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Hello all! The Sierra's, Northern Ca,in a small town, I call home.Enjoy hiking,reading,swimming,camping,music,dancing,and BBQ's. "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away" Thanks for stopping by......Peace to all
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Alaskan Government Seeks Pro-Oil & Gas Lobbyists
Posted by: sierragurl 1 year, 3 months agoThe Governor of Alaska is seeking bids from lobbying firms for a one-year $120,000 contract to lobby the US Congress to allow "responsible oil ...
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"The Most Lawless War of Our Generation"
Posted by: sierragurl 1 year, 3 months agoLocal human rights workers report at least 329 people have been killed over the past ten days. This comes just three weeks after another series ...
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2 plead guilty in Ga. drug raid death
Posted by: sierragurl 1 year, 3 months agoATLANTA - Two police officers pleaded guilty Thursday to manslaughter and other charges in the shooting death of a 92-year-old woman during a botched drug raid ...
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Somalia's 'total nightmare'
Posted by: sierragurl 1 year, 3 months agoThe Somali capital Mogadishu has this week seen some of its worst fighting for 16 years. A fragile transitional government there has been trying to ...
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UN lifts Liberia diamond sale ban
Posted by: sierragurl 1 year, 3 months agoThe United Nations Security Council has voted to lift a 2001 ban on the export of diamonds from Liberia. The ban was meant to stop ...
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World rallies for Darfur action
Posted by: sierragurl 1 year, 3 months agoProtests are taking place around the world to demand intervention to end the fighting in Sudan's Darfur region. Organisers of Global Day for Darfur ...
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Scotty finally sent to the stars
Posted by: sierragurl 1 year, 3 months agoThe ashes of Star Trek actor James Doohan have been successfully launched into space from a site in New Mexico, watched by cheering fans. Part ...
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Enabling Bush's Wars of Aggression
Posted by: sierragurl 1 year, 3 months agoBill Moyers introduced his widely anticipated PBS special - entitled "Buying the War " - thusly; "Four years ago this spring the Bush administration took leave of reality ...
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Durbin kept silent on prewar knowledge
Posted by: sierragurl 1 year, 3 months agoThe Senate's No. 2 Democrat says he knew that the American public was being misled into the Iraq war but remained silent because he ...
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Colombia: Congress Should Maintain Hold on Military Aid
Posted by: sierragurl 1 year, 4 months agoJust 12 days after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice certified that the Colombian government and armed forces are making progress on human rights, the US ...
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Afghanistan: Civilians Bear Cost of Escalating Insurgent Attacks
Posted by: sierragurl 1 year, 4 months ago(Kabul, April 16, 2007) - Civilian deaths from insurgent attacks in Afghanistan increased dramatically over the past 15 months, and many were the result of insurgents ...
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Making a Killing: America's Private Army and the Business of War
Posted by: sierragurl 1 year, 4 months agoThese private companies are part of a huge surge in the outsourcing of war, which is extremely evident in Iraq, as well as Afghanistan, Colombia ...
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How Biofuels Could Starve the Poor
Posted by: sierragurl 1 year, 4 months agoThanks to high oil prices and hefty subsidies, corn-based ethanol is now all the rage in the United States. But it takes so much supply ...
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Sudan's forgotten slaves
Posted by: sierragurl 1 year, 4 months agoSome 8,000 people are believed to be living in slavery in Sudan, 200 years after Britain banned the Atlantic slave trade and 153 years ...
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Slovenian completes Amazon swim
Posted by: sierragurl 1 year, 4 months agoA Slovenian man has battled piranhas, crocodiles and exhaustion to become the first person to swim the entire length of the Amazon river.
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