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A 27 year-old Islamist radical of joint Dutch-Moroccan nationality, Mohammed Bouyeri, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole today for committing a terrorist act by murdering Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh last November. He was also convicted of the attempted murder of several police officers and …

Conflict in northern Uganda has displaced approximately 1.4 million people, 80% of them children and women, as the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) seeks to overthrow the Ugandan government. UNICEF Ambassador Clay Aiken traveled to the conflict region of northern Uganda to witness the phenomenon of “night commuters”: children who …

...as J. K. Rowling has proved, if you write it (a good story) they will read.

Congress has signed a proposal to possibly extend daylight saving by an extra two months in an effort to save energy. Under current daylight saving, it starts on the first Sunday of April and ends the last Sunday of October. Under the new daylight saving, it would begin the first …

These brave men and women who fought and died...are largely ignored by the histories of our countries.

Isn’t there enough pain...without us denying succour to those most in need?

“A boon for all mankind” have become five of the most dangerous words..."

...you hit bottom...either use it as a trampoline to bounce back up or fall and smash yourself to bits.

...harder to be taken seriously then people lumping you in with scarf draped, bangle wearing, nonsense spewing, air heads.

...if you don’t know something baffle them with bull shit...