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Date: 2007-03-09 14:31:02
The Cost of War

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The Cost of War
Op_ed
By Gideon Polya   
Friday, 09 March 2007

$2.5 TRILLION – Accrual Cost of Bush War on Women & Children

A recent article in the highly respected humanitarian UK journal The New Statesman quoted an estimate of the accrual cost (i.e. the long-term committed cost) of... FULL STORY...


Secretive US hearings raise concern
Global
By Agencies   
Friday, 09 March 2007


Secretive US hearings raise concern

"High value" Guantanamo inmates to face US military panels without lawyers.


Israeli PM 'war planned in advance'
Arab World
By Agencies   
Friday, 09 March 2007

An interim report into Israel's conduct of the war in Lebanon is unlikely to single out individuals for criticism despite the prime minister reportedly saying that the military was following a plan prepared months in advance.

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China to hike tax for foreign firms
Economy
By Agencies   
Friday, 09 March 2007

China is to raise taxes on foreign companies, saying the move will level the playing field for local businesses.

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Billionaires getting richer quicker
CULTURE
By Agencies   
Friday, 09 March 2007

The world's richest people are getting younger and richer as the number of billionaires increased to nearly 1,000 in 2007, according to Forbes magazine.

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Turk convicted of genocide denial
Global
By Agencies   
Friday, 09 March 2007

A court in Switzerland has found Dogu Perincek, head of the Turkish Workers' Party, guilty of denying that mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915 amounted to genocide.

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Israelis use village for exercises
Top_news
By Agencies   
Friday, 09 March 2007

An Israeli human rights group has criticised the Israeli army for carrying training exercises in Palestinian villages in the West Bank.

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Pakistan threatens US alliance
Top_news
By -   
Friday, 09 March 2007

Pakistani legislators have threatened to halt counterterrorism cooperation with Washington if American military aid is made conditional on Islamabad's commitment to fighting the Taliban and al-Qaeda.

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