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How To Help Military Families Here At Home
MARCH 5: U.S soldiers rest at their base on March 5, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. A group of U.S soldiers attended the reopening of the al-Fadael elementary school today in the Al-Hurriya district north of Baghdad after it was repaired from damages suffered during the war. Comment?
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But Ia ve Been Unfaithful, Ia ve Been Traveling Abroad
Following up onthe recent analysis of the stimulus -which highlightedthe stimulative effects of infrastructure projects - this Louis Uchitelle article makes another important point: For the first time in memory, the nation has no outsize public works project under way. Comment?
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Babylon's Ruins Translate Into Tourist Dollars for Hopeful Iraqis: Travel
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The tunnel stank, yet I could scarcely keep from leaping into it after my guide said, a oeYou are now standing on the ruins of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.a We were in ancient Mesopotamiaa s greatest city, on the grounds of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World . Comment?
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Iraq war veteran, double amputee spreads lesson in perseverance
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Lying in Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., in May 2007 with both of his legs amputated and his right arm severely damaged, Lt. Comment?
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Iraqi shoe-thrower meets his match
An Iraqi journalist in Paris threw a shoe at the journalist who did the same to U.S. President George W. Bush one year earlier in Baghdad. Comment?
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Book Donations Fortify Iraqi Libraries
Washington - 'Cairo writes, Beirut publishes, Baghdad reads,' went an old saying in the Arab world. Comment?
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As Times Staff Shrinks, Blogs Will Be 'Pruned'
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Early last month, when Times executive editor Bill Keller hosted a "Throw Stuff at Bill" chat soon after announcing 100 newsroom job cuts, he assured staffers that executives would be proceeding carefully. Comment?
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America Could Use a LittleNation-Building
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I was struck by Louis Uchitelle's article in the Sunday NY Times on the dearth of big public works projects here in the United States. Comment?
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Czech: Iraq planned attack on Radio Free Europe
Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime planned to use an anti-tank rocket to attack the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague, the Czech Republic's counterintelligence service said Monday. Comment?
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Two spearhead effort to care for K-9 troops
Two area youth recalled the e-mails of gratitude they received via a local chapter of Blue Star Mothers of America from soldiers in Iraq - who primarily were speaking on behalf of their four-legged comrades. Comment?
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Foreign excavators uncover ancient grave in Iraq's Arbil
A foreign excavation team has unearthed an ancient burial mound dating to the first millennium B.C. The Antiquities Department in Arbil said the grave was found in the central of the town and that the authorities had to purchase a few houses to make way for the digs. Comment?
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Obama plans to send 30,000 to 35,000 more troops to Afghanistan
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President Obama plans to send 30,000 to 35,000 additional soldiers and Marines to Afghanistan, U.S. officials said Monday, the largest single U.S. deployment since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Comment?
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Paratroopers install vehicle scanners in western Iraq
COMBAT OUTPOST IBA, Iraq -- U.S. advise and assist forces installed vehicle-scanning equipment at several traffic check stations in Al Anbar province beginning Nov. Comment?
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'You can't move forward until you forgive'
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Mark Moran / The Citizens' Voice Army Lt. Col. Greg Gadson laughs after telling a joke at the start of his lecture at Wilkes University on Monday. Comment?
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Obama to Pitch Afghan Plan During Primetime
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President Barack Obama in an address tonight will divulge details of his new Afghanistan strategy that will order an expected 30,000 to 35,000 additional soldiers and Marines to war, the largest single U.S. deployment since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Comment?
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Iraq to counter "lies", show successes via YouTube
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Iraq's government launched its first channel on Google Inc's video website YouTube on Wednesday, which the prime minister said would allow the country to counter media "lies" and showcase its successes. Comment?
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U.S., Iraq partners in education
A collaboration between a U.S. business school and an Iraqi university could help put Tikrit at the forefront of efforts to rebuild Iraq. Comment?
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'Let's give thanks' dinner in Howell fosters hope for recovering GIs
The last time 1st Lt. Brian Brennan of Howell and Spc. Ryan Price of Nuevo, Calif., saw one another, it was moments before a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan. Comment?
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A choice between guns or butter
Congressman David Obey, a Wisconsin Democrat who is chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, has come up with a novel idea:Americans should pay for the wars they are waging. Comment?
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'Baghdad Island' battlefield reopens as family playground
The sun sets over the Tigris River as seen through the suspension cables of the Fourteenth of July Bridge in Baghdad, Iraq in September. Comment?
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