a shameful waste of madhouse time

From Reuters::
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. government’s crackdown on media indecency could prevent World War Two veterans from sharing their stories in an upcoming TV documentary series by Ken Burns, the head of the Public Broadcasting Service said Wednesday.
Noted filmmaker Burns’ highly anticipated seven-part series “The War” features salty language used by servicemen and [...]

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From the CS Monitor:
BEIJING – A blind “barefoot lawyer” has infuriated half the officials in Shandong Province with a case that highlights many of China’s unfinished civil reforms: humane treatment, due process, and rule of law.
Chen has lived under house arrest for a year, unable to talk to the outside world, his lawyers and friends [...]

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North Americans getting too far for scanners:
BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhuanet) — A grwoing number of obese patients in North America are having trouble in getting adequate medical care because they either cannot fit into scanners or have fatty tissue that blocks X-rays or sound waves, a new study has found.
“There [...]

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I try not to follow this even though i should.

BEIRUT, July 27 (Xinhua) — Lebanese Minister of Public Health Mohammed Jawad Khalife said on Thursday that about 600 Lebanese civilians had been killed in the ongoing Israeli massive assault in Lebanon, which was launched 16 days ago.
Khalife was quoted by [...]

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