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Atheist soldier sues Army for 'unconstitutional' discrimination

News – Hall said he met some atheists who suggested he read the Bible again. After doing so, he said he had so many unanswered questions that he decided to become an atheist. His sudden lack of faith, he said, cost him his military career and put his life at risk.

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Voted for on July 09, 2008 01:24am

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A word to the water wise

Science – Water conflicts are already taking shape: Indonesian farmers armed with axes and hammers are fighting for dwindling water supplies. Russia is livid at China for its plans to build an irrigation canal that would siphon off 450 million cubic metres of water from the Irtysh River which they share.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 03:32pm

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Bush, German Leader Meet on G-8 Challenges

News – President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Tuesday to keep working together on common problems, but progress appeared slow on reaching a consensus on climate change as the Group of Eight major economies tackled that and other knotty global issues.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 03:31pm

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Iraq PM says he wants timetable for withdrawal

News – Iraq's prime minister said Monday his country wants some type of timetable for a withdrawal of American troops included in the deal the 2 countries are negotiating. It was the first time that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has explicitly and publicly called for a withdrawal timetable - an idea opposed by President Bush.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 03:31pm

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Bomber Kills 41 Outside Indian Embassy in Kabul

News – A bomb ripped through the gates of the Indian Embassy on Monday, killing 41 people and scattering bodies and pools of blood across some of Kabul's most protected Streets. Afghanistan quickly blamed Pakistan, India's archrival.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 03:31pm

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DoD controlling Iraq War films?

Movies – Paul Haggis, writer and director of the Iraq war movie "In the Valley of Elah," said he concluded that the Army was not interested in telling honest stories about the war or soldiers. "They are trying to put the best spin on what they are doing," Haggis said.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 03:31pm

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Focus on the Fallacies of James Dobson

Religion – For the past three decades, the religious right has largely been the public face of Christianity in America. In recent years, the moral authority of the right has been weakened by numerous political and sex scandals -- Sen. Larry Craig, Rev. Ted Haggard, Rep. Mark Foley and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, to name a few.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 03:30pm

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Taking aim at the next Karl Rove

Politics – Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), who has primary jurisdiction over the executive branch, is considering legislation to eliminate Karl Rove-type advisers in future administrations.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 03:30pm

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Marijuana initiative would allow pot sales at Ore. liquor stores

News – Relax it and tax it. That's the motto behind a new cannabis initiative that would allow Oregon's state-controlled liquor stores to legally sell marijuana to adults.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 03:30pm

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Growing parade of conservatives backing Obama

Politics – An increasing number of disaffected Republicans fed up with what they see as President Bush's broken promises and unimpressed with John McCain say they may be switching teams in November to vote for Democratic candidate Barack Obama.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 03:30pm

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Domestic Spying Quietly Goes On

News – With Congress on the verge of outlining new parameters for National Security Agency eavesdropping between suspicious foreigners and Americans, lawmakers are leaving largely untouched a host of government programs that critics say involves far more domestic surveillance than the wiretaps they sought to remedy.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 03:29pm

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U.S. and Czechs sign missile defense deal

Politics – The United States and the Czech Republic signed a treaty on Tuesday allowing Washington to build part of a missile defense shield in the central European state despite opposition from its former Cold War master Russia.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 03:29pm

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Proof Bee Decline Is Reducing Food Supply

Food – What would we do if 1 in every 3 cows died? That's what's happening to bees, and now scientists have the first hard evidence of the loss of pollinators contributing to decline in food production.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 03:29pm

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Just Two of the Dishes at the G8 Food Shortages Summit

Food – The most powerful bellies in the world were last night compelled to stave off the great Hokkaido Hunger by fortifying themselves with an eight-course, 19-dish dinner prepared by 25 chefs. This multi-pronged attack was launched after earlier emergency lunch measures had failed to quell appetites enlarged by agonising over feeding the world's poor.

View Story Discuss (0) (guardian.co.uk) 18 hours ago by Neophile

Voted for on July 08, 2008 03:29pm

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Cheney Wanted Cuts in Climate Testimony

Politics – Vice President Dick Cheney's office pushed for major deletions in congressional testimony on the public health consequences of climate change, fearing the presentation by a leading health official might make it harder to avoid regulating greenhouse gases, a former EPA officials maintains.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 03:27pm