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LETTERS: Jan. 26

January 25, 2008

Cost of war What taxpayers are spending for the Iraq war this year: $155.5 billion. What $155.5 billion could pay for: health care for 44,330,909 people. Source: National Priorities Project Torture This is a highly tardy...

EDITORIAL: In Iraq until when?

January 25, 2008

Addressing the House Armed Services Committee last week, a leading U.S. general in Iraq let a cat out of the bag — unless Congress and a new administration that is committed to a sane foreign policy...

Settlements seen as key obstacle to peace

January 25, 2008 By Susan Webb

Despite President Bush’s much-publicized visit to Israel and the Palestinian West Bank this month, most commentators say no peace progress is likely without U.S. pressure on Israel to halt its settlements in the West Bank. Now...

Israelis, Palestinians protest Gaza blockade, call for peace

January 25, 2008

As Israel imposed a lockdown and continued a military assault on Gaza, and rockets from Gaza continued to terrify the bordering Israeli village of Sderot, Israeli peace and human rights advocates organized a relief convoy and...

World notes: Jan. 26

January 25, 2008

Belgium: European Roma suffer persecution Elly de Groen-Kouwenhoven, member of the European Parliament (EP), charged Jan. 16 that the European Commission has failed the Roma people by failing to implement anti-discrimination measures passed in April 2005....