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Posts about Obama Surrenders Afghanistan as of October 15, 2009

October 15th, 2009

BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: US dismisses Afghan surge report - acouplethings.com 10/15/2009 This is a syndicated post. Original article from BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition, available at BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition. A White House spokesman denies that US President Barack Obama is to announce a major surge in troops for Afghanistan. Obama to survey New Orleans recovery effort (Reuters) – 1686th Top News Item - 11184.com 10/15/200

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Tories cut to the chase as George Osborne heralds age of austerity – NIMBRUNG.NET

October 7th, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk Tories cut to the chase as George Osborne heralds age of austerity Times Online The Conservative leadership took a massive electoral gamble yesterday by offering years of pain to voters in the hope of being rewarded for honestly in facing up to the nation’s plight. George Osborne heralded an age of austerity as he pledged to … Papers examine Osborne’s speech BBC News Conservative conference sketch: setback for Labour hopes that George Osborne … Telegraph.co.uk The Business: T

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Families with more than 10 children are becoming the norm among a group of traditionalist US Christians. The so-called Quiverfull families believe they are carrying out God’s work, and providing a new generation of moral leaders.

October 6th, 2009

The BBC’s religious affairs correspondent Robert Pigott went to Illinois to meet some of them.The way Psalm 127 talks about children has an almost military sound.It describes them as “an inheritance, and arrows in the hands of a mighty warrior,” adding, “happy is he whose quiver is full of them”.Many Quiverfull families do indeed sense looming battles for Christians, and often see their children as potential future leaders in fighting them.Rev James McDonald has 10 children, aged between four an

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The Failure of the UN Millenium Development Villages

October 1st, 2009

After a similar attempt resulted in civil war in Madagascar, the South Korean government bought 1,000 sq km of land in Tanzania for use in agriculture.  Mindfull of the politics involved, the South Koreans are setting aside half of that land for local development. To quote from a recent BBC article : Lee Ki-Churl, a corporation official, said he expected Tanzanians to benefit from the deal. “Some African countries export fruit and import fruit juice, or export olives and import olive oil,

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The WonkLine: September 23, 2009

September 23rd, 2009

Welcome to The WonkLine , a daily 10 a.m. roundup of the latest news about health care, the economy, national security, immigration and climate policy. This is what we’re reading. Tell us what you found in the comments section below, and subscribe to the RSS feed . Also, you can now follow The Wonk Room on Twitter .   National Security The BBC reports that “ the Chinese President , Hu Jintao has announced his intention to achieve a significant reduction in the growth of hi

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