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For commentary out of Beirut that comes with a satisfying blend of lucid prose and biting humour pay a visit to Anecdotes from a Banana Republic
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مركز الإغاثة – الصنائع
SAMIDOUN Relief Center – Sanayeh
CLIENT NAME: GREENLINE ASSOCIATION
ACCOUNT NMBR: 6189003
BANK: BANK OF KUWAIT AND THE ARAB WORLD
SWIFT: BKAWLBBE
For more information, please contact: +961 3 647 605, +961 3 670 783, sanayeh.center@gmail.com
They are helping refugees, many of whome are children and babies...look at their site to learn more.
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63% of the British public agree that Blair has been poodle too long..
The same poll showed that "only 22% of voters believe Israel has reacted proportionately"..
It seems that democracy means that the rulers side with the minority views in their country..
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Here is Jon Stewart on whether or not Israel's actions were disproportionate..
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"The ambulance headlamps were on, the blue light overhead was flashing, and another light illuminated the Red Cross flag when the first Israeli missile hit, shearing off the right leg of the man on the stretcher inside. As he lay screaming beneath fire and smoke, patients and ambulance workers scrambled for safety, crawling over glass in the dark. Then another missile hit the second ambulance." Suzanne Goldenberg in Tyre
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Scale of the human crisis emerges
Brian Whitaker in Beirut
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UNICEF's Aid appeal for children in Lebanon
Click and give..it's the least any of us can do..
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Guardian Photos
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And more news of how the world is a better place since the Empire Struck Back in the name of freedom and democracy:
Pakistan launches huge nuclear arms drive
Violence In Afghanistan Spreads
Women back under wraps with Taliban vice squad
Civilian Death Toll Mounts in Iraq
Iraq's civilian toll: Over 100 a day
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North Korea calls the US "the worst gangsters in the world" and calls Condoleeza Rice "a political imbecile."