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Date: 2008-07-27 08:22:46
A nation of dog-lovers and people-haters?

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A nation of dog-lovers and people-haters?
Editorial
By Ben Tanosborn   
Saturday, 26 July 2008
Of humanity, inhumanity, dogs and Iraqis

A luncheon engagement this past Monday turned out to be more than a midday feeding of the body or a pleasant get-together with a friend; it presented an opportunity to look into the mirror of my soul.  You know… that two-sided mirror of our conscience which is both concave and convex,..

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Australian Coal & Denial Dooms Planet
Op_ed
By Gideon Polya   
Sunday, 27 July 2008

Oz Greenhouse Pollution to double by 2050

The Federal Australian Rudd Labor Government was given a massive electoral victory in November 2007 and one of the key election issues was man-made global warming. The first act of the new Rudd Labor Government was to sign the Kyoto Protocol, ending a decade of intransigence in which Australia, together with the US, refused to sign. The US remains a major stand-out non-signatory of the Kyoto Protocol.

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Wexler Wants Real Impeachment Hearing Now
By MWC NEWS   
Saturday, 26 July 2008

The Judiciary Committee, we held a full day of hearings that focused entirely on the crimes of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, and featured testimony by Rep. Dennis Kucinich regarding his Articles of Impeachment against President Bush.

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Gravel: Take Bush to The Hague
By Shahram Vahdany   
Saturday, 26 July 2008

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Cuba leader makes cautious speech
Global
By Agencies   
Sunday, 27 July 2008

Raul Castro, Cuba’s president, has made a keynote speech as part of celebrations to mark 55 years since the communist government took power in the country.

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India hunts bombing suspects
Top_news
By Agencies   
Sunday, 27 July 2008
Authorities in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad have arrested 30 people as they search for those responsible for a series of bomb explosions that killed at least 45 people.

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Court acquits Egyptian ferry owner
Top_news
By Agencies   
Sunday, 27 July 2008

An Egyptian criminal court has found the owner of a Red Sea ferry not guilty of manslaughter over the deaths of more than 1,000 passengers in an accident in 2006, court sources say.

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Karadzic lawyer confirms appeal
Top_news
By Al Jazeera and agencies   
Sunday, 27 July 2008

In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, the lawyer for Radovan Karadzic has confirmed that he lodged an appeal against the former Bosnian Serb leader's extradition to the war crimes court in The Hague.

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Hamas fighter killed in West Bank
Top_news
By Agencies   
Sunday, 27 July 2008

The Israeli army has killed a senior Hamas fighter in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Palestinian medical workers and Hamas officials say.

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Film director Youssef Chahine dies
Top_news
By Agencies   
Sunday, 27 July 2008

Youssef Chahine, the celebrated Arab filmmaker, has died, aged 82, in Cairo.

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Experts examine Qantas jet hole
Top_news
By Agencies   
Sunday, 27 July 2008

Australian investigators are said to be exploring the possibility that an oxygen cylinder exploded midflight on the Qantas jumbo jet that made an emergency landing in the Philippines with a giant hole in its fuselage.

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Army deployed to calm Tripoli
Top_news
By Agencies   
Sunday, 27 July 2008

Lebanese tanks have been sent on to the streets of the northern port of Tripoli where bloody sectarian clashes have killed at least six people.

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