1.

Ugandans And Their Gods

 by Ronald Muwanga
Posted: June 22, 2006
I took up the journalism career not only to earn a living from it but also to discover the power of the pen on educating different... Full story »
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2.

Biased Reporting Of The Iraq War

 by Thomas Sowell
Posted: July 14, 2006
When the smoke of the Iraq battle cleared, it turned out members of the museum staff had hidden these items for safekeeping during... Full story »
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3.

Victims of Social Cleansing in Central America

 by Duncan Campbell
Posted: August 4, 2006
Selvyn says he is 14 but he looks about eight. His feet are bare, his clothes torn and his eyes heavy with the effects of sniffing a powerful glue. His... Full story »
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4.

Spelling 9/11

 by Bernie Griffiths
Posted: September 11, 2006
If UK and the US are two nations divided by a common language, as Shaw said, then Noah Webster is to blame. Consider the paragraph in italics. Should... Full story »
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5.

Guardian At The Threshold Between Life And Death

 by Shanti Bannwart
Posted: September 13, 2006
I drove home from town at about eight o'clock. I had seen the movie "March of the Penguins". It had filled me with joy and excitement... Full story »
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6.

Montezuma's Revenge

 by Kevin Burnett
Posted: October 3, 2006
RULE ONE: DON'T DRINK THE WATER Drink only bottled water. Get nothing with ice in it (which would pretty much... Full story »
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7.

The Chilean "Justice" System Is Not Net Savvy

 by Cecilia Jamasmie
Posted: November 14, 2006
On April 14, 1999, Rafael Huerta, judge of the Santiago High Court, ordered police officials to go the premises of Planeta, one... Full story »
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8.

The Last Busker In London

 by Garry Crystal
Posted: November 20, 2006
Christmas Eve, the West End of London. It's an eerie feeling to be wandering around Leicester Square when it's completely deserted.... Full story »
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9.

Someday

 by Marti Hurst
Posted: November 23, 2006
W hen you're twelve, you live in a fairytale world - a Someday world. Someday, I'll grow up. Someday my Prince Charming will sweep... Full story »
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10.

Another Close Call: Trials At Latin American Border Crossings

 by Richard McColl
Posted: November 25, 2006
Lined up against the wall in the bleak and stiflingly hot warehouse, I was little concerned. After all I had nothing to hide.... Full story »
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11.

Revenge of the Secularists

 by Fahd Raza
Posted: November 25, 2006
What happens when all the leaders we know die? All the politicians that currently make the headlines, who create and de-create controversy, and happily... Full story »
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12.

The Garden

 by Scott Mastro
Posted: November 28, 2006
Squinched to the box-width and eyes-closed purring, garden-shack two-day old shade, each a color-variation of the mother and one... Full story »
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13.

I Have Breast Cancer

 by Stephanie Davy
Posted: December 2, 2006
We confirmed it's breast cancer-DCIS," he said after my second mammogram. DCIS? Ductal Carcinoma in Situ-which is really a bunch... Full story »
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14.

Not Just Adam's Rib

 by Semanti Sinha Ray
Posted: December 4, 2006
It didn't look like it would rain today after all. The clouds had gathered in one corner of the sky as if trying to gain enough... Full story »
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15.

Beware The Sorceress Of The Sepik

 by Roderick Eime
Posted: December 4, 2006
They twirled and gyrated like demented dervishes, their tattered grass skirts flailing to the throbbing beat of the coarse wood... Full story »
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16.

Blood Money - Mastro Muse 2006

 by Scott Mastro
Posted: December 4, 2006
Mastro Muse © 2006 The left arm's twenty-five dollars and the right's forty, not because one's special, just because... Full story »
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17.

My Journey Through Bipolar Motherhood

 by Laura Yeager
Posted: December 4, 2006
THE BEGINNING I was 37, and I wanted to have a baby. Because I had bipolar illness, we had to make sure that... Full story »
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18.

Breast Cancer Caregiver

 by Tom Brown
Posted: December 7, 2006
At the time we were both forty-four years old. I was a colonel in the U.S. Army serving as an instructor at the Command and General... Full story »
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19.

Pinochet's Death: First Reactions

 by Cecilia Jamasmie
Posted: December 10, 2006
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SPOKEPERSON, TERRY MULLER: His death must not be the end of the story: Amnesty International urges the Chilean... Full story »
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20.

Pinochet Took His Crimes To The Grave

 by Cecilia Jamasmie
Posted: December 10, 2006
I am Chilean. I was born in Santiago in 1973, the very same year that General Augusto Pinochet overthrew Chile's democratically-elected... Full story »
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21.

'Journey Through Music' Is A Soulful One

 by Kolton Carter
Posted: December 11, 2006
I took my jacket off. The heat beat us relentlessly as my older brother and I entered the gallery located at the Adam Clayton... Full story »
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22.

Fathering a Child in the Dominican Republic (3)

 by Greg McMillan
Posted: December 13, 2006
But back to the basics. Let me try to put it in perspective. In Canada, for example, even the poorest families have access to... Full story »
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23.

Hope Is The Tattooed Man

 by Shawn Goodman
Posted: December 17, 2006
I drove over a section of road that was torn to hell and my ride bounced severely. It made me wonder about the lumber and tools... Full story »
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24.

An Interview With Delia Jarrett-Macauley, Winner Of Orwell Prize For Political Writing

 by Ambrose Musiyiwa
Posted: December 17, 2006
Delia Jarrett-Macauley is a writer, academic and broadcaster with a career spanning over 20 years. Her... Full story »
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25.

Cuba: Hospitable, Inspiring

 by Hannah Govorchin
Posted: December 23, 2006
My holiday trip to Cuba was in the year 2000. I left Vancouver, B.C. in the cold month of February and landed in Havana. My immediate... Full story »
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