other countries.
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Can 'unsettle a country's foundations'
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Comment is free: Seumas Milne: The surge has only bought time for the US in Iraq. There will be no reconciliation without complete withdrawal
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"We cannot have a reincarnation of the old 'sus' laws under which mostly black people, ethnic minorities, were literally stopped on sight and that created a really bad atmosphere and an erosion of civil liberties."  British police could get powers to stop and question anyone in the UK under proposed tough new anti-terror laws. via Boston Today
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Sunni community in helpless state as street protests against US-led assault on Fallujah have not been witnessed. By Nadra Saouli - BAGHDAD.
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Electronic voting in the US. The saga continues. Here is an interesting comparision with a Venezuelan referendum. &quot;80% of Americans could correctly name the first President Bush&#39;s pet dog Millie, but only
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Â· Defence memo leak says virtually no reserves left Â· 'Intense tempo of life' due to Iraq and Afghan fighting
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NO other country today affects the world the way America does. Americans have a full appreciation of their nation&#39;s immense power but, in general, they tend to have a retarded view of the great responsibility that comes with this power.
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&quot;Our system is based on freedom of speech,&quot; said Nathan Melton of Spanish Fork. Whether people agree with someone&#39;s opinions or not, each person has the right to be heard.
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Dr. Graham said, &quot;The FDA, as currently configured, is incapable of protecting America against another Vioxx. We are virtually defenseless.
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The confusion yesterday over whether two &quot;high-value&quot; women prisoners being held in Iraq would be released has underlined the limits of the interim government&#39;s authority.
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Don&#39;t say the &quot;I&quot; word around here. These folks don&#39;t want to hear it. They are too weary and devastated to think and talk about Hurricane Ivan.
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None of us are smart enough to understand how these things wind up happening.
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It&#39;s the war that will not die. How can it be that three decades after we finally left Vietnam to its own devices, the events of that time still have the power to inflame us?
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OTTAWA (CP) - "I am not talking here about changes we will need in 10 years from now. I am talking about today. I am talking about now. We stand together on the edge of historic possibility. At a moment that comes rarely in the life of a country. It is a time when destiny is ours to hold." - Paul Martin, Nov. 14, 2003 at the Liberal leadership convention.