Author: BooMan

Meeting of 2nd Iraqi Assembly Breaks Down

“People on the street are counting on us,” said Hussein al-Sadr, a moderate Shiite cleric who is a member of the Iraqi List, the slate formed by Ayad Allawi, the interim prime minister. “What are we going to...

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Afternoon Open Thread

“Drug therapies are replacing a lot of medicines as we used to know it.” -Bush, in the third presidential debate. St. Louis, Mo., October 17, 2000

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Major Quake Hits Off Sumatra

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP)– A major earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island late Monday, and officials warned that a tsunami could strike the area. Residents of Banda Aceh fled their homes...

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