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1/3rd of Women in US Military Raped |
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Written by Carl Thomas
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Monday, 01 February 2010 19:24 |
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According to NPR, “In 2003, a survey of female veterans found that 30 percent said they were raped in the military. A 2004 study of veterans who were seeking help for post-traumatic stress disorder found that 71 percent of the women said they were sexually assaulted or raped while serving. And a 1995 study of female veterans of the Gulf and earlier wars, found that 90 percent had been sexually harassed.”
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 February 2010 02:47 |
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Tony Blair's fortune to treble to £45million next year |
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Written by Carl Thomas
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Tuesday, 02 February 2010 15:17 |
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Tony Blair’s fortune is set to treble to £45million next year as he returns to his lucrative career after appearing at the Iraq war inquiry.The former PM and wife Cherie are building up a property empire and Mr Blair now plans to maximise his earnings over the next two years. Friends of the pair have told the Sunday Mirror Mr Blair – who will be 57 on the expected General Election date of May 6 – wants to build up a “substantial” retirement nest egg before he hits 60.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 February 2010 02:46 |
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Welcome to the doll house |
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Written by Carl Thomas
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Wednesday, 16 December 2009 03:57 |
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16 May 1997
Victims of Memory
There have always been scapegoats - the Christians, the Jews and the Catholics. In our own agnostic age, we have fixed on child sexual abusers, who are mercilessly pursued, whether guilty or - as so often transpires - innocent. Imagine you are a five-year-old child whose father is suspected of child abuse. You might well find yourself having the following conversation........
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 February 2010 02:45 |
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Indian charity issues worthless bank note to highlight corruption |
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Written by Carl Thomas
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 20:56 |
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In an effort to highlight the corruption that blights India a charity based in the South Asian country has issued a rupee banknote that has no value whatsoever.
5th Pillar, a charity which also has offices in the U.S. and Singapore, says on its website that corruption is "one of the deep rooted evils" of the Indian nation.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 February 2010 02:43 |
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US and China go bump in the Middle East By Khody Akhavi |
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Written by Carl Thomas
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Monday, 14 December 2009 18:19 |
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WASHINGTON – For China these days it seems that nothing – not rising energy prices; not sanctions aimed at its more unsavoury business partners, Myanmar and Sudan; not even the prospect of a nuclear Iran – can curb its thirst for oil.
As China’s energy needs grow at a rate higher than any other country’s, so too have its economic relationships with the oil-producing nations of the Gulf. Like the US more than 60 years ago, China today is seen as a new and commercially refreshing player, happily unsentimental and – crucially – disinterested in the internal affairs of the region
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