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China: Quake left 18,000 buried in one city

News – The official Xinhua News Agency said the death toll exceeded 12,000 in Sichuan province alone, and 18,645 were still buried in debris in the city of Mianyang, near the epicenter of Monday's massive, 7.9-magnitude quake.

Voted for on May 13, 2008 01:23pm

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Iraq: Will We Ever Get Out?

Books – As soon as Baghdad was occupied five years ago things began to go wrong in a serious way. Responsibility for this failure can largely be traced to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld personally. He did not simply run an organization that failed; he personally made many of the key decisions that led to failure.

Voted for on May 13, 2008 01:23pm

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Confessions of a Sweatshop Inspector

Do No Evil – The problem that arose for Nike and many other companies, however, was that the media, starting in the 1990s, began to run stories on terrible labor conditions in factories in Asia. When consumers started to get angry, Nike and many other companies were nonplussed.

Voted for on May 13, 2008 01:23pm

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Stocks decline after retail sales report, Bernanke speech

Money – Investors remained concerned that higher energy and food prices will curb consumer spending, which makes up more than two-thirds of the U.S. economy.

Voted for on May 13, 2008 01:23pm (retracted)

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FAA Misses Third Deadline--and Gets Another Extension

Travel – the FAA has just missed its third deadline for providing records to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel in regard to a genuine safety hazard, namely 1,800 airline mechanics who obtained their certificates fraudulently.

Voted for on May 13, 2008 01:22pm

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McCain and the Unitary Executive

Politics – America's 220-year experiment as a democratic Republic living under the principle that "no man is above the law" may come to an end.

Voted for on May 13, 2008 01:22pm

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Hillary Clinton's "Final Solution" to the Persian Problem

Do No Evil – Hillary's "final solution" to the Persian problem bests Adolf Hitler by a magnitude of ten.

Voted for on May 13, 2008 01:22pm

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Colombia extradites 14 militia bosses to U.S

Do No Evil – Colombia extradited 14 former paramilitary leaders to the United States on Tuesday to face drug-trafficking and other charges after authorities said the warlords violated terms of a peace deal with the government.

Voted for on May 13, 2008 01:22pm

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Roots of Haiti's food crisis run deep

Food – Subsidized U.S. rice began flooding in 30 years ago, so cheap that Haitians began eating it instead of the corn, sweet potatoes, cassava and domestic rice that had sprouted from plains and mountainsides from the colonial era to the late 1980s.

Voted for on May 13, 2008 01:22pm

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Antiwar Radio: Scott Horton Interviews Dean Ahmad

Religion – discusses the so-called clash of civilizations, Western misconceptions about Islam, extremist instigators on both sides, how bin Laden's primary reasons for the Fatwa against America are political not religious,

Voted for on May 13, 2008 01:22pm

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Homeopathic Remedy for Hemorrhoids

Health & Fitness – Using homeopathy for treatment of hemorrhoids could prove to be more efficient than conventional treatment. Luckily, homeopathy offers us many ways to use homeopathic remedies for hemorrhoids.

Voted for on May 13, 2008 01:22pm

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Top 7 Hotels With The Most Bizarre Stuff

Travel – Luxury hoteliers are trying to create all kinds of new, unique, top-end amenities, services which can seem sometimes strange, weird, and even mad. Let's have a look at top 7 exceptional guests' services in hotel industry.

Voted for on May 13, 2008 01:22pm

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India Police: Bomb Blasts Kill 30

News – Five bombs ripped through crowded parts of an ancient city in western India on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 100 others, police said.

Voted for on May 13, 2008 01:22pm

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Sorenstam to retire after end of season

Sports – Annika Sorenstam will retire after the season, ending an LPGA Tour career in which she has won 72 tournaments to date and delivered a defining moment when she teed it up against the men on the PGA Tour.

Voted for on May 13, 2008 01:21pm

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Missing You Poems

Love & Personals – A collection of user-submitted missing you love poems.

Voted for on May 13, 2008 01:14pm