Monthly Archives: January 2008

Iraq conflict has killed a million, says survey

Reuters North American News Service 30 January 2008 LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – More than one million Iraqis have died as a result of the conflict in their country since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, according to research conducted by … Continue reading

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Media Alert: All Smoke, No Fire – The National Journal Smears the Lancet

medialens 22 January 2008 Last year, we described how mainstream climate sceptics had queued up to praise film-maker Martin Durkin’s now infamous documentary, The Great Global Warming Swindle. The Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph, and their counterparts in the United … Continue reading

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Leon Hadar: Forget about war with Iran?

by Leon Hadar (source: Asia Times) Sunday, January 27, 2008 “Ding-dong, the witch is dead,” cheerlead the proponents of the Conventional Wisdom (CW) in the Beltway’s reality-based community these days – the “witch” being President Buscheney’s plan to bomb Iran, … Continue reading

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Angelique Haugerud: Kenya: spaces of hope

The way Kenyan citizens are living out and working through their country’s crisis offers insight into how boundaries of ethnicity, clan and class can be overcome, writes the anthropologist Angelique Haugerud. 23 – 01 – 2008 “We cannot stop life … Continue reading

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JoAnn Wypijewski: How the Clintons Lost It

A coterie of commentators, such as MSNBC political analyst Hilary Rosen, insist that America enjoys the rancorous tirades that pathological liar and media magilla Bill Clinton has been delivering on his wife’s campaign trail. This passionate, chivalrous Bill is deeply … Continue reading

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